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The Giants (Stole) The Pennant
I was toolin' around Longform the other day because it's one of my favorite places on the web and found a link to Joshua Prager's 2001 Wall Street Journal article about the Giants in 1951. The piece was the basis for Prager's book The Echoing Green....
Damon Bruce Was Banned From The Giants' Clubhouse For Taking Creepshots
We haven't heard much from former KNBR radio host Damon Bruce since he went on a dick-twirling rant during one of his shows. But Bruce's recent move from KNBR to 95.7 The Game elicited a column from the Press Democrat's Lowell Cohn, in which he dishes some serious dirt on Bruce....
Barry Bonds Says He Should Be In The Hall Of Fame "Without A Doubt"
Barry Bonds showed up at camp today, and put on a Giants uniform for the first time in seven years. At age 49, he looked good—smaller than in his playing days, but nothing that would be embarrassing if he were in spring training to play. He's here to teach. And he was immediately asked about PEDs....
Tiny Person Tim Lincecum And Large Person Kameron Loe Traded Uniforms
Here's some fun spring training shenanigans courtesy of the San Francisco Giants, who understand that people wearing comically ill-fitting clothes is always funny. Tim Lincecum, who is just 5-foot-11, traded uniforms with Kameron Loe, who is 6-foot-8. Much fun was had....
Eli Manning Awkwardly Grooves On Stage With Better Than Ezra
Eli Manning hopped on stage at a recent Better Than Ezra show, and he quickly found himself facing the same problem that every person in human history who's ever been on stage with a band has faced: he had no damn idea what to do with his hands....
Jared Lorenzen, At 320 Pounds, Is Still Playing Quarterback
Holy shit! That, on the right there, is present-day Jared Lorenzen, formerly of Kentucky Wildcat and New York Giant fame. He was best known as Eli Manning's dump truck of a backup. Now he's a dump truck of a nose tackle, playing quarterback....
Lawsuit Accuses Giants, Eli Manning Of Pushing Fake Memorabilia
A lawsuit accuses the Giants of creating fake "game-worn" memorabilia and pushing it on collectors in an attempt to make money—and in Eli Manning's case, to hang on to the authentic stuff....
Eli Manning At A Restaurant, Looking At Something
In most photos, Eli Manning is a perpetual seven-year-old. But in this covert photo taken at a restaurant with his presumed daughter, Manning—nah, he still looks like he's seven years old....
Seattle Car Dealership Owes 12 People $35K Because Giants Got Shut Out
Eli Manning and the Giants are a terrible gag gift that keeps on giving. After their loss to the Seahawks yesterday, in which Eli threw five interceptions and New York was shut out at home for the first time in almost 20 years, a Seattle area car dealership has to pay out $420,000....
Young Child Screams "You Suck" After Eli Manning's Fourth Interception
Out of the mouths of babes. ...
How Everyone Screwed Up On Washington's Mistaken First Down
Washington thought they had a first down. The chains moved. The stadium scoreboard said first down. Kyle Shanahan called the next play as if the Skins had a new set of downs. But the one person whose ruling mattered, referee Jeff Triplette, signaled third down. Chaos reigns....
Eli: Still The Saddest Manning
After last night's disaster in Foxboro in which the Broncos blew a 24-point lead, you'd be right to expect Peyton Manning to be a bit down. But, as always, he's the chipper member of the family—as little bro Eli is once again letting his face tell a story of desperation and dysphoria....
Steve Weatherford Was Drug Tested One Day After A Career Game
Yesterday, Giants punter Steve Weatherford had a banner day. He led the NFL in net average, had two punts over 65 yards, and placed two inside the 20-yard-line. Today, he had to pee in a cup. ...
Cowboys Player Celebrates Win By Smearing Fake Blood All Over His Face
This is what Cowboys defensive tackle Jason Hatcher looked like right after his team's 24-21 victory over the Giants. That's fake blood all over his face, because Jason Hatcher likes to celebrate victories like a totally normal person, obviously....
The Giants' Season, In One Vine
Goofy turnover turns into a touchdown; an old man is furious. ...
Can Batkid Run The Bases Faster Than Pablo Sandoval?
Part of the San Francisco Batkid's reward for saving Giants mascot Lou Seal was a chance to run the bases at AT&T Park. We wondered if the leukemia patient might be able to round them faster than corpulent Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval, so we matched them up side-by-side to see who could reac...
Batkid Goes To AT&T Park To Rescue The Giants' Mascot
If you've been on the internet for more than five minutes today, you have assuredly had your heart melted by Batkid, the five-year-old cancer patient who has spent the day "fighting crime" in "Gotham City" thanks to the efforts of the Make-A-Wish foundation and local volunteers. ...