When Governor Cuomo announced that the NY Department of Motor Vehicles would have a special Super Bowl XLVI Champions license plate for order, that surprised some NY state lawmakers, because they've been trying to get a license plate to commemorate 9/11 first responders and victims. Republican Assemblyman James Tedisco said, "I'm happy that the Giants won the Super Bowl as much as the next New Yorker, but who are the real heroes our state should first be celebrating with distinctive plates, the athletes on the gridiron or the first responders and the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11?"
Forget The Giants: Lawmakers Want License Plate For 9/11 Victims, Heroes
Game Of Thrones: NYC Super Bowl Toilet Stats Will Scare The Poop Out Of You
Forget about the score and the amazing ratings—if there is one fact you need to know about the Super Bowl this weekend it is this: after the game ended, so many people evacuated themselves in our fair city that water usage spiked 13 percent, a jump so big it caused the water level in the 30-foot-deep Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers to drop 2 inches. That's a whole lot of bowl bombing!
Hey, Giants Fans Who Went To Super Bowl: Measles Confirmed In Indiana
You know how all these Giants fans flocked to Indianapolis to go the Super Bowl and join in with various festivities? Well, now it seems there are two cases of measles (plus two probable cases) in central Indiana... and one of the people went to pre-Super Bowl events.
CNN Suspends Roland Martin Over Homophobic Beckham Tweet
It took three days, but CNN has succumbed to pressure and suspended commentator Roland Martin after his arguably homophobic Super Bowl tweets about David Beckham's H&M ad. Somehow we don't think this spat is over just yet?
Photos: Bill Cunningham Spotted At Giants Ticker Tape Parade
Mike Tyson wasn't the only celebrity to take in yesterday's glorious Giants ticker tape parade. Legendary octogenarian NY Times style photographer Bill Cunningham was on hand to document the event on the ground.
Giants Players Think Gisele Should STFU About Football
Memo to Gisele Bundchen: Just because you're married to one of the best quarterbacks of all time, it doesn't make you an expert, okay? That's the message from the Giants, who beat the supermodel's husband and his Patriot teammates in a thrilling Super Bowl game—Brandon Jacobs said, "She just needs to continue to be cute and shut up."
Social Insecurity: Office Workers Toss SSNs During Ticker Tape Parade
Yesterday's ticker tape parade for the Super Bowl XLVI Championship Giants was boisterous and loud. But our embedded reporters noticed that whole pieces of paper were thrown out of windows, instead of locally-sourced confetti or shredded paper—in fact, in some instances, it seemed like someone opened up a new ream of paper and threw a stack of sheets out. Now, Inside Edition has discovered that at least some office workers were throwing papers with people's personal information—like SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS—out during the revelry!
Paper Chase: Canyon Of Heroes' Big Mess And Big Clean Up
The explosion of confetti along the Giants' Super Bowl XLVI Ticker Tape Parade route was beautiful. And messy. The Department of Sanitation got right to work on its "giant" task (yes, the DSNY's press release says "giant" task!):
Video: Is This The Worst Giants Fan Ever?
Sure, fair weather fans happen all the time, that is the nature of sports. And they turn out especially strong when there is a giant parade to go to. But this blonde woman that NBC caught up with after today's giant Giants parade just gives lady football fans a bad rap. We know keeping track of two football teams in the city is hard and all, but c'mon!
Gigantic Turnout: Giants Fans At The Super Bowl XLVI Ticker Tape Parade
Take a look at some photographs of Giants fans celebrating the franchise's fourth Super Bowl Championship at this morning's ticker tape parade. See people standing on top of some poor driver's van. Observe the police take down a guy who tried to cross a barrier (we hear he was drunk and possibly took a swing at a cop). Live vicariously through these videos below:
"Thank You, Wes Welker": Company Dumps 900 Pounds Of Butterfingers On Boston Street
An online pawn shop either pissed off a lot of Patriots fans or endeared themselves to some hungry people. PawnGo dumped 900 pounds of Butterfingers, with the sign, "Thank You, Wes Welker." Hey, was Gisele behind this?
Boston Hates Gisele Bundchen For Breaking Code
There's nothing like a good viral video to change the focus of Patriots fans' anger. Now that everyone knows how Gisele Bundchen fired back at a Giants fan who said, "Eli owns your husband!" by slamming Tom Brady's colleagues—"My husband cannot (bleeping) throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times"—the supermodel gets the "Super Brat" treatment on the Beantown tabloid, The Boston Herald.
Chris Christie Celebrating The New Jersey Giants Today In NJ
Today's ticker tape parade up the Canyon of Heroes isn't the only Giants celebration happening today. Chris Christie, who insists on calling the team the New Jersey Giants, is throwing a celebration of his own at MetLife Stadium. And Naughty by Nature will be there!
Giants Fans Crowd Streets For Ticker Tape Parade—1 Million Expected!
Did you have to battle crowds of people wearing #10 jerseys during your commute this morning? The Giants Super Bowl XLVI celebratory parade begins at 11 a.m., and crowds are already 10-15 people deep along the route. Our Tien Mao is at the scene and reports that a fan told a Department of Sanitation worker, "You're going to hate me, I have silly string." The DSNY worker replied, "I have overtime."
Um, Eli Manning Already Had A Parade Yesterday... With Mickey Mouse
While most of the Giants arrived at Newark International Airport yesterday afternoon, there was one notable member of the squad missing: Super Bowl XLVI MVP Eli Manning. It seems that the quarterback was cheating on his team with... Disney characters.
City Hall Is Getting Ready For The Giants!
Workers have been busily preparing the stage for tomorrow's post-ticker tape parade ceremony where Mayor Bloomberg gives the Super Bowl XLVI Champion Giants keys to the city. The ticker tape parade begins at 11 a.m. at Battery Place and Washington Street, and then the floats go up the Canyons of Heroes to Worth Street, to be showered with tons of locally sourced confetti, which is an upgrade after toilet paper celebrations.
Senators To Enjoy 6 NY Craft Beers, Thanks To Schumer's Super Bowl Wager
Senator Charles Schumer, everyone's favorite press conference convener and rainmaker, really loves NY State's beers, starting an "I Love NY Brew" campaign. So it makes sense that his Super Bowl bet with New England Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) involved six NY craft beers. Now that the Giants have proven victorious, Shaheen will be buying NY beer for the whole Senate!
Videos: For Giants Fans, Super Bowl Win Means Toilet Paper And Screaming
Celebrating the Giants' Super Bowl victory might have meant cheering and high-five-ing folks in Times Square, but when you're in Bay Ridge, it means toilet paper, firecrackers, and standing in front of cars. (Tomorrow's ticker tape parade should be real!) Check out videos of some celebrations in neighborhoods including Bay Ridge, Howard Beach, the Upper East Side and Astoria.
Video: Ecstatic Dad Wins $7,500 Bet On Giants, Taunts IRS
An area Giants fan won some money after his beloved "G-men" won the Super Bowl yesterday, and his dignified celebration was captured on video and posted on YouTube. Then BuzzFeed picked it up, and here we are. (Look, we don't make the rules.) To be sure, it is pretty "LOL" to watch this grown man completely "OMG" lose his shit like a tween going "WTF?" outside a Ke$ha concert. But it's even LOLer when his wife appears to warn his kids not to post the video on YouTube. In response, the exultant winner orders his son to post it on "IRS YouTube."
CNN's Roland Martin Finds Beckham Homoerotic, GLAAD Mad
Though we found last night's Super Bowl ads pretty tame, at least one of them has managed to cause a bit of controversy. Damn you, David Beckham for causing heterosexual men to question their sexuality! Because of Mr. Posh Spice's H&M ad, GLAAD is now calling on CNN to fire commentator Roland Martin.
Gisele's Post-Super Bowl Freak Out: Supermodel Defends Husband, Hates His Sucky Teammates
It must be pretty rough being beautiful and rich when God doesn't answers your prayers for your handsome and rich husband to win the Super Bowl. Which is probably why supermodel Gisele Bundchen lashed out at someone who yelled, "Eli owns your husband!" after Big Blue bested the Patriots once again in the Super Bowl. The bodacious Brazilian was caught on tape saying, "You (have) to catch the ball when you’re supposed to catch the ball. My husband cannot (bleeping) throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times."
More On M.I.A. Middle Fingergate: NBC Is Sorry, Parents Group Demands Punishment
Last night, as you know by now, M.I.A. flipped off America during the Super Bowl halftime show. But seriously, everyone, someone made her wear a cheerleading outfit—if M.I.A. didn't flip off someone, life just wouldn't make sense anymore. However, since nothing else controversial really happened—and the wardrobe malfunction thing was eight years ago—we, as a people, needed something to talk about at the water cooler. And M.I.A. delivered, albeit subtly.
Giants' Super Bowl XLVI Victory On Front Pages
The Giants' Super Bowl win over the Patriots for the second time in four years does mean a lot of deja blue jokes. And there's lot of happy Eli Manning, sad Tom Brady, and Ahmad Bradshaw butt, too. Check 'em out.
So, Did You Like Any Super Bowl Ads This Year?
Scantily clad ladies, Clydesdales, over-paid celebrities. Yup, last nights' Super Bowl brought with it a barrage of big budget ads that were, sadly, far less thrilling than the game itself. There were a few diamonds in the rough, sure, but for at least one of them you had to live in Nebraska.
Photos, Videos: Celebrating Giants' 2012 Super Bowl Win In Times Square
This is what it looked like at the Crossroads of the World after the New York Giants stunned naysayers by winning Super Bowl XLVI, 21-17, over the New England Patriots. Enjoy the classy, sarcastic "Let's Go Patriots!" chant by smug Giants fans!
Super Bowl Champs Giants' Ticker Tape Parade Is Tuesday, February 7, 11 A.M.
The parade will start at Battery Place and Washington Street. The route goes up the Canyon of Heroes to Worth Street, followed by a ceremony at City Hall Plaza.
BUTT Yes: Giants Win Super Bowl, Beating Patriots 21-17 In Thrilling Game
They didn't quite get a helmet catch, but after a thrilling game with a dramatic last drive, the Giants came back to defeat the New England Patriots and win Super Bowl XLVI 21-17. An estimated 111 million U.S. viewers watched as the Giants became the first 9-7 team to win the Super Bowl. Mario Manningham's fourth quarter catch with less than four minutes left in the game was one of the defining plays, setting up Brandon Jacob's butt-first, clock-eating game-winning touchdown. And in case you were wondering, the game finished at 9:55 p.m.
Never Forget: Who Won The Last Giants/Patriots Super Bowl?
With all the talk here at Giantsist.com about tonight's Super Bowl XLVI game between the Giants and the New England Patriots, it's easy to lose focus of just how incredible Super Bowl XLII was—who could have guessed that an incredible David Tyree helmet catch would become the symbol for the team's unlikely upset victory over the Pats?
Today, We Are All Giants (Except For Depressed Jets Fans)
Ever since the Giants beat the San Francisco 49ers in a tough OT game two weeks ago, we've been noticing more and more people on the subways and sidewalks wearing Giants gear—EV Grieve noticed the same phenomenon, with lots of Duane Reades and bars suddenly becoming diehard fans. But while they label those people "bandwagon jumpers," we have a far more sympathetic view of them. For you see, on this Sunday-est of all Sundays, we are all Giants fans—except for insane Pats fans and depressed Jets fans.

