Giants backup defensive end Adrian Awasom was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving by Arizona state police early Friday, authorities said. The Giants are in the Phoenix area for Sunday’s Super Bowl, but Awasom is not on the active roster. He’s been on injured reserve since Sept. 18. An officer with the Arizona Department of Public Safety stopped Awasom’s vehicle at ...

Notes on a trip to the Super Bowl . Injured Giants defensive end Adrian Awasom , who came to Arizona with the team even though he wasn't going to play, has been sent home after he was arrested for driving under the influence. For the coaches, Super Bowl week is all about avoiding distractions, so when a player like Awasom becomes a distraction, the obvious decision for Giants coach Tom ...

Forget the Super Bowl MVP , whoever it may be for XLII . A new award is about to be given: the Super Bowl USP (”Unbelievably Stupid Player”) . Can we have the envelope, please? *Sound of rustling as the Super Bowl USP envelope is ripped open with Tazmanian Devil-like tenacity* And the Unbelievably Stupid Player award goes to . . . Adrian Awasom of the New York Giants ! ...

The Arizona State Police have netted themselves a New York Giants player for extreme DUI. Adrian Awasom, a back up defensive end who has been on the injured reserve list since September 18 th , was stopped at about 3 a.m. on Friday morning on Interstate 10 in Phoenix. Blood test results aren’t yet available, but Awasom was cited on suspicion of driving under the influence and ...

With the first annual PFT Turd Watch game ending in three days, one of the few remaining teams with no arrests or convictions since the Monday after the last Super Bowl has avoided a shutout. Hooray? Giants reserve defensive end Adrian Awasom was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving on Friday. He has been sent home by [...]

Now we have some Super Bowl news. A New York Giants player has been arrested for a possible DUI two days before the Big Game . The ARIZONA REPUBLIC reports that defensive end Adrian Awasom was stopped early Friday morning by state police. He was cited for suspicion of driving under the influence and extreme DUI, but was eventually released. A Giants spokesman said Awasom has already ...

Unfortunately, we've had our first player arrest of the week. Giants defensive end Adrian Awasom was arrested on suspicion of DUI . I had a bad feeling about the transportation options at Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa. On my first trip out there, players were walking around the parking lot aimlessly. It's located in the middle of the Sonora Desert. The Patriots' team hotel is ...

From the Arizona Republic: A New York Giants football player has been arrested on suspicion of DUI. The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that defensive end Adrian Awasom was stopped by an officer on an unspecified interstate and appeared to be driving under the influence.Awasom is on the team's injured reserve list. He was placed there Sept. 18 with a fractured back. Of ...

Notes on a trip to the Super Bowl . Adrian Awasom, a New York Giants player who is on injured reserve but came to Arizona for the Super Bowl with the team anyway has been arrested, the Arizona Republic is reporting . According to the newspaper, the Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that Awasom was stopped by an officer on an unspecified interstate and appeared to be driving ...

And he plays for the Giants . No clue who Adrian Awasom is, but he’s a defensive end on the injured list and wasn’t slated to play, anyway. Cops booked him on suspicion of DUI. But if there was no shot of him playing in this game, does this really matter? Does this news trump the Tom Brady haircut or the Michael Strahan date with Eddie Murphy’s ex ? NY Giants player ...