New York Giants
Blue blood: The harsh logic behind the cutting of Bradshaw, Canty and Boley
Despite an organizational brand premised on steadiness and continuity, Giants fans have become accustomed in the last several years to sudden change. More
Dead men romping: The very end of the 2012 Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD—The Giants’ 42-7 blowout of the Eagles was a desperate illustration of what they are capable of when they get it all together, hinting at what they could have accomplished in the postseason if they had simply gotten it together a little more often. More
'What has happened to us': The indescribable collapse of the incomprehensible 2012 Giants
BALTIMORE—How can the Super Bowl champs, the team that not long ago blew out the Packers and Saints, the team that convincingly stayed on message with we-got-this assurances, go out ruin their season with two straight no-shows? More
(1)Big blue enigma: A blowout by the Falcons doesn't say much about these Giants
It's a fitting distinction for the Giants, somehow, that their 34-0 Giants loss to the Falcons was the most lopsided ever suffered by a defending Super Bowl champion. More
The Mets bet on 2015 with a big trade deal for R.A. Dickey
The separation agreement between the New York Mets and R.A. Dickey is nearly finalized. More
David Wilson breaks out for the Giants, and there's no putting him back in
“Speed” is a vague term in football. There’s track speed, football speed, top-end speed, lateral speed and short-area-speed, among other ways to describe how quickly a player moves around the field in different circumstances. More
The abandonment of Tiki Barber
He made his own bed here, the theory goes: He badmouthed Eli and Coughlin, then watched them become improbable Mount Rushmore Giants the very next year. He purported to be a family guy, but then was revealed as an adulterer. More
(9)How Coughlin's Giants lost the little battles, and the game, in Washington
The most worrisome of the reasons for the Giants' 17-16 loss to the Redskins was their inability to stop the run. More
'A familiar place': The Giants break down a thrashing of Green Bay
One of the pleasures of arriving early to a Giants game is observing Tom Coughlin ritual of shaking hands with all 46 players who dress. More
Anatomy of a Bengals blowout: Eli bad, front-four worse
To get blown out by the Bengals, a team that seemed constitutionally incapable of blowing out anybody before yesterday, requires the confluence of many breakdowns: coverages must be blown, pass rushers must take the game off, the quarterback must regress back into shell-shocked rookie form, the offensive line must be whipped, backs must fumble, and receivers must drop balls.
The Giants succeeded in all of these missteps on Sunday, making the 31-13 loss everybody’s fault, though some players (David Diehl) deserve more blame than others (Prince Amukamara, Andre Brown). More
Were those disappeared tweets about the Mets' finances wrong, or just premature?
Around 6 p.m. on Sunday night, Michael Salfino, a freelancer for the Wall Street Journal, SNY and Yahoo! Sports, tweeted the following: More
'Nothing to be concerned about': Coughlin's Giants look (again) like they're between adjustments
Put it this way: The Giants just played three games they easily could have lost, and they won two of them. More
Blaming A-Rod, not the team that gave him that hideous contract
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Another blow to Amar'e Stoudemire's health, and the Knicks' big plans
The New York Knicks have had a vision of playing Amar'e Stoudemire, the power forward they signed to a max contract in the summer of 2010, with Carmelo Anthony, the small forward they acquired in a March 2011 trade with the Nuggets, for longer than both players have been on the team. More
(1)Between Eli Manning and Mark Sanchez, an unbearable nothingness
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
