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| Patriots Harrison not haunted by Super Bowl loss |
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06/06/2008 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -Don't ask Rodney Harrison to reflect on the Patriots' almost-perfect season. The veteran safety says he isn't haunted by the Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants that denied New England the first 19-0 finish in NFL history. ``I don't know why you guys keep talking about last year,'' Harrison said Friday at the Patriots' minicamp. ``That is behind me. I'm not even thinking about last year. I'm so excited about this year and that's what I'm focused on.'' Harrison acknowledged it |
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| Giants sign DE Renaldo Wynn |
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06/02/2008 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Tom Coughlin added another former Jacksonville player to the New York Giants roster, signing defensive end Renaldo Wynn on Monday. A former first-round draft pick with the Jaguars in 1997, Wynn played five seasons with Jacksonville, four with the Washington Redskins and last year with the New Orleans Saints. He has 25 career sacks. ``Renaldo is a solid veteran who can give us some snaps on the inside or the outside,'' general manager Jerry Reese said. Wynn also is an insura |
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| Giants cap title celebration with presentation of rings |
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05/29/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -After four months of celebrations, parades, dinners and a tour of the White House, the New York Giants got their final reward on Thursday night for winning the Super Bowl: the bling. The Giants walked a blue carpet on fashionable Fifth Ave and then were handed their Super Bowl championship rings in a private ceremony at Tiffany and Co. ``As a kid you always think about winning a Super Bowl, winning a championship,'' tackle David Diehl said. ``When you have that ring you are in a unique cl |
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| Giants to get Super Bowl rings Thursday night |
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05/29/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -The New York Giants will get their final reward for winning the Super Bowl when they are given their championship rings. The private ceremony will be held Thursday night at Tiffany and Co. It will bring an end to a four-month celebration that followed the Giants' stunning 17-14 win over the previously unbeaten New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz. In the ensuing days, coach Tom Coughlin and his team were given a ticket-tape parade in New York City, followed b |
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| Panthers re-sign CB Deloatch |
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05/28/2008 |
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| reserve and special teams player before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee against Indianapolis on October 28 and being placed on injured reserve. The 26-year-old has played in 45 games -- 13 starts -- over four seasons with the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints and Carolina, recording 81 tackles and one interception. After signing with the Giants as an undrafted free agent out of North Carolina A&T, Deloatch started 13 games for New York in 2005 before serving primarily on special t |
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| Rays put up another impressive win |
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05/27/2008 |
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The Tampa Bay Rays are in rare company atop the major league standings. Tampa Bay joined the 1903 New York Giants as the only teams to have the best mark in baseball on Memorial Day after finishing with the worst record in the big leagues the previous season. Scott Kazmir won his fourth straight start, striking out 10 in seven innings to help the AL East-leading Rays beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 Monday night and improve to 31-20 after going 66-96 a year ago. ``That's something that I've always dreamed a |
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| AL Capsules |
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05/27/2008 |
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| ead the AL East-leading Rays over the Rangers. Eric Hinske hit a three-run homer for the Rays, who have won 16 of their last 17 home games and at 31-20 have the best record in the major leagues. Tampa Bay is just the second team - joining the 1903 New York Giants - to have the best mark on Memorial Day after finishing with the worst record in the big leagues the previous season (66-96). Kazmir (4-1) retired his first 10 batters, seven on strikeouts, before Michael Young singled to center with one out in th |
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| Texans add a pair of receivers |
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05/22/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (Best E Casino) - The Houston Texans announced several roster moves on Thursday, including the signings of free agent wide receivers Tim Carter and Mark Simmons. Carter played the first six season of his NFL career with the New York Giants before spending 2007 with the Cleveland Browns, where he caught eight passes for 117 yards and a touchdown. For his career, he has racked up 80 receptions for 1,084 yards and four scores. Simmons, a Kansas product, was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an und |
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| Wilson fits in well with Raiders defense |
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05/22/2008 |
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| g ever to actually win and be on top,'' Wilson said Thursday. ``There's no better feeling. I'm sharing that with them, I'll bring my ring when I get it and we'll go from there.'' The Raiders have a long way to go to get to the level Wilson and his New York Giants teammates achieved last season. Oakland has won just 19 games the past five seasons, the fewest in the NFL, and has tasted almost no success since winning the AFC championship in the 2002 season. The addition of Wilson was part of an offseason ove |
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| Packers QB Rodgers says he's ready for spotlight post-Favre |
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05/22/2008 |
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| ges, and he's not on Favre watch, even if some Cheeseheads still believe their hero might return triumphantly to Titletown after the Packers fell tantalizingly short of a Super Bowl appearance by losing in the NFC title game to the eventual champion New York Giants. ``I do hear about it second hand, but there's not much you can say about that,'' Rodgers said. ``He obviously is retired, he probably still thinks he can play, but as a football team, I think we're moving on.'' Rodgers also isn't taking Favre's |
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