PARDEE: THAT OFFICIAL SHOULD NEVER CALL ANOTHER GAME

November 19, 2008 - THE NFL has made its bed and rests all too comfortably on the premise that it will be able to sleep in it. But if the league wakes up screaming at three in the morning after the end of the regular-season schedule, after one of its playoff hopefuls should be cheated by the errant result of a game that can be and should be altered, all the king's horses and all the king's men will fully...

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STEELERS TD MESS HAS TIEBREAK IMPLICATIONS

November 18, 2008 - THE NFL won't have any sympathy for all the bettors who had the Steelers minus 4 � or 5 against the Chargers on Sunday night, because the league has always refused to acknowledge that these...more >
EARTH, WIND & FIRE CLIMBING UP CHARTS

November 17, 2008 - THEY defy you to stop them, and they couldn't care less if you were Ray Lewis or Dick Butkus. They are a throwback football team very much like the Vince Lombardi Packers in the way they come...more >
JACOBS-LEWIS CLASH LOOKS FAMILIAR TO BROWN & HUFF

November 16, 2008 - JIM Brown wore the bull's-eye when Sam Huff journeyed through his violent world, and today at Giants Stadium, Brandon Jacobs is Brown and Ray Lewis is Huff. Call it The Collision Heard '...more >
GIANTS NOW TOP SQUAD? YOU BETTOR BELIEVE IT

November 15, 2008 - HERE'S a look at how the NFL spreads are faring so far this week, according to our favorite Vegas insiders: RAVENS-GIANTS Big Blue is -6� in part because Vegas believes they are the best team...more >
FOR GANG GREEN, WIN WORTH WAITING 4

November 14, 2008 - FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - They will be coming out of the woodwork today, in every corner of the city that colors itself green and white, a song in their hearts, a No. 4 jersey draped proudly over their...more >
NO MORE PRETENDING, IT'S TIME TO WIN AND CONTEND

November 13, 2008 - FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - One man. One man changed the course of history for two franchises. The Patriots have won three Super Bowls since Bill Belichick told Woody Johnson to take that job and shove...more >
THESE GIANTS CARRY COACH'S STAMP OF GRIT

November 11, 2008 - EVEN before the Giants hired Tom Coughlin, at a time when the Jim Fassel era was ending, the late, great Wellington Mara was asked for his Big Blue Dream Team. "I'd like to have a team...more >
BETTER TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD

November 10, 2008 - PHILADELPHIA - With these Road Warrior Giants, football is a game of bone-crunching yards on the ground that saps the will of the enemy, and sometimes, when your quarterback has poise and presence...more >
GIANTS RISE TO MEET CHALLENGE

November 10, 2008 - PHILADELPHIA -- With these Road Warrior Giants, football these days is a game of yards, bone-crunching yards on the ground that saps the will of the enemy, and sometimes, when your quarterback has...more >
THIS LOOKS LIKE GAME OF THE YEAR

November 9, 2008 - PHILADELPHIA - In a season that has given us Matt Cassel instead of Tom Brady, the deterioration of the Cowboys without Tony Romo, and mediocrity and backup quarterbacks everywhere you turn, we are...more >