Giants' Phillips grabs No. 21 in homage to Taylor

Uni Watch found this 5/12/2008 on www.newsday.com [flag]

They grew up in the same area, went to the same college and played the same position. Yet Kenny Phillips, the Giants' first-round draft pick, never met the late Sean Taylor. [link]

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Stink-Eye for the Pink Guys
Published 5/12/2008 by Paul Lukas at Uni Watch
... appears to have been raised/3-D/etc., way back in 1977. Was this a common thing back then? I thought the raised cap logos didn’t start showing up until the 1990s. … Giants rookie Kenny Phillips is wearing No. 21 as a tribute to Tiki Barber (with thanks to Alan Kreit). … Jay Winkler notes that Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s car has a ...

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