What is the Price of Safety in the NFL? Brandon Meriweather is now the most feared hitter in football. Opposing pass-catchers are terrified to go up for a ball with him lurking in the area. If he sees the ball in the air, instead of trying for an interception, he only has a knockout hit on his mind. Meriweather has paid dearly for his aggressiveness on the field starting in [...]

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The Giants Put Their 2013 Season to Rest The Giants fell to the Chicago Bears 27-21 on Thursday night, falling to 0-6 on the season. This loss effectively ended any slim chance they had to make the playoffs this season. Eli Manning has a league-high 15 picks this season, but how many were his fault depends on who you ask. This performance to start the season has proven that elite [...]

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Giants-Broncos recap The Giants were trounced in their home-opener against Denver 41-23. The big brother showed the little brother how to carve up a defense, and little brother showed big brother how to be careless with the football. The Giants running game was non-existant, and I mean that in a literal sense. They averaged 1.2 yards a carry which is worse than pathetic, its downright laughable. David Wilson had about [...]

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Giants Serve Cowboys on a Silver Platter     The New York Giants had worked all off-season looking towards their Week 1 match up with their arch-rival the Dallas Cowboys. When they lined up to run their first play of the season, they didn’t imagine the ball ending up in the hands of DeMarcus Ware.     That only foreshadowed what was going to come for Big Blue, who coughed up the [...]

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THE FAT LADY IS NOT ONLY SINGING FOR A-ROD     Alex Rodriguez finally returned to the Yankee lineup on Monday night in an 8-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. He hit the ball hard a few times and ended up with a 1-4 day at the plate. The real story is that he has received an 211 game suspension from Major League Baseball and has appealed it. Should he [...]

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The suspension of Ryan Braun hit the airwaves yesterday and rocked the baseball world. He has admitted to PED use and will not play for the rest of the season. The suspension is officially 65 games. Braun tried the Lance Armstrong tactic of denying use and throwing everyone he could under the bus to keep his name clean. Like Armstrong, his lies finally caught up to him when Anthony Bosch, [...]

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Today the 113th annual U.S. Open will begin at Merion Golf Course in Pennsylvania. Any golf expert will tell you, that you can’t go wrong in picking one of the big 3 to win the tournament. (Tiger, Phil and Rory). With rain in the forecast all weekend anything is possible and there is no doubt you will see one of the big names fall behind early. I’m going to give [...]

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Giants Post-Draft Review RD1 #19 Justin Pugh OL Syracuse- Pugh was definitely a low risk selection, and one we have come to expect from Jerry Reese in the first round of the draft. Pugh is a very versatile piece for the Giants, the kind they can move around to any position on the offensive line. David Diehl has had some strong years in blue, but it is clear he cannot [...]

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13 Straight: Blessing or Fools Gold? The red-hot Knicks have won 13 straight behind some amazing scoring performances by Carmelo Anthony. They have stepped up their defensive intensity by allowing just 93 points per game in their last ten games. The Knicks are shooting the 3-ball at an exceptionally high clip which can be a good thing or a bad thing.     The positives, first and foremost are that the [...]

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    It’s safe to say the most talked about college athlete of the year 2013 has been Notre Dame LB Manti Te’o. He was already being roasted in the media after his poor performance in the BCS title game, which ended in a brutal Notre Dame loss. A week following the game, the Irish leading tackler became the world’s new punching bag. Deadspin.com reported that the well-documented death of [...]

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