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Weekend Sports in Brief (PA SportsTicker)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:11:48 PST
Eli Manning outdid Tom Brady to lead the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl - in older brother Peyton's house, at that.
Column: The 'new' Belichick lasts less than a week (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:28:34 PST
Turns out the "new" Bill Belichick looks and sounds an awful lot like the "old" one. Especially when he gets beat. During the week leading up to the Super Bowl, there was plenty of buzz about how the dour Patriots coach was a changed man. His players kept hinting that the latest woman in his life was responsible for smoothing out some of the rough edges.
Eli's elite, for sure, after 2nd Super Bowl MVP (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:18:29 PST

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy while celebrating his team's 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis.

Back in August, back before the season began, Eli Manning was asked whether he considered himself an "elite" quarterback a la Tom Brady. Manning replied simply that he belonged "in that class." He was questioned and criticized for that, and -- shocking, right? -- it all became quite a big deal in New York.



Giants beat Patriots to win the Super Bowl (The Canadian Press)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:13:15 PST
INDIANAPOLIS - Elite and Eli. One and the same.
Patriots can't win biggest game for Kraft (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:01:36 PST
Robert Kraft stared at the scoreboard, to see if time really had run out. It had. In a game that meant so much, his New England Patriots had come up a fingertip or two short. "It's for Miss Myra," receiver Deion Branch said after the Giants beat the Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl on Sunday night, "and we feel like we didn't get the job done." Kraft's beloved wife,...