- July
- 23
Giants were in Albany today in preparation for the start of training camp, and the coaches took questions. Here is a selective Q & A.
Is it harder to sell team over self after the team has won the Super Bowl and now everybody is looking for credit and/or more money?
Head coach Tom Coughlin: … Team [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on July 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
- July
- 22
Columnist Sam Borden writes that trading TE Jeremy Shockey was the right move. You can read the story here. Here is a taste:
“There was a time when it was thought that Shockey might end up being one of the great Giants, one of those Giants. He was a big-time player in the biggest city, a [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on July 22nd, 2008 | 3 Comments »
- June
- 27
Today’s Journal News has our story about the newly instituted Personal Seat Licenses. The main points:
1. Being in the stadium just got a whole lot more expensive.
2. Being on the waiting list just got a whole lot more futile.
3. Consider your seat like New York City real estate, you will pay a premium and resell [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on June 27th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
- June
- 26
Mark asked a great question, and I thought it warranted a new post.
If you buy your PSL, do you have to resell it to the team?
John Mara says no. And Mark is right, the waiting list, with 130,000 people, becomes virtually meaningless in terms of season tickets, although you will have first dibs on season [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on June 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
- June
- 26
The Giants will be charging season ticket holders a one-time fee of at least $1,000 to keep those tickets once the team moves to the new stadium, currently being constructed in East Rutherford, N.J. for the 2010 season.
Since current season tickets start at $800 for the upper bowl, the fee, called a personal seat license [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on June 26th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
- June
- 25
The Newark Star-Ledger reports that the Giants have signed Chris Snee to a six-year contract extension. The money would make Snee one of the top five right guards in the league in terms of salary.
At 6-foot-3 and 317 pounds, Snee has started 48 straight games, the last of which gave the Giants a Super Bowl [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on June 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
- June
- 24
Hey everyone, Alex Myers here. I just got off a conference call regarding Michael Strahan joining Fox Sports and the former defensive end seems excited about his new situation.
Posted by Jane McManus on June 24th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- June
- 23
The Giants Super Bowl victory will be celebrated this Saturday at State Fair Meadowlands at Giant Stadium Fairgrounds in East Rutherford, N.J. Those who go can purchase a behind the scenes tour of the new Giants Stadium for $10. The money raised will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The fair opens [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on June 23rd, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- June
- 19
Running back Ahmad Bradshaw, 22, is in a Virginia jail for violating parole. Although what he did to violate parole hasn’t been reported, the original crime was for misdemeanor petty larceny in 2006, and he received two years of probation. Then a student at Marshall University, he entered a plea of guilty to stealing a [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on June 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
- June
- 19
The biggest question about the new stadium has finally been answered. Never mind possible cost overruns or whether the Giants have a chance at another ring—Giants and Jets fans will be drinking Budweiser as they watch it unfold at the new stadium at the Meadowlands. Anheuser-Busch joins MetLife as one of four major sponsors of [...]
Posted by Jane McManus on June 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »