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Parade, party close curtain on championship season

Parade, party close curtain on championship season

As the conquering heroes returned to their home to bask in the afterglow, to soak up the last full-throated cheers from an adoring and appreciative fan-base, players who have been through it before as well as first-timers all agreed they never

have been to a better party. There was no stopping the Giants down the stretch of the season, in the playoffs and especially in Super Bowl XLVI, where they came back (again) to defeat the favored Patriots 21-17, in.....Read Full Story

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  • Giants reign at parade

    Giants reign at parade

    Step aside, Mayor Mike and Gov. Cuomo — it’s Eli’s city now. Nearly 1 million delirious fans roared and wept upon seeing returning hero Eli Manning at the Giants’ triumphant parade in lower Manhattan yesterday — and the quarterback responded by...   10:19 AM

  • As Giants soak up love, they know there’s no better place to win

    As Giants soak up love, they know there’s no better place to win

    Eli Manning began walking off the field at MetLife Stadium, a place of sheer Bluephoria that had unmistakably become Giants Stadium, his arm around his wife, Abby, and soon the championship face of the championship franchise was all alone, walking...   9:20 AM

  • Giants jab at Gisele: 'Be cute and shut up'

    Giants jab at Gisele: 'Be cute and shut up'

    Hey, Gisele, stick to your day job! The Super Bowl champion Giants blasted the supermodel wife of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady yesterday for her tirade blaming everyone but her husband for their loss in Super Bowl XLVI. Giants running back...   11:28 AM

  • Boston gets Butterfinger candy in honor of Patriots loss to Giants

    Boston gets Butterfinger candy in honor of Patriots loss to Giants

    Victory isn't the only thing that's sweet. Colorado-based online pawn shop Pawngo.com left 900 pounds of Butterfinger candy bars in Boston's Copley Square on Tuesday to mock the New England Patriots. Patriots receiver Wes Welker dropped a pass...   8:38 AM

  • Giants owner Tisch gets last laugh on Patriots, Cowboys

    Giants owner Tisch gets last laugh on Patriots, Cowboys

    Steve Tisch couldn’t resist a dig at Tom Brady or the Cowboys yesterday afternoon, although the Giants’ co-owner could use some new material. Speaking at the MetLife Stadium rally to celebrate Big Blue’s freshly minted Super Bowl XLVI win over...   11:20 AM

  • Tuck tweaks Jets at Giants' stadium celebration

    You just knew the Jets could not get through the Giants’ Super Bowl celebration without taking a shot or two. Giants defensive end Justin Tuck gave a...   11:20 AM

  • Giants coach Coughlin awed by Super fans

    Giants head coach Tom Coughlin was visibly moved by the love that washed over him and his team yesterday at MetLife Stadium at the end of a day of...   8:38 AM

  • Osi’s contract not primary concern for Giants

    Osi’s contract not primary concern for Giants

    Osi Umenyiora not only thinks the Giants can repeat, but wants to be part of pulling it off. Although it might have been the emotion of the moment talking, the Giants’ veteran defensive end stated an uncharacteristically strong desire to remain in...   8:38 AM

  • Giants TEs Ballard, Beckum facing surgeries

    The Super Bowl was not kind to the position of tight end for the Giants, as two of them, Jake Ballard and Travis Beckum, yesterday attended the...   11:20 AM

  • Manning, Tuck are new faces of Giants franchise

    Manning, Tuck are new faces of Giants franchise

    They were the only players to speak yesterday, the only real Giants that addressed fans in New York and New Jersey and thanked them for being along for this wonderful ride. If there was any question about who led these 2011 Giants to an unexpected...   10:41 AM

  • American Eli-dol

    American Eli-dol

    Suddenly, he is more than a quarterback, more than an athlete — more than a champion, even. Suddenly, Eli Manning in 2012 has become equal parts Elvis from 1956, John Lennon from 1964 and Derek Jeter circa 1999. Suddenly he is part idol, part icon:...   9:44 AM

  • Warner says Manning not Hall of Famer

    Nobody had rained on Eli Manning’s parade, so leave it to the player Manning replaced to come carrying a dark cloud. Amid all of the discussion that...   11:20 AM

  • Coughlin’s daughter says dad deserves Giants title

    She is the wife of Chris Snee, and the daughter of Tom Coughlin, and she was walking on Cloud 9 with her husband and two young boys on another day when...   9:33 AM

  • Giants owner Mara basks in glow of crowd

    There was a game late in the season when the Giants were so lousy on the field they were booed out of MetLife Stadium after a dreadful loss to the...   1:06 PM

  • Generous Justin's gift to Giants: Here's Johnnie!

    Generous Justin's gift to Giants: Here's Johnnie!

    Those grins the Giants were sporting yesterday during their trip through the Canyon of Heroes may have gotten a boost from a nip or two of “Blue” booze. Moments before the Giants left the Meadowlands to celebrate their incredible Super Bowl win,...   1:06 PM

  • Super end to Baas’ challenging season

    In the summer, David Baas was a name Giants fans did not want to hear. Nothing against Baas. It was just that every time he was mentioned it was part...   9:33 AM

  • Hooky & ladder play

    Hooky & ladder play

    It was an epidemic — of Big Blue fever! Giants fans by the thousands played hooky from school and ditched work yesterday to join the big party in Manhattan for their beloved Super Bowl heroes. “I had to use a sick day for this, but seeing Victor...   4:20 AM

  • Obama congratulates Coughlin on victory

    WASHINGTON — President Obama called Giants coach Tom Coughlin yesterday to congratulate him on the team’s victory over the New England Patriots in...   1:51 AM

  • The Brady Hunch

    The Brady Hunch

    Bradying is the new Tebowing! Superstar quarterback Tom Brady was the picture of dejection after his New England Patriots lost the Super Bowl to Big Blue — and now mocking fans are all too eager to rub it in. A well-circulated snapshot of Brady,...   12:14 PM

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

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

    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...  

  • Giants dealt long odds to double down on title

    Giants dealt long odds to double down on title

    Dear Boss: I’m happy to report I made it home without getting bloodied by too many readers who noticed that my Super Bowl pick didn’t quite work out. You may remember that, Boss. I picked the Patriots, 30-27. I wasn’t about to get caught up in...  

  • Giants took roller-coaster ride to unlikely title

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Giants were living proof this season that it isn’t how you start, but how you finish. And boy, what a finish it was. If anyone had...  

  • Greatest Eli simply grateful

    Greatest Eli simply grateful

    ELI CITY — He stood outside in the uncharacteristic warmth of early February, his MVP press conference over, when I asked Eli Manning why he loves being quarterback of the New York Giants. “Obviously it’s the greatest city in the world,” Manning...  

  • Elite Eli returns to radio as champion

    Eli Manning was asked by Michael Kay on “The Michael Kay Show” in training camp if he was an elite quarterback. His response was yes, he did see...  

  • Giants RB Bradshaw basks in bizarre TD

    Giants RB Bradshaw basks in bizarre TD

    INDIANAPOLIS — Ahmad Bradshaw was sitting on a spongy chair in the lobby of the Downtown Marriott yesterday morning waiting to do an appearance on “Good Morning America.” It was his first official duty as a newly crowned Super Bowl XLVI champion,...  

  • Osi says Giants win 'meant to be'

    INDIANAPOLIS — Osi Umenyiora said he had a premonition the Giants would win the Super Bowl. “It was just meant to be, man, there was no other way,’’...  

  • Giants have 21 free agents, plus Jacbos

    Giants have 21 free agents, plus Jacbos

    INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Abrams, the Giants assistant general manager, was walking through the lobby of the team hotel about an hour before the Super Bowl XLVI champions were to depart for the victorious flight home. He was asked when free agency...  

  • Giants land in Newark to heroes' welcome

    Giants land in Newark to heroes' welcome

    The conquering heroes are home! The Super Bowl champion New York Giants partied all the way from Indianapolis to Newark Airport yesterday, where they received a rock-star reception from their New York-area fans. Stepping off their chartered flight...  

  • Giants are every ‘wear’

    Giants are every ‘wear’

    Fans bleeding Big Blue poured lots of green into cash registers across New York yesterday, snapping up Super Bowl title gear. Leo Distefano, 46, got to Modell’s in Times Square at 9 a.m. and still couldn’t score a $29.99 locker-room hat for today’s...  

  • Giants great Carson has moment of deja Blue

    INDIANAPOLIS — Just before the kickoff to Super Bowl XLVI, Giants tight ends coach Mike Pope went up to those playing in their first Super Bowl and...  

  • Manning gets Disney parade for winning MVP

    Manning gets Disney parade for winning MVP

    Eli Manning got a head start on the rest of his teammates -- he already has had a Super Bowl celebration parade. As the game's MVP, Manning was flown to Orlando, Fla., on Monday for a parade at Disney World. COMPLETE GIANTS SUPER BOWL COVERAGE...  

  • VIDEO: Manning, Coughlin morning after

    INDIANAPOLIS -- Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and Giants head coach Tom Coughlin talk about their win over the Patriots on Monday morning. The Giants...  

  • Giants rookie Jones proposes to girlfriend after Super Bowl win

    Giants rookie Jones proposes to girlfriend after Super Bowl win

    INDIANAPOLIS -- Both Greg Jones and his high school sweetheart won rings on Super Bowl Sunday. The rookie linebacker proposed to his girlfriend as confetti streamed down on him and his victorious teammates on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in...  

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