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• Ravens keep Giants reeling

  December 24, 2012 in SportsSports on Page B4 BALTIMORE – A celebration four weeks in the making featured laughs and hugs, a surprise appearance by team owner Steve Bisciotti and the distribution of hats announcing the Baltimore Ravens’ …

• Best bet on the Tube

  December 3, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 N.Y. Giants at Washington, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN): The stakes could hardly be bigger for the Redskins (5-6), who have climbed back into the playoff picture with back-to-back wins in which …

• Giants roll over Packers

  November 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – So much for that tired arm for Eli Manning, and that offensive slump for the New York Giants. They got it fixed in their bye week, …

• Steelers get past Giants

  November 5, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Sometimes, real life intrudes on the games we play. And sometimes, we need those games to get away from real life. In the wake of Superstorm …

• San Franciscans celebrate Series triumph

  November 1, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Ecstatic baseball fans packed the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday for a confetti-drenched parade and rally honoring the World Series champion Giants – a Halloween treat made even sweeter …

• The winning formula

  October 30, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 The Giants’ championship formula is a familiar one, just with new faces all over the diamond two years later: stellar starting pitching backed by a shut-down bullpen, a late-season surge …

• Giants complete World Series sweep of Tigers

  October 29, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 DETROIT – Smart pitching. Clutch hitting. Sharp fielding. Plus an MVP Panda. All the right elements for a sweet World Series sweep for the San Francisco Giants.

• Giants hold off Dallas

  October 29, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 ARLINGTON, Texas – The New York Giants are still undefeated at Cowboys Stadium after another comeback victory under Eli Manning. None were quite like this one, the 20th time in …

• San Francisco routs St. Louis to complete 3-1 comeback

  October 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 SAN FRANCISCO – After all the Giants had overcome to get back to the World Series, a late shower wasn’t about to dampen their celebration. All right, it was a …

• It’s a first: Giants-Tigers

  October 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B6 Way back in spring training, Hunter Pence of San Francisco hit a wicked grounder that smacked Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in the face. A few months later, the Giants’ Pablo Sandoval …

• Giants force Game 7

  October 22, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 SAN FRANCISCO – Ryan Vogelsong and the San Francisco Giants saved their season once more, pushing St. Louis to a winner-take-all Game 7 in the National League Championship Series. Turns …

• Scutaro, Vogelsong help Giants get even

  October 16, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 SAN FRANCISCO – Marco Scutaro answered Matt Holliday’s hard takeout with a big hit of his own to help the San Francisco Giants end their home slide. Scutaro hit a …

• Cardinals stay hot

  October 15, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 SAN FRANCISCO – Ahead by a lot or behind by a bunch, these St. Louis Cardinals are winning every which way. Boosted by two-run homers from proven postseason stars Carlos …

• Cardinals start fast, hold off Giants

  October 14, 2012 in Sports SAN FRANCISCO – Ahead by a lot or behind by a bunch, these St. Louis Cardinals are winning every which way. Boosted by two-run homers from proven postseason stars Carlos …

• Giants avoid sweep with win in 10th inning

  October 9, 2012 in Sports CINCINNATI — Hardly able to get a hit, the San Francisco Giants used a misplayed grounder to prolong their N.L. playoff series.

• Giants rout hapless Jets

  August 19, 2012 in Sports on Page C8 Rookie Jayron Hosley returned an interception of Mark Sanchez 77 yards for a touchdown, and the New York Giants’ defense stifled the New York Jets’ starters in a 26-3 preseason …

• Fans greet Giants on return to New Jersey

  February 7, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 Smiles were the order of the day, as the Super Bowl-champion New York Giants returned home, victorious once again. The team’s charter plane from Indianapolis touched down around 1:55 p.m. …

• Tynes’ OT field goal sends Giants to Super Bowl

  January 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 SAN FRANCISCO – The New York Giants have their own Super Bowl formula: in overtime and on the road. And with Lawrence Tynes’ foot. 1

• Giants, Patriots meet again

  January 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 A Super Sequel. Four years after New York stunned previously undefeated New England in the Arizona desert, the Patriots and Giants are going at it again at the Super Bowl …

• Giants edge 49ers for NFC title

  January 22, 2012 in Sports Five plays after the 49ers’ Kyle Williams fumbled a punt, New York’s Lawrence Tynes kicked a game-winning 31-yard field goal in overtime, sending the Giants to the Super Bowl with …

• Here’s the catch …

  September 20, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Steve Spagnuolo and the St. Louis Rams came to the Meadowlands bearing gifts and the New York Giants readily accepted them. Eli Manning threw two touchdown …

• Giants victors in NLCS opener

  October 16, 2010 in Sports Tim Lincecum shrugged off his pirouette at the plate, ignored the derisive whistles he heard in the batter’s box and did his thing on the mound — where he’s most …