Recently we caught up with former Giants WR and special teamer Phil McConkey at a charity event in NYC.  He was always a player that could get the team fired up.  To this day, he is as animated and entertaining as ever….. Phil, what is your take on the current Giants receiving corps? A lot [...]

Former Giants Radio Announcer Was One Of Game’s Best Long before the sports media crush of the new millennium lowered the bar on class and loosened its belt on professionalism, there were real journalists and talented announcers covering sports who told it like it is.  Jim Gordon was one of those people.  Not that his [...]

Over 500 Fill Small Church on Long Island To Say Goodbye Legendary Yankees and Giants public address announcer Bob Sheppard was laid to rest yesterday on Long Island.  Sheppard passed away earlier this week at the age of 99. Among the admirers at the service – and providing eulogies – were Giants’ CEO John Mara, [...]

Lawrence Tynes on Late Night With David Letterman From January 28th, 2008….Tynes had just kicked the Giants to the Super Bowl.  Letterman chides him on his several missed kicks, as only Letterman can….

The Most Memorable Games in Giants History: The Oral History of a Legendary Team by Jim Baker and Bernard M. Corbett (Bloomsbury) Release Date: August 17, 2010 Publishers are constantly sending me advance copies of books about the Giants. That’s because they know I’ll read them and give them a fair shake in my review. [...]

From the 1986 NFC Championship Game vs Washington CBS coverage of player introductions at the start of the 1986 NFC Championship Game vs the Redskins.  PA announcer Bob Sheppard introduces the Giants’ offense to a raucous crowd before the most important game in the history of Giants Stadium.

The Most Familiar Voice in Sports, Bob Sheppard, Passes Away at 99 Public Address announcer Bob Sheppard had a career that spanned over half a century, lending his ominous voice and strategic cadence to New York sports venues such as Yankee Stadium, Giants Stadium and St. John’s Alumni Hall. It was said by many visiting [...]

Kentucky RB Gave Big Blue Everything He Had Doug Kotar was acquired from Pittsburgh by the Giants during the players’ strike in the summer of 1974 for little-known QB Leo Gasienica.  Kotar was talented, but not highly regarded coming out of the University of Kentucky. The Steelers needed a QB should the strike occur and [...]

Giants’ Safety Carl “Spider” Lockhart was one of the lone heroes of the woeful “Lil’ Blue” teams of the late 1960′s- early 1970′s.  He was drafted by the Giants out of North Texas in the 13th round of the 1965 NFL Draft and went on to play his entire 11-year professional career in New York. [...]