Eli Manning has been racking up a lot of quotes to go with his frequent flier miles since leading his New York Giants team over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday.
After post-game celebrations in Indianapolis, the Giants quarterback flew down to Disney World Monday morning and later up to the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City where the Super Bowl MVP appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.
The normally uncontroversial Manning was asked by the host about his relationship with his Patriots counterpart Tom Brady.
"I don't know if he likes me," Manning said with a smirk to the supportive audience..
Manning showed up about an hour late for the taping but it was excusable since it was only a few hours before that he was riding in a parade in the Orlando, Florida theme park.
Manning walked onto the theater's stage to a standing ovation while band leader Paul Shaffer and the CBS orchestra played "We Are The Champions."
The normally quiet and reserved quarterback joked about going right to bed after the game after Letterman opened the interview by asking if it was "lights out" after the victory.
"10:30, yeah, I had a big morning," he joked. "I had to get ready for this, so I had to get my full sleep. I've been preparing and practicing for this."
Letterman asked Manning if his receivers ever disobeyed any of the plays he calls in the huddle.
"No. They're trained," he laughed. "It's like a dog."
The relaxed and confident Manning touched on everything from how happy he was for his teammates that didn't already have a Super Bowl ring to head coach Tom Coughlin's philosophies.
"It was their first Super Bowl," he said. "When you have one you have to really do it for the other guys who never had that experience."
Letterman reminded Manning about Coughlin's "frozen face" in Green Bay four years ago and asked if he was a good motivator.
"He has settled down because he has confidence in his players," he replied. "He's big on preparation and effort and studying. Now he knows we'll be ready."
Manning quoted the softer side of the coach's pre-game speech: " The most important thing is love. Love of teammates is the most important thing."
The host told his guest that Eli was his favorite Manning.
"I know. I get a Christmas gift from you every year. I got a jacket," joked the younger Manning. "Peyton doesn't get a jacket."
Letterman asked Manning if he is going to tease his older brother by shoving the two rings on his fingers in Peyton's face.
"No," he plainly said.
The younger Manning said he expects Peyton to play again but had no idea where it would be.
Eli even touched on the label of "elite" that he imposed on himself during the pre-season.
"I got set up a little bit," he claimed by answering the question "Do you think you are an elite quarterback?" on a radio show.
When Letterman commented that Manning looked a lot younger than four years ago— when the Giants last won the Super Bowl— the guest out-zinged the host.
"I started shaving this past year," he joked.
Shaving or not— Eli Manning is definitely all grown up.
Selasa, 07 Februari 2012
Gisele goes off on hecklers and Tommy's teammates
Tom Brady's supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen defended her husband after she was heckled by Giants fans right after the New England Patriots 21-17 Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants. Too bad she also threw some of Brady's teammates under the bus as well.
After a Giants fan shouted "Eli owns your husband" outside Lucas Oil Stadium, the Brazilian stunner shot back, "My husband cannot f---ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times."
The slinky model was criticizing Patriots receivers who dropped a couple of key throws from Brady during critical times during the game.
Bundchen— who sent a new-age sounding email to "My sweet friends and family" pleading with them to pray for her "Tommy" to win before the game on Sunday— just made that mailing list a lot shorter.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the high-paid model has never endeared herself to Patriots players wives either.
A veteran team staffer said: "She may have had a point, but she should have left it to the sportswriters and other Monday morning quarterbacks... she is already not liked by many players and their wives due to her arrogant attitude... This sure won't help improve things."
According to the newspaper, Brady's wife has very few friends among his teammate's better halves.
Another source— close to the Patriots players' wives told the Sun Times, "Gisele is... so stuck up and treats them all like yahoos... In many cases, the other wives are not all that sophisticated , but Gisele has been openly snotty to all of them— making cracks about how they dress and use to much makeup. Stuff like that."
Bundchen may be elegant on the runways but the cover girl doesn't seem to be as graceful after Tommy loses.
It sounds like the Almighty didn't see her email.
After a Giants fan shouted "Eli owns your husband" outside Lucas Oil Stadium, the Brazilian stunner shot back, "My husband cannot f---ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times."
The slinky model was criticizing Patriots receivers who dropped a couple of key throws from Brady during critical times during the game.
Bundchen— who sent a new-age sounding email to "My sweet friends and family" pleading with them to pray for her "Tommy" to win before the game on Sunday— just made that mailing list a lot shorter.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the high-paid model has never endeared herself to Patriots players wives either.
A veteran team staffer said: "She may have had a point, but she should have left it to the sportswriters and other Monday morning quarterbacks... she is already not liked by many players and their wives due to her arrogant attitude... This sure won't help improve things."
According to the newspaper, Brady's wife has very few friends among his teammate's better halves.
Another source— close to the Patriots players' wives told the Sun Times, "Gisele is... so stuck up and treats them all like yahoos... In many cases, the other wives are not all that sophisticated , but Gisele has been openly snotty to all of them— making cracks about how they dress and use to much makeup. Stuff like that."
Bundchen may be elegant on the runways but the cover girl doesn't seem to be as graceful after Tommy loses.
It sounds like the Almighty didn't see her email.
Senin, 06 Februari 2012
Madonna's tightrope dancer looked like Will Ferrell
There was a lot of flipping during Madonna's Super Bowl half-time show last night. One of the most publicized was was the middle finger of M.I.A.
But then there was some guy in a toga who just did them on a tightrope.
In what had to be the weirdest part of the show, a toga-clad dancer performed on a tightrope and— who at first glance looked like Will Ferrell, then later like Richard Simmons and— from some angles— even Art Garfunkel.
Bouncing on the wire to Madonna's lip-synched "Music," NBC's cameras gave us a close-up of his tightey-whiteys from below while his toga flapped with every painful looking bounce.
NBC censors had to be holding their breath. It would have been bad timing for another wardrobe malfunction.
The unnamed tightrope dancer had TV viewers alternately shaking their heads thinking "Wow!" then "Why?"
Madonna bopped alongside the performer for 30 seconds before he back-flipped off the wire and into a defiant cross-armed pose.
M.I.A.'s flip would come later.
But then there was some guy in a toga who just did them on a tightrope.
In what had to be the weirdest part of the show, a toga-clad dancer performed on a tightrope and— who at first glance looked like Will Ferrell, then later like Richard Simmons and— from some angles— even Art Garfunkel.
Bouncing on the wire to Madonna's lip-synched "Music," NBC's cameras gave us a close-up of his tightey-whiteys from below while his toga flapped with every painful looking bounce.
NBC censors had to be holding their breath. It would have been bad timing for another wardrobe malfunction.
The unnamed tightrope dancer had TV viewers alternately shaking their heads thinking "Wow!" then "Why?"
Madonna bopped alongside the performer for 30 seconds before he back-flipped off the wire and into a defiant cross-armed pose.
M.I.A.'s flip would come later.
Minggu, 05 Februari 2012
Yu Darvish reportedly dating Japanese porn star
Yu Darvish— the Texas Rangers new $111 million dollar pitching import— seems to have a pretty good game off the field too.
The 25 year-old hurler is reportedly dating a Japanese "G-Cup adult movie star" who is famous for her "electric tongue."
The mop-topped free-spirit with a dyed goatee signed a six-year $60 million contract with the Rangers in January after the team bid another $51.7 million against other major league teams for the rights to his services.
Darvish is the top-grossing celebrity in Japan where he generated $258 million in advertising revenue in January alone.
That's like Derek, Peyton, LeBron and Kobe rolled into one big spokesmonster.
Taking up with a porn star sounds like it fits right in with Darvish's radical life style.
The two-time Pacific League MVP— who has an Iranian father and Japanese mom— posed nude for a women's magazine himself.
According to sources, the financially secure Darvish has decided it's time to settle down— and who better than a woman who can use her tongue as a defibrillator.
The 25 year-old hurler is reportedly dating a Japanese "G-Cup adult movie star" who is famous for her "electric tongue."
The mop-topped free-spirit with a dyed goatee signed a six-year $60 million contract with the Rangers in January after the team bid another $51.7 million against other major league teams for the rights to his services.
Darvish is the top-grossing celebrity in Japan where he generated $258 million in advertising revenue in January alone.
That's like Derek, Peyton, LeBron and Kobe rolled into one big spokesmonster.
Taking up with a porn star sounds like it fits right in with Darvish's radical life style.
The two-time Pacific League MVP— who has an Iranian father and Japanese mom— posed nude for a women's magazine himself.
According to sources, the financially secure Darvish has decided it's time to settle down— and who better than a woman who can use her tongue as a defibrillator.
Sabtu, 04 Februari 2012
Dion Waiters' Breakaway Dunk Brings Down Madison Square Garden House
Syracuse's Dion Waiters' tremendous open court breakaway dunk was the exclamation point on a 95-70 rout of St. John's at Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon.
Waiters followed up one crowd-pleasing Orange dunk after another by stuffing the ball through the rim with his right hand over his head while the St. John's defenders could only watch and admire.
The sophomore guard then glared at the roaring crowd of 19,979 before heading back on defense as his teammates rejoiced.
The Red Storm were manhandled all afternoon on their supposed home court. The Garden stands seemed to have been flooded by orange and anyone in red seemed shell shocked during the Syracuse onslaught.
After Waiters powerful slam gave 'Cuse a 70-46 lead, cheers of "Let's Go Orange" filled the arena with 9:16 left in the game.
Second-ranked Syracuse (23-1, 10-1) was just too physical for the younger, undermanned and smaller St. John's (10-13, 4-7) team.
The win gave Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim his 879th win tying him with Dean Smith on the all-time victories list.
The Red Storm got off to a 5-0 lead and hung tough with the much bigger Orangemen but couldn't keep up with the deeper and taller visitors.
Syracuse took control of the game with about eight minutes to go and lead by as much as 59-31 after a dunk by seven-footer Fab Melo with 13 minutes remaining in the Big East match-up.
Melo—back from a three-game academic suspension— finished the game with a career high 14 points.
The home-town Johnnies fans are probably saying " 'Cuse me Waiters, there seems to be some fly in my hoop."
Waiters followed up one crowd-pleasing Orange dunk after another by stuffing the ball through the rim with his right hand over his head while the St. John's defenders could only watch and admire.
The sophomore guard then glared at the roaring crowd of 19,979 before heading back on defense as his teammates rejoiced.
The Red Storm were manhandled all afternoon on their supposed home court. The Garden stands seemed to have been flooded by orange and anyone in red seemed shell shocked during the Syracuse onslaught.
After Waiters powerful slam gave 'Cuse a 70-46 lead, cheers of "Let's Go Orange" filled the arena with 9:16 left in the game.
Second-ranked Syracuse (23-1, 10-1) was just too physical for the younger, undermanned and smaller St. John's (10-13, 4-7) team.
The win gave Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim his 879th win tying him with Dean Smith on the all-time victories list.
The Red Storm got off to a 5-0 lead and hung tough with the much bigger Orangemen but couldn't keep up with the deeper and taller visitors.
Syracuse took control of the game with about eight minutes to go and lead by as much as 59-31 after a dunk by seven-footer Fab Melo with 13 minutes remaining in the Big East match-up.
Melo—back from a three-game academic suspension— finished the game with a career high 14 points.
The home-town Johnnies fans are probably saying " 'Cuse me Waiters, there seems to be some fly in my hoop."
Giants Get NY Pizzas Flown To Indianapolis For Good Luck
The New York Giants had 16 New York pizza pies flown to Indianapolis so the superstitious players wouldn't jinx their tradition of downing the Italian treat every Friday after practice.
Players personally asked that the pies— from Umberto's in New Hyde Park, Long Island— be delivered because some of them thought that there was a chance they could break their five-game winning streak leading into the Super Bowl if they didn't get their weekly dose of the cheesy snack.
After a 700-mile trip that began with a early morning escort by the Nassau County Police Department to LaGuardia Airport; the pizzas arrived safely in Indy and made it to the Giants dining tables after the Friday afternoon practice.
Defensive end Justin Tuck and guard David Diehl called in the order last weekend said the restaurant's manager Gaetano Corteo.
"They were gone in less than ten minutes," said Corteo. "They destroyed all of the pies. There was nothing left."
Corteo and his staff personally handed out the slices to the Giants players inside the temporary practice facilities at the University of Indiana. Maybe he should have brought more than Kobayashi could down in 10 minutes by himself
"If there had been ten more pies, they would have destroyed those too," said one of the pizza servers.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning said the pizza was "excellent."
No cold pizza for the G-Men either.
The pies— which lifted off from New York with helicopters hovering above and a police escort fit for a king— were packed in heat-retaining bags, searched by security and whisked onto a waiting Delta MD-88 jet with a flight crew adorned in Giants jerseys.
All the TSA agents reportedly found were four kinds of pizzas with light tomato sauces, mozzarella and home-made sausage on oven-baked thin crusts.
"It's all about consistency," said Corteo. "They come in the locker room every Friday and know the pies are there. It's part of their everyday lives, and it's such an honor for me and my family back home— it's awesome."
Everyone knows nothing beats New York pizza (except New Jersey) and it sounds like Big Blue didn't mind going the extra miles for their lucky snack.
Since it took more than 30 minutes for the delivery, I guess the pies were free.
Players personally asked that the pies— from Umberto's in New Hyde Park, Long Island— be delivered because some of them thought that there was a chance they could break their five-game winning streak leading into the Super Bowl if they didn't get their weekly dose of the cheesy snack.
After a 700-mile trip that began with a early morning escort by the Nassau County Police Department to LaGuardia Airport; the pizzas arrived safely in Indy and made it to the Giants dining tables after the Friday afternoon practice.
Defensive end Justin Tuck and guard David Diehl called in the order last weekend said the restaurant's manager Gaetano Corteo.
"They were gone in less than ten minutes," said Corteo. "They destroyed all of the pies. There was nothing left."
Corteo and his staff personally handed out the slices to the Giants players inside the temporary practice facilities at the University of Indiana. Maybe he should have brought more than Kobayashi could down in 10 minutes by himself
"If there had been ten more pies, they would have destroyed those too," said one of the pizza servers.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning said the pizza was "excellent."
No cold pizza for the G-Men either.
The pies— which lifted off from New York with helicopters hovering above and a police escort fit for a king— were packed in heat-retaining bags, searched by security and whisked onto a waiting Delta MD-88 jet with a flight crew adorned in Giants jerseys.
All the TSA agents reportedly found were four kinds of pizzas with light tomato sauces, mozzarella and home-made sausage on oven-baked thin crusts.
"It's all about consistency," said Corteo. "They come in the locker room every Friday and know the pies are there. It's part of their everyday lives, and it's such an honor for me and my family back home— it's awesome."
Everyone knows nothing beats New York pizza (except New Jersey) and it sounds like Big Blue didn't mind going the extra miles for their lucky snack.
Since it took more than 30 minutes for the delivery, I guess the pies were free.
Kamis, 02 Februari 2012
Gisele Throws Hail Mary Plea For "Tommy" Brady Win
Tom Brady's supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen sent out a private e-mail to all of their friends and family asking that all of them pray for the New England Patriots quarterback to lead his team to victory over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI.
The new-age sounding e-mail— which was picked up and published by the New York Post— began by saying that Sunday "is a really important day in my husband's life" and "now they need us more than ever to send them positive energy so they can fulfill their dream of winning this super bowl..."
The Wed. night e-mail read:
"My sweet friends and family.
I feel Tommy really needs our prayer, our support and
love at this time.
So I kindly ask all of you to join me on this positive
chain and pray for him, so he can feel confident, healthy
and strong. Envision him happy and fulfilled
experiencing with his team a victory this sunday.
Love, G :)"
Bundchen responded to a Post e-mail and said, "I am surprised that you received this e-mail; it was a private note only sent to close friends and family."
The couple started dating right before the Giants upset "Tommy" and the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII in 2008. They married in 2009.
Earlier in the week, Brady said wifey gave him some Super Bowl pointers before he arrived in Indianapolis.
"Throw the ball quickly," he said she told him. "She doesn't like it when I get hit often."
Last Sunday, at a pep rally, Brady himself told 25,000 Patriots fans, " We're going down there, and were going down there for one reason... hopefully we'll have a lot more people at our party next weekend."
Maybe the Brazilian model— who earns millions more than her hubby— just doesn't want Brady to lose the deposit he put down for the brazen victory party guarantee.
The new-age sounding e-mail— which was picked up and published by the New York Post— began by saying that Sunday "is a really important day in my husband's life" and "now they need us more than ever to send them positive energy so they can fulfill their dream of winning this super bowl..."
The Wed. night e-mail read:
"My sweet friends and family.
I feel Tommy really needs our prayer, our support and
love at this time.
So I kindly ask all of you to join me on this positive
chain and pray for him, so he can feel confident, healthy
and strong. Envision him happy and fulfilled
experiencing with his team a victory this sunday.
Love, G :)"
Bundchen responded to a Post e-mail and said, "I am surprised that you received this e-mail; it was a private note only sent to close friends and family."
The couple started dating right before the Giants upset "Tommy" and the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII in 2008. They married in 2009.
Earlier in the week, Brady said wifey gave him some Super Bowl pointers before he arrived in Indianapolis.
"Throw the ball quickly," he said she told him. "She doesn't like it when I get hit often."
Last Sunday, at a pep rally, Brady himself told 25,000 Patriots fans, " We're going down there, and were going down there for one reason... hopefully we'll have a lot more people at our party next weekend."
Maybe the Brazilian model— who earns millions more than her hubby— just doesn't want Brady to lose the deposit he put down for the brazen victory party guarantee.
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