John Lennon, from Newsday.com, said this morning on his Mets blog that Giants LB Antonio Pierce is in Port St. Lucie, Florida at the Mets Spring Training facility. Pierce’s fiance, Jocelyn, is the new host of Mets Weekly on SNY

According to Lennon, Pierce was on the field this morning with Mets Closer Billy Wagner, who throws a football as part of his training routine. Pierce was joking around and laughing at Wagner, who played football in High School.

That is some funny stuff, yet I’d like to see Billy laughing at Antonio Pierce trying to throw a 100 mph fastball. Now that would be entertaining to watch.

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This morning, between 8:00am and 9:00am ET, New York Giants linebacker and defensive captain Antonio Pierce guest-hosted FOX & Friends on the FOX News Channel with FNC’s Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade.

On Pierce’s recent dog controversy:

Kilmeade:  Real quick Antonio, there is a little bit of controversy brought up you, you have some dogs, couple of pit bulls – what happened, and where are we at with that?

Pierce:  You know basically I had somebody watching my dogs, my dogs got out somehow, supposedly, they are in a kennel, they are safe, they are taken care of.  I gotta handle that stuff with the law, and it will be all handled, and they will be just fine.  It is not as bad as it seems, but with all the stuff going on with dogs and athletes, it’s a big deal.

On Hillary Clinton’s chances to win Texas and Ohio primaries:

Pierce:  They are going to have to have a great game plan to go out there in Texas and come away with those wins.

Kilmeade:  There’s something about Obama that’s got the Hillary Clinton camp on it’s heels.  Do you see it when you see him speak?

Pierce:  Definitely, you can just see it by the response of the crowd, you see how the nation is taking to him.  I think its something different, I think America is looking for a fresh change, and I think Obama is the answer.

On steroids in baseball controversy (w/ guest Cal Ripken):

Pierce:  I think one thing with the steroids thing – you can’t just look at a group of players and just put that on the whole baseball league.  You can’t just put that on Major League Baseball.  You got 50 or so guys, that they are blaming for using steroids, or being accused of it – don’t put that on the whole league.  Its just like if it happened in football, one guy gets blamed, you don’t want to see the whole league get kinda cast up.

Love to see you out there Antonio, just don’t go Tiki on us!

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SI.com’s Peter King gives us a preview of the upcoming NFL Films DVD, The New York Giants: Super Bowl XLII Champions. The DVD gives a glipse into how the Giants’ defensive front out-schemed the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Early in the game, we see Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, surrounded by his defense, talking about how to trump Tom Brady’s reading of the Giants pass-rush. “Listen,” Spagnuolo yells to his players, referring to the blitz, “it’s going to be set to the back unless A.P. [Antonio Pierce] changes it. If Brady changes the protection, we gotta be ready to change our blitz.”

NFL Films caught one of the chess moves, with linebacker Kawika Mitchell. Lined up over center Dan Koppen, faking like he was dropping into coverage, when Koppen moved to his right to block, Mitchell turned around and flooded the gap, causing a sack. Good stuff.

Some of the extra footage in the DVD includes coverage of media day at the Super Bowl. King’s favorite moment is where Eli Manning, in a sort of coming-of-age moment before a game against Dallas, yells in the pregame huddle: “Jump on these guys! They don’t know how to play from behind!”

Hat tip to Met Big Blue Fan for the link.

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According to CBS Sportsline, Giants LB Antonio Pierce was accused of neglecting one of his dogs in the days leading up to Super Bowl XLII.

The Middlesex County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Pierce’s two pit bulls escaped from a fenced enclosure in his yard on January 30, just two days before the game. Pierce was issued a summon because one of the dogs was found to be underweight and suffering from a respiratory illness, officials said.

SPCA chief Walt Mychal said that Pierce was not charged to anything dogfighting related and could face only a fine, not jail time, if convinced.

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Antonio Pierce had his fiance film behind the scenes video at the Giants parade for SNY, check it out on SNY’s video player.

This is great exclusive SNY video, showing what it was like to be right next to Antonio at the parade. Excellent stuff.

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Super Bowl champion Antonio Pierce talks about the Giants’ incredible win.

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Head over to SNY.tv for highlights of Antonio Pierce’s appearances this year on SNY SportsNite.

Some great, funny clips in there, I highly recommend checking it out. Antonio is quite the character.

Enjoy the warm weather, Antonio! Someone show up to the airport with an air horn to see him off.

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When asked if Giants Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo would leave to take the Washington Redskins’ Head Coaching job, Giants LB Antonio Pierce told the NY Post:

“I doubt he will ever go anywhere.”

Spagnuolo brought the Giants defense from a disheartening 25th in the league under former Defensive Coordinator Tim Lewis to a promising 7th in his first season.

These are the best sources, from his players themselves. If Antonio Pierce is confident Spags will stay, there’s a good chance he could. You never know, if he decides to stay, Coughlin will be retiring after his nice extension is over with, and maybe Spagnuolo could be the man to replace him. He’s only about 49 years old.

I know he’s in big-time head coaching talks now, and he did an amazing job this year, but it’s still only his first season as a coordinator and I’m not sure how he’d do as a head coach just yet. I think he’s the perfect defensive coordinator, the fans love him, the players, the organization, and the rest of the coaches love him. He has a perfect situation in New York right now.

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In case you missed it, check out Antonio Pierce on SNY talking about the Giants underdog role in the Super Bowl. He also has an interesting answer to Tiki Barber’s comment that if he was still a Giant they would still be in the Super Bowl.

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Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce had a few words of wisdom towards the NFL and inspirational talk for his defensive teammates.

Pierce on the flu going around the Giants locker room…

“Guys are taking medicine and doing everything they can do. We’re still talking about Monday. We’ve got six days left for the game. If those guys have to be out there, I think they’d be out there. If we had a game to play, they’d be able to play.”

Pierce on the Patriots…

“They are standing in our way. We’re not here to hand over the Lombardi Trophy to them. We’re not Roger Goodell.”

I love it. I truly believe that this Super Bowl will live up to the hype surrounding it. This is going to be one for the ages.

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