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| If Ben Bernanke's smiling, it's because he passed his first big exam with flying colors. "Every Fed chairman faces his first test in a crisis, and Mr. Bernanke's grade just went overnight from a 'C' to an 'A,' " said Hugh Johnson, chairman of... |
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| ALBANY - Last week, Lawrence Tynes slipped on the wet grass when his left leg failed to plant properly and the result was a twisted left knee. He has missed five consecutive days of training camp work and, with a preseason game coming Monday night... |
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| ALBANY - The calls that were once caring and calm remain caring but not nearly as calm. When Giants cornerback Aaron Ross dials up his fiancee, Sanya Richards, he hears a familiar emotion in her words and inflection. "I can tell she's getting... |
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| LBANY - They're not even trying any more. The tempered enthusiasm the Giants' coaching staff tried to express about rookie safety Kenny Phillips no longer is an option. The typical rhetoric used on a first-round draft pick applies no more. Once... |
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| ALBANY - On the 15th day of training camp, Giant receiver Plaxico Burress finally arrived. On the field, that is. Burress, out with a newly discovered right-ankle injury, surprised everyone by participating in a few preliminary segments of... |
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| ALBANY - The Super Bowl champions went back to work yesterday, far from the hubbub of Brett Favre mania on Long Island. The length and happiness of the shotgun marriage of Favre and the Jets is up for debate, and at least one member of the Giants is... |
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| DETROIT - Sensing the story of the day, Giants quarterback Eli Manning last night welcomed to town the newest gunslinger, Jets quarterback Brett Favre. Apparently, the big city is big enough for the both of them. "I'm happy it's over . . . he's... |
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| ALBANY - Lawrence Tynes knows better. Given who he is and what he's been through, Tynes should have refrained from giving into his desire to ask David Tyree to autograph this week's Sports Illustrated cover photo. After all, just as Tyree is... |
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| ALBANY - The news on right guard Chris Snee is encouraging. He went for an MRI exam of his ailing shoulder and, according to Tom Coughlin, the results were "good news." Snee is bothered by tendinitis, nothing more, and will be monitored. Snee says... |
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| ALBANY - It took until halfway through training camp for Ahmad Bradshaw to utter any public comments and yesterday when he did, he wanted to make one thing abundantly clear: "I've done nothing wrong since I was drafted by the Giants," he said... |
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| ALBANY - Tom Coughlin is heartened that this post-Super Bowl training camp has been devoid of any major distractions, but he is growing concerned with a number of minor but nagging injuries that have cut into the Giants' depth. "Your work is going... |
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| ALBANY Tom Coughlin is heartened that this post-Super Bowl training camp has been devoid of any major distractions but he is growing concerned with a number of minor but nagging injuries that have cut into the Giants depth. "Your work is... |
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| ALBANY In his first public comments since ending a 28-day prison stay, Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw said he is relieved to be out of jail and on the field and that his recent incarceration had nothing to do with any new offense he... |
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| ALBANY - In his first training camp with the Giants, defensive end Renaldo Wynn dutifully grants as many autograph requests as possible but finds he feels more and more sheepish when fans thrust Super Bowl paraphernalia in front of him. "I tell... |
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| ALBANY - Following the preseason opener in Detroit on Thursday night, all the Giants will return on the charter flight back here to resume training camp. All except one. Dave Tollefson will break away from the team and head to Omaha, Neb. "God... |
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| ALBANY - The Giants huddle following yesterday's morning practice session looked and sounded different - Gen. Ray Odierno, not Tom Coughlin, addressed the team. Odierno, recently named to succeed Gen. David Petraeus as Commander of the U.S. Forces... |
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| OXNARD, Calif. - Michael Strahan was on the field with the Dallas Cowboys at training camp Friday. No, Strahan isn't having his own "Favre moment" and doesn't already want to come out of retirement. And he wasn't there to show off his Super Bowl... |
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| ALBANY - Thus far in training camp, running back Ahmad Bradshaw has refused to comment about the jail time he recently completed, saying through the Giants media relations department that upon the advice of his attorney he is keeping quiet. This... |
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| ALBANY - Quite often, Brandon London says, he applauds his teammates for taking him all the way to the Super Bowl. It was quite a ride. Profitable, too. London, you see, spent last season on the Giants practice squad, a tall and skinny receiver... |
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| ALBANY - David Carr plans on using the Giants. The Giants plan on using David Carr. "I told Coach [Tom] Coughlin I want to help the team any way I can, and I'm looking for them to help me as well," a relaxed Carr said yesterday in between practice... |
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| ALBANY - The other day, while sitting around with a bunch of his new teammates, Renaldo Wynn glanced up and saw Tom Coughlin standing before him. What happened next absolutely stunned the veteran defensive end. Coughlin asked Wynn what he thought... |
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| ALBANY - David Carr's second practice for the Giants wasn't much better than his first. He continues to look rusty, which comes as no great surprise, considering he missed the first five practices with a sore foot and is still learning the... |
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| ALBANY - Rookie safety Kenny Phillips, the first-round pick from Miami, made an impact in yesterday's morning practice with some hits that probably were a bit too physical in nature. Phillips clocked running back Reuben Droughns on one play... |
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| ALBANY - It's the same ankle, but not the same problem, and it's definitely not the contract. Got it? The world according to Plaxico Burress kept spinning yesterday, with new revelations revealed and old wounds explained. The big-play receiver... |
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| ALBANY - Plaxico Burress finally broke his training camp silence and he explained his non-participation in practice is because of a new problem with his right ankle. The ongoing negotiations with his contract (Burress has three years and $10.5... |
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| ALBANY - It got to the point where the questions were getting a bit silly and Antonio Pierce was biting his lip and holding his tongue. Sure, the retirement of Michael Strahan creates a void on the field and changes the dynamic around the Giants... |
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| ALBANY - A player cannot receive much more of a compliment than the one Tom Coughlin heaped on Mathias Kiwanuka today. "His attitude is this: If you tell him to be in there twice, he's in there three times," Coughlin said. "He is a very focused... |
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| ALBANY - You don't get to rough up Tom Brady and deny Bill Belichick and the Patriots a perfect season unless you dream big, and here they came yesterday to training camp, reminding us that Giants dream big. When the Giants tell you they aren't... |
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| ALBANY - Shaun O'Hara was trying to get it straight. "Talk is cheap, play the game," he said, alluding to one of the many slogan-based T-shirts Tom Coughlin has outfitted for the Giants. "Together we are one," O'Hara said, listing another... |
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| The mantle that Kevin Boss carried in the Super Bowl - starting tight end for the New York Giants - is his once again after Monday's trade shipped four-time All-Pro Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints for a pair of draft picks. As the... |
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| ALBANY - Every syllable, word and sentence of the poignant theme Tom Coughlin presented yesterday as he arrived at Giants training camp made crystal clear that in order for this team to learn the lessons of its Super Bowl triumph, Jeremy Shockey... |
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| ALBANY - Out of the 80 players expected to report this morning to training camp at the University at Albany, the Giants anticipate just one not being physically able to practice tomorrow - Super Bowl hero David Tyree. Coming off offseason right... |
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| TOM Coughlin sounded as if he couldn't get to Albany fast enough yesterday to begin defending his Super Bowl championship, the sights and sounds from the Canyon of Heroes, from the ring ceremony at Tiffany's, from visits to Walter Reed Hospital and... |
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| The Giants could not make it work with Jeremy Shockey, but they will have all seven of their draft picks signed and ready to report to Albany tomorrow for the start of training camp. The club yesterday agreed with first-round pick Kenny Phillips... |
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| The Giants could not make it work with Jeremy Shockey, but they will have all seven of their draft picks signed and ready to report to Albany Thursday for the start of training camp. The club today agreed to terms with first-round pick Kenny... |
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| The Giants signed second-round draft pick Terrell Thomas, a cornerback from USC. Veteran RT Shane Olivea passed his physical and signed. The Giants also added OL Jonathan Palmer of Auburn and waived three offensive linemen: Brandon TorreyBrandon... |
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| The Giants have traded disgruntled tight end Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints for a second-round and a fifth-round draft pick in 2009. Always outspoken, Shockey missed last year's run to the Super Bowl championship with a broken fibula... |
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| The Post's Steve Serby caught up with the recently retired Giants defensive end, who will now suit up on the "FOX NFL Sunday" pregame show. Q: You retired; Jeremy Shockey's unhappy; Plaxico Burress wants more money. Can the Giants repeat? A... |
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| LOS ANGELES - The Super Bowl champion Giants tied Tiger Woods with three victories in the ESPY Awards last night, winning best game, best upset and best play honors, the latter for David Tyree's leaping catch of Eli Manning's pass that kept the... |
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| The Giants are steadily bringing their draft picks into the fold. They signed receiver Mario Manningham to a four-year contract yesterday, leaving only first-round pick Kenny Phillips and second-round pick Terrell Thomas unsigned. Five of the... |
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| Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, a late sensation as a rookie last season, was released from Southwest Virginia Regional Jail yesterday after serving a 30-day sentence for what has been termed a violation of his probation. According to... |
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| The Giants en route to their Super Bowl triumph ended the brilliant career of Brett Favre when cornerback Corey Webster intercepted Favre's final pass in overtime of a rousing Giants victory in frigid Green Bay in the NFC title game. Or so... |
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| Justin Tuck knows things will be different both on the field and off for the Giants now that Michael Strahan is a broadcaster. "You can't just replace Michael Strahan," Tuck said. But that doesn't mean he's not going to try to fill some of the... |
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| Plaxico Burress reveals that last summer, while he was nursing a tender left ankle, he purposely broke curfew during training camp "a couple of times because I was bored." The Giant wide receiver, who revealed the rule-breaking in his new book... |
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| Plaxico Burress insists he's healthy, tremendously excited to see what he can do on two working legs and, most importantly to Giants fans, promises to be at training camp along with his teammates when players report July 24 in Albany. Burress on... |
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