Receiver News
giants.gearupforsports.com 2/10/2009 — An article published yesterday on ESPN.com , chronicled Giants’ receiver Plaxico Burress’ knack for getting into legal trouble. While the most serious situation, by far, was the gun-wound club incident that took place towards the end of this season; Burress’ irresponsibility ...

Union Files Grievance For Burress Against Giants
giantsgab.com 2/9/2009 — From Newsday: The NFL Players Association filed legal papers on behalf of Plaxico Burress on Friday, countering efforts by the Giants to recoup millions of dollars in their claim that Burress defaulted on his contract. It is the second grievance filed on Burress’ behalf since ...

Burress In Trouble Again, Now With No Insurance
totalprosports.com 12/23/2008 — Total Pro Sports - Plaxico Burress is one special person, he is definitely number 1 on our list of dumbest athletes in the world. After being suspended from the New York Giants after being charged on 2 felony weapon counts, today Plaxico Burress was sued for having no insurance on his $140,000 ...

Jacobs: 'If I come back, I want Plax'
nydailynews.com 1/30/2009 — Brandon Jacobs wants to come back to the Giants. But he wants Plaxico Burress back in blue with him, too. The big, free-agent-to-be running back endorsed that package deal down here in Tampa today, when he promised that his friend, Burress, is a ...

Players Talk About Plax
giantsgab.com 3/24/2009 — From NY Daily News: Two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora of the Giants isn’t a legal expert when it comes to troubled receiver Plaxico Burress and his scheduled court appearance next week on a felony gun possession charge. Umenyiora is just an optimist, and he believes after ...

Long before shooting, Burress sued over debts - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 2/9/2009 — NEW YORK (AP)—To Richard Malin, Plaxico Burress wasn’t a customer, he was an ordeal. It was 2002 when Burress, then playing for the Steelers, hired Malin, a home inspector, to look over a house he was buying in suburban Pittsburgh. Malin quoted ...

Giants GM Reese Says He’d Take WR Burress Back
nflgridirongab.com 2/22/2009 — One of the more interesting talks on Saturday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis was that of Giants GM Jerry Reese, who spoke about troubled wide out Plaxico Burress. Reese says he wants Burress back in a G-Men uni next season, but is not sure if it will happen. “I hope he’s ...

Giants suspend Burress for remainder of season
thesportscorner.ca 12/3/2008 — In the aftermath of Plaxico Burress’ self inflicted gun shot wound, the Giants have announced the star wide receiver will be suspended by the team for the remaining four games of this season and placed on the non-football injured reserve list. The suspension - in addition to the injured ...

The New York Giants Release Plaxico Burress
digitalsportsdaily.com 4/3/2009 — T he Giants today announced they have released veteran wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who played for the team the previous four seasons. “I am an optimist, and I believe most situations can be worked out,” said General Manager Jerry Reese. “We hung in there as long as we could in hopes that ...

Giants begin off-season program
bigblueview.com 3/17/2009 — The New York Giants went back to work Monday, beginning off-season conditioning. Ralph Vacchiano has all the best quotes from Tom Coughlin, Justin Tuck and Eli Manning over at The Blue Screen . Go to Giants.com for some workout video and the full conference calls for Coughlin, Tuck and ...

Plaxico Burress Is a Pawn For The Giants — Bleacher Report - NFL 2/13/2009
The Giants are seemingly upset with Plaxico Burress's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, for letting other teams know that Burress may be on the trading block. A Giants spokesman said general manager Jerry Reese had "nothing to say" on the matter.  But, ...

Plaxico Burress wants out of New York — Patriots & NFL - BostonHerald.com 2/13/2009
Plaxico Burress seemingly wants to leave the New York Giants. Drew Rosenhaus, the agent for the troubled receiver, sent an e-mail to NFL teams earlier this week letting...

NFL Wire Notes | Giants place franchise tag on RB Jacobs — The Seattle Times: Sports 2/14/2009
Brandon Jacobs, the 264-pound running back who has been a significant part of the New York Giants' offense the past two seasons, was designated...

Unknown Players That NFL Teams Should Look to Acquire This Offeason — Bleacher Report - NFL 2/14/2009
Every year, some team picks up a player nobody knows about and he ends up being a huge star. Who's that player going to be this year? Nobody knows. But here is a list of players I think teams should look at acquiring this offseason. 1.   ...

New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, Who Got The Better End Of The Stick? — Bleacher Report - NFL 2/14/2009
After months of rumors, and lots of public displays of nastiness, on both sides, the New York Giants finally decided to trade Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints, for their second round and fifth round picks, in the upcoming 2009 draft. ...