The National Football League will crown a new champion in February.

After the New York Giants claimed an improbable title following the 2007 season, they couldn’t duplicate that success in their new role as favorite. The G-Men turned the ball over three times against the Blitzing Birds and the Philadelphia Eagles scored a 23-11 victory this afternoon at the Meadowlands.

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The first quarter of this 40th annual Jets-Giants preseason game was memorable not because of any throws by Brett Favre or Eli Manning but by the Jets' first sacks of the year by their starting defense.

Calvin Pace made his nicest move yet as a Jet on the Giants' opening drive to the Jets 33. Pace, who had a career-high 6.5 sacks for the Cardinals last year, showed his fluidity by hand-fighting w… More

The pregame festivities for the 40th annual Jets-Giants preseason game are under way at the Meadowlands.

Which is not to say there's a buzz in the stadium. The greeting for Brett Favre this week as he jogged out with the Jets' other QBs was muted from the fans scattered around the stands, rather than congregating over the West end zone tunnel.

Favre goes through uneventful warmup throws, tossing… More

Maureen McGovern sang that there's got to be a morning after. And so it was one morning after Super Bowl XLII that the NFL wrapped up its activities for its 2007 season today with its traditional 8:30 a.m. news conference featuring the commissioner, the game MVP and the winning coach.

I won't dwell on the Giants' 17-14 win over the Patriots much more, but two final points struck me about the las… More

NFL Films among many others painted this NFL championship game in similar stark colors. Today's game would result in either the perfect season or the perfect upset.

The perfect upset it is.

In what many will declare the greatest Super Bowl of all the XLII played, Eli Manning, Plaxico Burress and the New York Giants answered an 80-yard touchdown drive capped by Tom Brady's 6-yard TD pass to Randy… More