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Go Green

CBS promos post-game Age of Warming special as football fans flip to fox to see announcers freezing their stones off in -23 degree wind chill. To fight global climate issues, CBS and Fox should just follow NBC's Sunday Night Football example and simply turn the lights off.
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Favre, Manning Laugh at Freezing Conditions

Well, this looked like it was going to be your typical mid-January NFC Championship game played in -23 wind chill. Nope, not even close. Over the first 30 minutes the Giants controlled the time of possession, but the Packers have a 10-6 lead thanks to one play: a 90-yard touchdown pass from Brett Favre to Donald Driver. Actually, it was more like an 18-yard pass and 72-yard sprint, but the ...
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Madison pulled before the TD

The Giants pulled starting cornerback Sam Madison before the touchdown because of his ridiculous personal foul on the previous play. I'm still waiting for a replay, but it looked like Sam Madison grabbed running back Vernand Morency by the helmet after the play. When he left the field, Favre had Donald Lee in a mismatch against safety James Butler. Easy touchdown. Packers up, 17-13. If the ...
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Manning out duels Favre, Giants beat Packers 23-20

The Giants and the cold were just too much for the Packers today in Lambeau, and the Packers season is over after falling 23-20 to the Giants. Besides the score, this game was about the opposite of what I was expecting. I expected the Packers to out punch the Giants, but it was the Giants who would not and did not give up, and the Packers who looked tired and cold at the end of the game. I ...
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Big Blue View: Underdog GIANTS prove they ARE Super !

January 20 --- The third time was the charm for Lawrence Tynes, as the Giants' kicker drilled a 47-yard field goal in overtime Sunday to propel the Giants into their third Super Bowl with a 23-20 victory over Green Bay. --- Tynes' two earlier misses, including one as regulation time expired, pushed the game into overtime...
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