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Undercover Cops Will Be Wearing Giants Jerseys At Sunday's Game
The trap has been baited for the drunk and stupid. San Francisco PD will be dressed as Giants fans at Candlestick Park, the better to sniff threatening behavior on the part of the locals. After a number of Saints fans reported being verbally and physically abused last week, the Niners and the city a...
Are The Giants Really Better Than The 49ers?
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ShortCenter: The Giants And The 49ers Are The Same Team, To Judge By ESPN's Buzzwords
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The Patriot Way Is Now A Load Of Shit
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Joe Biden Congratulates The San Francisco Giants "On Their Way To The Super Bowl"
Like everyone, we love a good Joe Biden gaffe—especially when it's about sports....
ShortCenter: The Giants Are Confident, ESPN Says Over And Over And Over
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Mike Martz Gave Us Something To Believe In, Even If We Shouldn't
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Stop Whatever You're Doing, And Watch This Sad Drunk Lady Cry About The Packers Loss
I can't. I can't even do this. Thank you Giants, and thank you Internet, and thank you Megan for being a better cameraperson than friend....
Jersey City Assemblyman Is Sorry A Friend Wrote About Dallas "Cowgirls" And Philly "Gaybirds" On His Facebook Page
Charles Mainor, an assemblyman and Giants fan out of Jersey City, N.J., was the victim of an insensitive friend's Facebook posting over the weekend. Take note, pols: Blaming your friends, it seems, just might be the new hacking claim....
The View From The Wrong Side Of An NFL Instant Classic
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Four Theories On How The Giants Went From Awful To Amazing
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Apparently, Alex Smith Should Have Chosen Not To Run For That Touchdown
In some divergent reality, that gangbusters Saints/49ers game didn't come down to the teams trading scores like heavyweight blows in the final few minutes. In this alternate universe, Alex Smith scampered free for 27 yards, with a clear path to the end zone, and took a knee. The 49ers would run ou...
ShortCenter: Merril Hoge Explains Aaron Rodgers's Very Bad Day
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Why, Oh Why, Did The Packers Have To Lose?
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Hakeem Nicks Hauled In A Halftime Hail Mary
The Green Bay Packers' circumstances for the second half of their playoff game against New York changed enormously when Hakeem Nicks brought down this heave by Eli Manning, turning a three-point Packers deficit into a 20-10 doubling-up. [Fox]...
Tom Brady's Punt Finally Brought Some Life To The Broncos Defense, If By Life You Mean Punches
Blame Von Miller for this dirty hit that is an unfortunate coda to his otherwise spectacular season. But quick kicks always tend to result in some kind of craziness; like turnovers, they put players outside their comfort zone. In this case, it was reason for Miller to go on an assault mission, th...
Here's The Evidence That Alex Smith Really Did Throw A Playoff Game-Winning Touchdown Pass In The Final Seconds
Jim Harbaugh played for the win, and the 49ers delivered it for him on this Alex Smith-Vernon Davis touchdown pass with ten seconds remaning in the game—just a minute and a half after blowing an earlier lead. [Fox]...
Here's CNN Meteorologist Alexandra Steele's Forecast For Today's Chargers-Lions Playoff Game At Ford Field
Consider how many people are involved in the production of a simple weather forecast on CNN. You have the meteorologist, for sure, but you also have the producer who loads the "wx" into the script/rundown, and the graphics techs who run the system that creates what you see on your screen. ...
Donte Whitner Knocked Pierre Thomas Out Cold With This Helmet-To-Helmet Hit
Legal? According to the NFL. Safe? Smart? You make the call. [Fox]...
I Caught Tebow Fever, And I Don't Want To Be Cured
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