Steve Weatherford

ALBANY, N.Y. — When the Giants look in the mirror, what do they see? Is it the team that was 7-7 late last season, fighting for postseason survival as its coach was in danger of being fired? Or is it the team that finished with a flourish,...

Ray Rice and Matt Forte got what they wanted Monday: long-term contracts that sometimes elude NFL running backs.   Neither Rice nor Forte was enamored of playing under the franchise tag tender in 2012, and negotiations went down to the wire. Then Rice...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball--Atlanta Braves vs. Detroit Tigers, Noon (ESPN) Men's College Basketball--National Invitation Tournament, Massachusetts at Drexel, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Washington at Oregon, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Women's College Basketball--NCAA...

Once the New York Giants figured out a way to cope with their massive amount of injuries, there was no stopping them this season. They had a quarterback in Eli Manning who was durable and unflappable and focused. They had a running back in Ahmad Bradshaw...

Too many times, people confuse lack of offense or poor quarterback production with bad football, when often it's just the opposite. In Sunday's NFC Championship Game, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning was brilliant, despite his irrelevant passer...