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Five Under the Radar Stories At New York Giants Training Camp

Published: July 23, 2009

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The 2009 NFL season is fast approaching, and teams are ready to start preparing.

Two-a-days will determine battles all across the league. Whether it be their starting quarterback, or starting outside linebacker, each team has battles.

The 2007 Super Bowl champion, New York Giants are no different.

Coming off a 12-4 season with a playoff birth that ended against Philadelphia, the Giants have a lot of questions to answer.

Who will step up for Plaxico Burress? How will the loss of Steve Spagnuolo effect the defense?

Those questions however are the ones everyone is asking, what about the ones no one is talking about? I rank my top five under the radar stories heading into Giants training camp.


Breaking News: T.J. Houshmandzadeh to Boycott Madden Over Ratings

Published: July 21, 2009

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New Seattle Seahawks wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh says that he’ll boycott playing the new Madden NFL 10 video game.

The reason why the avid video gamer is boycotting is because he believes his rating is too low.

Houshmandzadeh blames the Bengals offense last season for his “low” 91 rating.

In Other News:

Vick’s Been Working Out

While in house arrest Michael Vick, who’s now a free-man has been working out with Tom Shaw for the past three weekends.

Shaw said of Vick, “He knows he’s made a mistake, he’s very remorseful and he’s very humble.”

Roethlisberger Accused of Assault

Ben Roethlisberger faces a civil suit after being accused of sexually assaulting a female working at Harrah’s Casino in Las Vegas.

The women who accuses Roethlisberger is Andrea McNulty. The agent for Roethlisberger says of the accusation and suit, “Ben has never sexually assaulted anyone; especially Andrea McNulty.”

Drew Bennett, D.J. Hackett and two others to workout

Former Rams wideout Drew Bennett and former Panthers receiver D.J. Hackett along with two unknown players will tryout for the Baltimore Ravens on Friday.

Jesse Holley wins 4th and Long

Jesse Holley a backup point guard and wide receiver for the North Carolina Tar Heels, won a contract with the Dallas Cowboys after winning Michael Irvin’s reality show, 4th and Long.

Holley previously spent six weeks on the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad in 2007 and attended training camp with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League in 2008, but left due to a contact dispute.