Heading into South Florida and Super Bowl XLIV, many folks would have guessed that one of the quarterbacks would have melted down the stretch and not come through when it counted. That’s part of the game, right? But how many of them would have said that Peyton Manning – the 2009 NFL MVP – would [...]

A long season that once started with much promise is finally, mercifully, over for the 2009 New York Giants.
Following a 5-0 start which had the Giants pointing toward the playoffs and contending for Super Bowl XLIV, New York (8-8) ended its season with its eighth loss in eleven games on Sunday.
Like most of the previous [...]

The New York Giants traveled to Denver feeling appropriately thankful on Thanksgiving.
How could they not, after finally ending a four-game losing streak with an overtime win over Atlanta last week and licking their chops, thinking of feasting on a Denver Broncos team that was on a bad four-game slide of its own?
After an embarrassing 26-6 [...]

Chambers out, but not closed….
The Chargers released the veteran receiver, but it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Though Chambers is a talented receiver in his own right, Rivers likes to go vertical and loves to throw to his gaint receivers. With Chambers standing at all, but 5’11” he was dwarfed by his receiving [...]

Most people do not look at the NYC area as a breeding ground for NFL level talent, but if you look hard enough, you can find players will do more then just make a roster at the next level. The very first player you notice when you talk about NYC area players is Fordham University’s [...]

With six weeks of the 2009 fantasy football season complete, it’s time again for “The Collector” to take his weekly stroll along Fantasy Football Boulevard to see who is earning their keep and who needs a swift kick in the behind.
The Collector knows who your every week cash-cows (Brees, Brady, Peterson) are; they’re going to [...]

Twenty months ago, when the New York Giants shocked the football world by defeating the heavily favored, undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, it was a certain recipe that made such a stunning upset possible.
There were plenty of significant, contributing factors in that historic victory, like a key 45-yard reception by tight end [...]

At a perfect 5-0, the New York Giants have begun 2009 on the right foot.
However, it was a certain right foot — or more specifically, a right heel — which concerned the Giants most on Sunday.
That is, the sore right heel of Giants’ star quarterback Eli Manning, who made his 83rd consecutive start.
As if following [...]

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Football is often a game of momentum. That’s especially true for an underdog team playing well at home, driving in its opponents’ territory, and seeking to increase a slim lead just before halftime, while bidding for an upset of a highly ranked conference rival.
The unranked Hofstra Pride could have lost their edge, [...]

When the schedule came out last winter, I quickly circled the date on the calendar: Saturday the 19th of September, 2009. It would be the day the eighth annual Liberty cup would be played. The benefit game between Fordham and Columbia is a fast growing rivalry between the only 2 division 1-AA (or FCS) teams [...]