Photograph of kicker Lawrence Tynes after the game-winning field goal by David J. Phillip/AP The Giants won the NFC Championship in overtime, beating the Green Bay Packers 23-20 in overtime and overcome the frigid, below-zero conditions. They are now headed to the Super Bowl where they will meet the New England Patriots, who beat the San Diego Chargers 21-12. Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes missed a field goal as time expired in the fourth quarter,......

Holy Cow! We actually didn't even know that VitaminWater was made in Queens until Coca-Cola decided to buy the company for $4 billion. The Queens-based owners weren't the only people getting a fat pay-out from the purchase. David Wright, the Mets third baseman who endorses the product, accepted a small slice of equity in the company in lieu of payment last year. Now Wright's small stake in the company is worth $20 million.Days after inking......

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You know its been a tough season when Jets fans look back so fondly to last season's cardiac-inducing AFC Divisional playoff victory over the San Diego Chargers. Remember linebacker Eric Barton's penalty, which could have been the costliest in franchise history? Anyhow, with things looking down but not yet out for the Jets (2-5), a date with a San Diego (4-4) team that looks like last year was no fluke does not seem like an......

The game: Jets at Kansas City (1:00 PM ET, Sunday, CBS) As expected, during the Jets' 2005 offseason, the team's proposal for a new stadium on the West Side of Manhattan (and its subsequent rejection and abandonment) made for more headlines than the football franchise itself did. But thankfully, the football franchise did not sit on its heels in theoffseason, knowing it needed to make several necessary moves if there is to any hope of......

With a 34-28 win over the hapless San Diego Chargers yesterday, the Jets did exactly what they were expected to do, but they also completed at least one important part of their checklist heading into the only bye week of their season - they successfully held on. With another 100-plus yard outing (32 carries for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns on the game's first two possessions) Curtis Martin surpassed Freeman McNeil the franchise's all-time rushing......

JETS at San Diego Chargers, Sunday 4:15 p.m. ET, TV: CBS; RADIO: 1050 AM After a season that saw the team reach a new low after respected General Manager John Butler died of cancer, the San Diego Chargers used the first pick of the 2004 NFL Draft to select Eli Manning. Manning, who shares an agent (Tom Condon) with Chargers QB Drew Brees, the starter for most of last season, made it clear that he......