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...went home—as always—a shamed Orioles fan. I was convinced. The Sports Illustrated cover jinx? Please. Ten days after the magazine featured Eli Manning on its cover, the little brother overcame a brutal postseason history to win the Most Valuable Player award in the Giants?? Super Bowl win. So the Harvard women’s basketball team will have to excuse me for pointing out the déjà vu I’m feeling as I watch it put together a season quite similar to its Ivy title run a year...
...receiver Plaxico Burress.While it is often tempting to root for the Dark Side, most of us relate better to the redeeming qualities of the underdog who compensates for a lack of talent with a surplus of heart and determination. Most of us respect someone like Burress—the Giants?? best receiver all season despite his inability to practice because of a bum ankle—more than someone like the Patriots’ Rodney Harrison—a player whose desire to get an edge led him to use HGH and earn a reputation as a dirty...
...Little Giants??—because it’s the greatest football movie of all time. Imagine a lead soprano named Ice Box, and a huge finale entitled “The Annexation of Puerto Rico.” Instant classic. A feel good story for the whole family...
...ranks of senior Harvard football players who have made preliminary deals to continue their careers on NFL rosters.While Dawson was the only one to receive an actual contract offer, Berg joins Farbotko in being invited to an upcoming mini-camp.The fact that his suitor—the New York Giants??is also the team he cheered for as a kid is just icing on the cake.“I was a Giants fan growing up, so that’s exciting,” Berg said. He was also in contact with the Tennessee Titans and the Buffalo...
...when an NFL sportscaster said last month, talking about the Giants?? comeback victory over the Eagles, that the winners “had literally put a bullet” in coach Andy Reid’s head, I had a feeling that there wasn’t much shooting going on. He did, however, manage to catch my attention. Considering I thought the Eagles were merely a 1970s rock band, it’s clear that the sportscaster’s sensationalism actually worked. [EDITOR'S NOTE APPENDED...