New York Giants Put Super Crimp in Patriots Season: Win 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII
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David Tyree’s Super catch (AP Photo)
Move over 1969 Amazin’ Mets, slide over “It gets through Buckner*” 1986 Mets, make room Joe “Willy” and your ‘69 Super Jets, another New York sports team has done the seemingly impossible.
The “18-1″ New York Giants earned their seat in sports history by defeating the 18-0 New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII today by a score of 17-14, on an 86 yard drive in the final 2:39, capped by a TD catch by Plaxico Burress.
This writer knew destiny was in the huddle when Eli Manning miraculously escaped a sack to send up a prayer that was answered by David Tyree with an amazing circus catch, with the help of his helmet. It was only fitting that shortly thereafter Plaxico Burress made the winning TD catch. Plaxico had publicly predicted the Giant win.
* [The story goes that Bill Buckner was so depressed after he let Mookie Wilson’s easy ground ball slip by him, allowing Ray Knight to score the winning run in the 9th inning of Game 6, he tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a Boston city bus— fortunately for Bill, it too passed through his legs
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