NEW YORK GIANTS

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are the current Super Bowl champions. The team plays its home games at Giants Stadium, which also serves as its headquarters, and trains at an adjacent practice facility within the Meadowlands Sports Complex. In a unique arrangement, the team shares the stadium with the New York Jets, who also play their home games there but maintain their training complex and headquarters at an off-site location.

The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, but the only one admitted that year which still exists.

The Giants rank third among all NFL franchises with seven NFL titles: four in the pre–Super Bowl era (1927, 1934, 1938, 1956) and three since the advent of the Super Bowl (Super Bowls XXI (1986), XXV (1990), and XLII (2007)). Their championship tally is surpassed only by the Green Bay Packers (12) and Chicago Bears (9). During their history, the Giants have featured 15 Hall of Fame players, including NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award winners Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly, Y. A. Tittle, and Lawrence Taylor. The Giants are the reigning National Football League champions since winning Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008.

To distinguish it from the professional baseball team of the same name, the football team was incorporated as the New York Football Giants. Although the baseball team moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season, the football team continues to use "New York Football Giants" as its legal corporate name[1], and is often referred to as such by fans and sportscasters. The team has also gained several nicknames, including "Big Blue," the "G-Men," the "Big Blue Wrecking Crew," "The Road Warriors," and the "Jints," a name seen frequently in the New York Post, originating from the baseball team when they were based in New York. (via Wikipedia)


From The Blogsphere

Corner the market

via nypost.com ( 32 Days ago )
The New York Giants and Jets have signed a deal for Pepsi to sponsor the last of the four entrances to their new ballpark in the Meadowlands. Even as other teams struggle to line up deals, the Jets and Giants have sold all four "corner sponsorship...

Bon Jovi embarking on two-year world tour

via pastemagazine.com ( 32 Days ago )
Rock band Bon Jovi announced plans Thursday for a new world tour that will swing by the new home of the New York Giants and Jets....

Former Big League Pitcher Larry Jansen Dies

via washingtonpost.com ( 41 Days ago )
VERBOORT, Ore. -- Larry Jansen, the winning pitcher for the New York Giants in the 1951 playoff game decided by Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World," has died. He was 89.

Wk 5 Fantasy game recap: Oakland at NY Giants

via opensports.com ( 43 Days ago )

Manning makes start for Giants

via nfl.com ( 43 Days ago )
When the New York Giants took the field for their first offensive possession Sunday against the Bucs, they did so with starting QB Eli Manning under center.

TUF Crowd: Secret Mitrione-Junk Alliance?

via sherdog.com ( 45 Days ago )
TUF Crowd: Secret Mitrione-Junk Alliance?Former New York Giants footballer <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Matt-Mitrione-49519">Matt Mitrione</a>, under scrutiny for sharing privileged information with a member of the rival team, gets this week’s question.

Hometown Huddle: NFL’s day of service

via nfl.com ( 46 Days ago )
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and New York Giants president/CEO John Mara joined Giants players Tuesday as the team partnered with the United Way and the Lyndhurst, N.J., school district to install an indoor and outdoor fitness challenge course at Lyndhurst High School.

Tom Cable, Randy Hanson in Limbo as DA Mulls 'Textbook Felony Assault Case'

via ballhype.com ( 46 Days ago )
by Nancy Gay While Oakland coach Tom Cable prepares a struggling Raiders team to face the undefeated New York Giants on the road Sunday, his personal and professional fate rests in evidence currently under review by Napa County (Calif.) district attorney Gary Lieberstein. The DA ultimately ...Thoughts from the Dark Side - Independent Oakland ... found this 18 hours ago [...]

Kansas City Chiefs: Week Four Report Card

via bleacherreport.com ( 49 Days ago )
Kansas City was rightfully the underdog in a Week Four battle, which pit the winless Chiefs against the undefeated New York Giants.  A win being unlikely, Chiefs fans watched in hopes of identifying some positives.  Looking for the good in the Chiefs' season is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but with somewhat of a fourth quarter comeback there are glimmers of potential.  [...]

Manning Leads Giants to Victory Before Leaving With Bruised Heel

via washingtonpost.com ( 50 Days ago )
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A beautiful day for the New York Giants came to a worrisome end when Eli Manning hobbled off the field, his right heel hurting.