June 30th, 2008 
Martin Alvin 
Posted in If it sounds like there’s a pursuit-of-a-running-back theme in my series, The Giant’s Dark Ages, there actually is. From the early sixties on, the Giants were perennially searching for a stud runner. And, as it happens, after the Dick James trade (Dark Ages-Part-2) and after the Joe Don Looney fiasco (Dark Ages-Part-1) and just before [...]
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PFW: Tuck Ready to Step in and Be a Star
From: Pro Football Weekly It has little to do with the fact that Michael Strahan retired, but Giants officials believe DE Justin Tuck is ready to become a full-fledged star. In fact there were some who believed strongly that Tuck would have beaten out Strahan for a starting gig had he returned. Tuck reportedly is [...]
PSL Prices for the New Giants Stadium Out of Sight
The New York Giants will be allowing fans to buy a seat licenses in the new stadium they are building with the New York Jets. This license will allow a fan to buy season tickets for that seat, and will cost between $1,000 and $20,000 depending on location. The Jets haven’t commented on if they [...]
Strahan is NOT Tiki … Yet
Whoa! Hold the phone sports fans! News Flash! My colleague here at Giants Gab, Matt Loede, and I disagree on Michael Strahan’s recent comments on Jeremy Shockey and Plaxico Burress. Seems that Matt sees no difference between Strahan’s type of comments and Tiki’s last year. Well, with all due respect, brother Loede, Strahan was, in [...]
Strahan Keeps Talking; Now Says Team Should Dump Shockey
First now retired Giants DE Michael Strahan declared that his old team should give WR Plaxico Burress a new deal. Now, just a day later, the newest addition to the Fox NFL Studio show says the Giants should also do something else – dump TE Jeremy Shockey. “He doesn’t want to play here; that’s obvious [...]
The Giant’s Dark Ages, Part-2; Dick James and Andy Stynchula
The trade made perfect sense — on paper. Unfortunately, football games aren’t won on paper. But the logic of the swap was impeccable. Giant’s All-Pro Right Defensive End, Andy Robustelli retired. His back up, Bob Taylor didn’t show much. The Giants lost the 1963 Championship Game to the Bears after Y. A. Tittle got hurt. [...]
Clearly Missing the Point
Look, sports fans, I’m not trying beat a dead horse but I think a lot of folks are still missing the point regarding Tiki Barber (see Tiki’s “Honesty” in the opinions section this site). For example, “Game on!” quotes Michael Strahan as saying that Jeremy Shockey doesn’t want to be with the Giants and that [...]
Will Eli Be a Fantasy Football Flop in 2008?
Fantasy site KFFL.com has released their lists of “busts” in the fantasy world for 2008, and on the list is QB Eli Manning. Here is their breakdown on the Giants QB: Don’t believe the hype surrounding Manning; his numbers don’t back up his high draft position. He actually regressed last year with a 3,336-23-20 line. [...]
Giants PBP Man Papa Takes Over NFL Network TV Gig
Newsday is reporting that the new voice of NFL Network’s Thursday and Saturday night games is Bob Papa, the excellent radio play-by-play man for the New York Giants. Papa replaces the awful Bryant Gumbel, who mercifully left the position after two seasons in which many fans wanted to slit their wrists listening to the monotone [...]
