Brett Favre Announces Retirement, to ShrugsAnd even if he tries another of his patented “well, if the game wants me back, I guess I just CAN’T retire!” moves, he won’t be able to play again.
ByWill Leitch
the sports section
Best Super Bowl Ever?Usually, all one hopes for from a Super Bowl is for it to provide one iconic image or moment. Last night’s game had three, at least.
Are New York Fans the New Philly Fans?By the looks of the way Giants fans destroyed a pair of cars in the stadium parking lot on Sunday, it would appear so.
ByJoe DeLessio
the sports section
The Giants Meet Their EndThere could have been worse ways for one of the Giants’ best regular seasons to end. A swarm of locusts could have attacked Brandon Jacobs at midfield, leaving only a pile of bones and gristle, for one.
Finally, That’s Over: The Jets Fire ManginiThis year, with Brett Favre, other new players, and a big win over New England, most Jets watchers were more optimistic than ever. They shouldn’t have been.
Leitch:The Jets’ Nightmare ScenarioWhat if the Jets never make it to the playoffs? Would this be not the beginning of a new era in Jets football, but the end of it?
Finally, a Story Line for the GiantsNow that ‘Saturday Night Live’ is doing unfunny skits about Plaxico Burress, the Giants finally have an easy narrative.
Plaxico Burress, a Diva Among GiantsIf what Burress has done lately had happened last year, it very well might have destroyed the New York Giants, and coach Tom Coughlin.
ByWill Leitch
the sports section
Jets + Giants = Subway Series?Let’s try to keep our enthusiasm in check here, but right now it looks like the two best teams in the NFL play in the same building. Are you prepared for a Jets-Giants Super Bowl?
Predicted: Every Week of the Jets and Giants SeasonsBoth New York professional football teams are above .500, but there’s a long way to go this season. Here’s what could possibly, maybe, perhaps happen every week from now.
Favre Headed for Trouble?The five-minute stretch that Jets fans are talking about this morning — that span where everything in the AFC East changed — might not be the five-minute stretch that matters most for the Jets this year.
The People Most Grateful to FavreAnyone who has watched a Jets game over the last few seasons had to enjoy seeing a pass go more than twenty yards without wobbling like a dying quail.
