Tom Rock

New York Newsday

T-Rock's Take on the Giants

Change of address
posted Fri Jul 24 at 10:24:37 ET
What ... you thought the NFL Draft was the only entity capable of change? Turns out that Newsday has revamped its entire website as a way of ushering in the beginning of training camp. OK, there may have been a...

Danny Ware told he was "killin' it"
posted Thu Jul 9 at 16:42:32 ET
That's what the Giants' running back had to say on his latest blog post last week. You can read the entire post here. He writes about getting some good feedback after OTAs and minicamp. "A couple of coaches told me...

Giants knew Boley would be suspended
posted Tue Jul 7 at 14:03:45 ET
According to a person familiar with the Giants' thinking, the team was aware that Michael Boley would face league discipline stemming from the incident last May when he was charged with battery on his wife. They went ahead and signed...

Remember when?
posted Mon Jul 6 at 17:31:56 ET
Howard Schnapp, Newsday You can click below to see pictures from an upcoming TV commercial featuring Kenny Phillips, Domenik Hixon and Eli Manning. In the commercial they re-enact some of their best training camp memories. Well, it's nice that...

Kenny Phillips re-lives his rookie season
posted Fri Jul 3 at 13:00:52 ET
Speaking of commercials (see the Brandon Jacobs one below), here are a few pictures from a photo shoot for Reebok this week in which Kenny Phillips, Domenik Hixon and Eli Manning re-enacted training camp stories. I'd love to hear about...

Is Brandon Jacobs a first-rounder?
posted Fri Jul 3 at 12:45:30 ET
He is in this new ESPN commercial where he's joined by fellow RBs Clinton Portis and Maurice Jones-Drew as first-round selections in a fantasy draft. Gosh, Jacobs standing next to Jones-Drew is quite a sight....

Coughlin orders General to move
posted Thu Jul 2 at 10:54:35 ET
Tom Coughlin is in Iraq and appeared on Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends with his friend and Giants fans Gen. Ray Odierno. Coughlin spoke about Odierno's prospects as a player for the Giants. “He tells me he is a...

Giants announce training camp schedule
posted Thu Jun 25 at 17:15:21 ET
Lots of two-a-days to make up for the late start and the crunched time between the preseason opener on a Monday Night and the second preseason game in Chicago on Saturday night. 2009 New York Giants Training Camp Schedule August...

No 11-on-11 chart for this practice report
posted Thu Jun 18 at 11:58:57 ET
In fact, there's hardly anything at all to report. The doors opened to the final workout of the minicamp at 11 and by 11:34 the practice ended. Then Tom Coughlin gave an 18-minute speech to the team before dismissing them...

Time is now officially on the Giants' side
posted Wed Jun 17 at 15:08:21 ET
On the day when the Giants announced a partnership with Timex for the naming rights of the new training facility, team president and CEO John Mara said there have been talks regarding the naming of the new 1.6 billion stadium...

Frisky business
posted Wed Jun 17 at 14:48:30 ET
The boys got a little fiesty today as a UFC battle broke out for a few seconds. Even the police were called in. OK, it wasn't that bad and a couple of NJ state troopers just happened to pull up...

Lots of injuries in Day 2 of Giants minicamp
posted Mon Jul 6 at 17:34:12 ET
Sorry for the delay. We were held up attending the press conference for the naming of the training facility -- the Timex Performance Center -- right after locker room access. I'll feed you some info on that later, but first...

Moss out for rest of minicamp
posted Wed Jun 17 at 10:11:56 ET
Sinorice Moss will not return to the field this week. He's been sidelined by a hamstring strain that he suffered late in Tuesday's afternoon practice while sliding after a pass near the sideline. "He's not going to make it back...

Tick tock!
posted Wed Jun 17 at 07:42:40 ET
I walked into the media room here and saw a new sign on the wall. In big letters it reads: TIMEX Performance Center. Yes, the Giants' new training facility has a new name and a corporate sponsor. There were some...

All in a day's work
posted Tue Jun 16 at 21:23:11 ET
Here are the stories produced by Team Newsday from the first day of minicamp: Giants' Moss wants to finally prove doubters wrong Last season's disappointing end Duo might end Giants' Pro Bowl drought at safety With head cases gone, Giants...