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March 31st, 2008

NFL Announces Nationally Televised Primetime 2008 Kickoff Weekend Games

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From their Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, FL, the NFL announced today its 2008 Kickoff Weekend national primetime television schedule, including a Monday night doubleheader. It’s always exciting to watch the schedule piece itself together and this is where it begins.
In a tradition that began in 2004, the […]

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March 31st, 2008

NFL Announces Compensatory Draft Choices

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At the NFL’s Annual Meeting today, it was announced that a total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2008 NFL Draft have been awarded to 15 teams. Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in […]

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March 7th, 2008

N.Y. Giants Reward Tom Coughlin With Four-Year Contract After Super Bowl Win

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What does winning the Super Bowl do for your job security? In Tom Coughlin’s case, it gives you four more years of employment. The N.Y. Giants head coach agreed to terms of a $21 million contract today that will make him one of the NFL’s highest paid […]

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February 22nd, 2008

NFL Scouting Combine 2008: Day Two

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The winter storm that has an icy grip on Indianapolis has slowed things down outside. But as promised, today was a whirlwind of activity around the Media Work Room here at the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine. The players being shuttled in and out were mostly wide receivers, running […]

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February 15th, 2008

Super Bowl Apparel Goes Global: Patriots’ Loss is Win for Children and Families in Need

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It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s where the shirts go after the game. Even though the N.Y. Giants won Super Bowl XLII, the winners will also be children in Nicaragua, Romania, and several other countries. Through a partnership between the NFL and World Vision, millions of […]

By David Kindervater -- 1 comment

February 9th, 2008

First-Timers, Alternates Fill Pro Bowl Rosters

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I don’t really know what to make of the Pro Bowl anymore. My email inbox was so flooded with Pro Bowl alternate announcements last month, I lost track of them all. I guess I had better things to think about — like the Super Bowl. But I can […]

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February 7th, 2008

SBXLII MVP Eli Manning on ‘Late Show’ Interview With David Letterman

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Did you catch N.Y. Giants QB Eli Manning on “The Late Show with David Letterman” last night? If not, here’s the interview — in two parts. It’s really an entertaining, funny (of course) and informative interview with the Super Bowl XLII MVP. Enjoy.
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February 5th, 2008

Giants Celebrate SBXLII Win With Parade

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The N.Y. Giants did the Super Bowl victory parade thing today with 50 tons of confetti littering the streets of New York. It began at the tip of lower Manhattan in Battery Park and proceeded north on Broadway, going past the financial district and the site of the […]

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February 4th, 2008

New England Patriots Suffer ‘Giant’ Loss, Super Bowl Setback Ruins Perfect Season

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It wasn’t supposed to end this way. The New England Patriots had run off an incredible 18 straight wins against no defeats to find themselves in Super Bowl XLII with a chance to make history and become world champions in the process. Yet in one fell swoop, they […]

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February 4th, 2008

SBXLII Most-Watched Super Bowl Ever

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According to Nielsen Media Research, the New York Giants’ upset win over the New England Patriots yesterday was the most-watched Super Bowl ever, with 97.5 million viewers. The game topped the previous Super Bowl record of 94.08 million when Dallas beat Pittsburgh in 1996. More people watched yesterday’s […]

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