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Brown Bag it, Baby
Now that the Giants have won the Super Bowl and Eli Manning was named the game’s MVP, it’s fun to look back at some of the things said before the season began. If you follow fantasy football closely, you may recall that Eli’s draft …
Patriots coach Bill Belichick shocked me when he embraced Giants coach Tom Coughlin for a few long seconds following his team’s Super Bowl loss. The Hoodie warmly congratulating an opponent? It was so unlike him. He must have realized how out …
How down was Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes after his team’s loss? Feeling badly enough to tweet “suicidal thoughts.” There isn’t much commentary to add here, but it just shows the obvious pain some of the players were …
Eli Manning got a lot of laughs before the season began when he said he felt he was in the elite class of quarterbacks along with Tom Brady. We pointed out that he was just confidently responding to a question the way he should have, but we disagreed …
James Harrison admitted he was looking for a reaction with his post-Super Bowl comments, and he’s getting one. The Steelers linebacker tweeted shortly after the Patriots’ loss to the Giants that cheaters never win. His teammate Ryan Clark …
Brandon Jacobs speaks in terms as forceful as his running style. The Giants running back described his team’s Super Bowl win over the Patriots as harshly as one could imagine. “We decapitated them. They can’t wear that crown no …
The Patriots will be feeling pretty crappy about losing the Super Bowl to the Giants, but the country of Aruba wants to help them recover. The Aruba Tourism Authority is offering the Pats an all-expense paid trip to the island as a consolation prize …
Rapper Flava Flav of Public Enemy fame somehow made it onto the field for the Giants’ postgame celebration. Guys are so elated after winning the Super Bowl, you really think they care who’s around? Take coach Tom Coughlin for instance. …
The Patriots allowed the Giants to score a touchdown with just under a minute left in the Super Bowl for one of the most bizarre TDs in the big game’s history. Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw burst up the middle before realizing the Pats …
The Giants have come from behind to beat the Patriots twice in Super Bowls. Two dropped passes that will likely be overlooked by most fans helped New York come back and win the games. Four years ago, it was Asante Samuel dropping a sure interception …
We already saw a massive fine and change to all broadcasting after Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl. I wonder what the FCC is going to do about MIA flipping the bird to the world during the halftime show …
The phrase “world peace” ended the halftime show of the Super Bowl and it didn’t take long for the Ron Artest jokes to come flying in. Even the man himself, Metta World Peace, joked about it being a shoutout to him. Yeah, sorry to …
While most of America was probably focusing on Steven Tyler, some observant folks noticed that there was a man picking his nose in the background of the shot. The geniuses at Deadspin say it’s conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh who was …
Tom Brady’s intentional grounding penalty from the end zone in the first quarter of the Super Bowl resulted in a safety for the Giants, giving them a 2-0 lead. The safety as the first score in the game was a big deal in sports books because it …
Kelly Clarkson sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLVI between the Giants and Patriots. There was plenty of confusion from people who believed she had something written on her wrist. Some people thought she had some notes, such as the lyrics in …
Of all the players on the Giants, who figured that defensive tackle Chris Canty would end up being the most boastful? The same guy whose message to Giants fans before the game was to get ready for a parade predicted his team would win the Super Bowl …
