"But I want to wear Lawrence Taylor for a little bit, " a reference to the uniform number of the former linebacker for the NFL's New York Giants.
When a game is going to be played in a large stadium like the upcoming NFL game between the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers at the Meadowlands in the middle of gas shortages, traffic jams, sparse train service, and neighborhoods drowning in fetid sewage, then it probably ought to be rescheduled.
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He took stints at several universities before jumping to the NFL. Parcells led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl titles, then took the New England Patriots to the title game in January 1997 (where they lost), before finishing up his career with stops with the New York Jets, Cowboys and Miami Dolphins.
Long-standing issues involving the owners of the NFL's New York Jets and New York Giants also must be hammered out.
Sometimes, it even surfaces in the NFL, like in Sunday's New York Giants 24-2 win over Atlanta, in which the flightless Falcons were limited to a lone, second-quarter safety.
You plop down on your couch, boot up the family's 54-inch TV monitor and your iPad, log on to your NFL.com account and, pop, your New York Giants are playing the Los Angeles Jaguars.
But the New York Giants (five) are just another NFL team, despite having won four Super Bowls.
It's shaping up as an NFL classic--the Green Bay Packers vs. the New York Giants meeting at historic Lambeau Field, with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.
Mr. Tarkenton, an NFL Hall of Fame quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants from 1961 to 1978, is an entrepreneur who runs two websites devoted to small business education.
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The NFL season is upon us, kicking off tomorrow night when the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands.
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Before the New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, September 5 to kick off the NFL season, EA Sports officially kicks off the new season of football with the launch of Madden NFL 13 on August 28.
Baseball's New York Giants won 26 straight games in 1916, the New England Patriots took 21 consecutive NFL games in 2003 and 2004, and the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins won 17 consecutive times in 1993.
Across Long Island Sunday, many of the three million homes that make up a big chunk of the New York television market turned on Channel 5, their local Fox affiliate, hoping to see the NFL Giants take on the Detroit Lions.
Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks are major cable providers in the home markets for 12 NFL teams (Buffalo, Carolina, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Kansas City, New York Giants, New York Jets, San Diego and Tampa Bay).
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