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Notebook: Blurbs From Giants’ NYC Sendoff

by John Fennelly on February 5th, 2012 at 3:45 am

Matt Lauer, Katie Couric and Tom Murro

This is from our man at Celebrity Magnet, Tom Murro.…he attended the high-falootin’ NYC party at Michael’s this week attended by dignitaries and celebs alike to wish the Giants well in Indianapolis…..

Giants owner Steve Tisch, Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein, Matt Lauer, John McEnroe,Brian Williams, and Dick Ebersol invited lots of friends to Michaels Restaurant in NYC for a New York Giants Super Bowl pep rally luncheon before the Giants try to win that Vince Lombardi trophy once again.

Matt Lauer, who explained he’d been a Giants fan for as long as he can remember, announced that Paulette Figoski, the widowed wife of Peter Figoski, the NYPD officer shot and killed in Brooklyn in mid-December, and her two younger daughters, Corinne and Caroline, should they not have plans, were invited to go with Harvey and friends to Indianapolis and the Super Bowl on Sunday. (Bob Weinstein said he would probably be watching in Darien, Conn.) The Figoskis do not have plans, they said, and would be going.

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SNY Video: Fans on the Street Talk Super Bowl

by John Fennelly on February 2nd, 2012 at 12:31 pm

SNY.tv’s Ted Berg walks the streets of New York City to ask fans their thoughts on the Super Bowl.

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Gallagher’s Celebrating Giants’ Playoff Run

by John Fennelly on January 10th, 2012 at 8:28 am

from our friends at Gallagher’s…

The last time the Giants marched to the Super Bowl, Gallagher’s Steak House in NYC presented a BIG BLUE POWER LUNCH including the Eli Mann-Eater Big Blue Burger.

The Big Blue Power lunch is being re-launched today. Hoping that lightning strikes twice.

Gallagher’s, a Midtown Mainstay Houses Team Pictures of all Giants Squads in Trophy Room…

The “Big Blue Power Lunch” which salutes the New York football Giants as they prep for the Packers, will be re-introduced at Gallagher’s Steak House in the Theater District on Tuesday (January 10).

The NFC East champs head to Green Bay to play the Pack on Sunday for the Division Championship. Featuring the “Eli Mann-Eater Big Blue Burger” as a tribute to toast of the town QB Eli Manning, the Big Blue Power Lunch was a mainstay menu throughout the Giants Super Bowl championship march in 2008, and Gallagher’s General Manager David Etienne, like all Big Blue fans, is hoping lightning will strike again.

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Bulluck To Be Honored at NYFC Fall Gala

by John Fennelly on August 31st, 2010 at 8:43 am

New Yorkers For Children (NYFC) announces that newly signed All-Pro
Linebacker for the New York Giants, Keith Bulluck, will be honored with
the Nicholas Scoppetta Child Welfare Award at the NYFC 2010 Fall Gala
for his work with youth in foster care.

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