Giants

Rays leave a series on base against Giants

June 20, 2016 general

Monday, 6 a.m. First base? No problem. The Tampa Bay Rays can get to first. They can leave cleat marks all over it. They can leave notes for the next Rays’ runner. “Go to second,” they might say? Second base? The Rays can get to second, too. Heck, second base is the Atlanta airport. The […]

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Bucs can’t conquer red zone in mistake-filled game

November 8, 2015 general

Sunday, 9:19 p.m. In metaphor, you may think of the game as a spiral, shimmering in the lights as it floats toward you. You square your shoulders. You stretch your fingers. You feel the ball hit against your palms. And you drop it. In front of your teammates, in front of your fans, in front […]

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Bondy starts spreading the news for Giants

November 7, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:30 a.m. Filip Bondy knows football. Especially, he knows quarterbacks. Filip knows quarterbacks because he is from New Jersey, which is almost like being from New York, only smaller, and New York is the source of all knowledge. Why, in New York, they once had Joe Namath, the single most overrated entity in the […]

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Guest columnist: Giants have a real quarterback

November 7, 2015 general

Saturday, 10:37 a.m. First off, let me point out what an honor it is to appear as a guest lecturer on Gary Shelton’s website. I know Mr. Shelton well, consider him a friend, and am aware he has covered football for some time. I remember, in fact, a column he wrote after the wild card […]

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