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Running Blog: Giants celebrate Super Bowl win at parade, rally

Last Updated: 5:37 PM, February 7, 2012

Posted: 10:35 AM, February 7, 2012

4:01 p.m. -- Ceremony comes to an end, capping off a daylong celebration for the Super Bowl champs.

3:58 p.m. -- Papa introduces Naughty by Nature, "You down with N-Y-G!"

Antrel Rolle and JPP join Naughty By Nature on stage briefly before the stadium music cuts to the classic championship theme song, Queen's "We Are The Champions."

Cannons spray confetti onto the stage and the crowd sends off its Super Bowl Champion Giants team.

Some players file off, others stay on to touch the Lombardi trophy once more and relish in the moment with their families.

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Quarterback Eli Manning holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the key ceremony at City Hall.
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Victor Cruz, left, dances salsa with Michael Strahan before receiving a key to the city from Mayor Bloomberg today.

Other players take a lap around the field, high-fiving fans and signing a few autographs. Brandon Jacobs is even taking the Lombardi trophy around to let fans get a touch.

3:55 p.m. -- Papa introduces Eli Manning.

"There truly is no place I'd rather be than right here, right now with the greatest fans in the world," Manning says.

"We won six straight games and brought the Lombardi trophy back to New Jersey!" Manning says.

Manning thanks fans for cheering the Giants to a Super Bowl win.

3:52 p.m. -- Justin Tuck takes the stage.

Tuck soaks in the crowd's cheers.

"Y'all gonna make this easy for me!" Tuck says. "Do y'all love your Giants?"

Tuck says today is his son's second birthday, asks crowd to say happy birthday.

"Happy Birthday Jace!" the crowd roars.

"It is an absolute honor to put on that blue jersey and come out here every Sunday and lay it on the line," Tuck says.

"The last time we did this we were in Giants stadium," "Now we're in MetLife Stadium."

Crowd boos

"No, no, it is MetLife stadium," Tuck says "You can be sure of whose house it is."

Crowd cheers, Tuck sits back down.

3:50 p.m. -- Papa rattles off Coughlin's resume before introducing him.

"Thank you," Coughlin says. "This is an incredible finish to an amazing season."

"It puts us right back to the Super Bowl!" Coughlin says.

Coughlin says President Obama called the Giants team courageous and commended them on how they came together at the end of the season.

3:46 p.m. -- "Awesome, what a season!" Bob Papa says.

John Mara takes the mic.

"There's no place like home," Mara says. "We are very proud to call New Jersey our home. We're even more proud to say we have the greatest, most loyal fans in all of sports."

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