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Perfect end to historic season for Giants

By MIKE VACCARO — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:21:55 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS — So this was how the football season was going to end, six months after the silly summer game of labor chicken, six weeks after the Giants had looked as dead as dial-up Internet, 90 minutes after it looked as if Tom Brady had stolen a Super Bowl away from...

Gisele rips Patriots receivers for husband Brady’s Super Bowl loss

NY Post: Sports — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:21:44 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS -- Gisele Bundchen ripped into the New England Patriots' receivers for the failed plays she believes cost her quarterback husband Tom Brady a fourth Super Bowl ring. The Brazilian supermodel was caught on camera lambasting No. 12's teammates after Sunday's game in Indianapolis as she angrily defended...

Knicks star Stoudemire’s brother killed in car wreck

NY Post: Sports — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:19:24 +0000

LAKE WALES, Fla. -- Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire's older brother was killed in a car accident early Monday morning in Florida, according to a new report. Officials said Hazell Stoudemire was fatally injured when his vehicle collided at a "high rate of speed" with the rear of a...

Coughlin, Manning re-live ‘Super’ win over Patriots

By ANTHONY SULLA-HEFFINGER — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:42 +0000

Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning talked about their emotional Super Bowl victory this morning, just hours after beating the New England Patriots, calling the win a result of "metal toughness" and "resiliency." The Giants coach used words such as “proud” and “excited” when talking about his team’s 21-17 win...

James Harrison on Patriots: ‘Cheaters never win’ (Yahoo! Sports)

Yahoo! Sports - NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:09:48 +0000

James Harrison knows why the New England Patriots lost Super Bowl XLVI. In the minutes after the New York Giants sealed a 21-17 victory on Sunday night, James Harrison took to Twitter to offer his insight into the game. Like … Continue reading →

Coughlin says he’ll coach again in 2012 (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - NFL News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:20 +0000

Tom Coughlin is planning to go for a third Super Bowl win with the New York Giants next season. Speaking early Monday morning at a news conference, the 65-year-old coach says he has every intention of returning to coach the team, although management will have a say in that. The Giants beat the New England Patriots 21-17 in Sunday night's title game, and Coughlin says he is looking forward to...

Forgotten Giants WR Manningham delivers (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - NFL News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:41:31 +0000

No more hot seat for Tom Coughlin. No more second-guessing. The 65-year-old Coughlin made NFL history on Sunday, becoming the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl by guiding the Giants to a 21-17 victory over New England for his second NFL championship in four years. "What I was concerned with was these guys making their own history," Coughlin said.

Tom Coughlin has 2 Super Bowls, and job for life (PA SportsTicker)

Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New England Patriots News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:38:50 +0000

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer

New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning Looks (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Yahoo! Sports - NFL Photos — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:34:57 +0000

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning looks over his Corvette after a news conference after NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Giants beat the New England Patriots 21-17. Manning won the car for winning the game's MVP award.

M.I.A. flips bird during Super Bowl halftime show (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New England Patriots News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:33:30 +0000

The NFL and a major television network are apologizing for another Super Bowl halftime show. There was no wardrobe malfunction, nothing like that glimpse of Janet Jackson's nipple eight years ago that caused an uproar and a government scrutiny. Instead, it was an extended middle finger from British singer M.I.A.