The NY Giants in a Whole Mess o'Mess

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In the words of King Julian (Madagascar): "All hail the New York Giants!"
(end of sarcasm)

NY Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg at a NYC club early Saturday morning.

Burress was packing heat at a Manhattan club and according to reports, when his gun slipped down his pant leg, he accidentally set it off when he tried to get it back into position.

Thank goodness he didn't hurt anyone else.

The Giants' trouble doesn't end there.

Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce, who was also at the club partying, tried to 'help' his teammate out by hiding his gun.

Police insiders reveal that Burress is expected to be arrested on felony weapons charges and that Pierce's attorney was 'in frantic discussions with cops' on Saturday night to save his client from criminal charges.

Don't most teams have 'no partying' rules during the season?

Way to eff up the team's 'dream season', guys.

Oh, and get this.

Plaxico said that he had to carry a gun for 'protection'.

You caught last year's Super Bowl winning pass for goodness sake!

The Super Bowl Was Super Watched

Due partially to the New York Giants impressive upset triumph over the New England Patriots, early findings have shown that the rating for this years Super Bowl have increased between 6 and 9 percent from last years game.

Although Nielsen does not have clear numbers on how many people actually watched the game, Nielsen Media Research has shown that the Fox Broadcast had a 44.7 rating and a 66. Last year’s Super Bowl, between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears, had a viewership of 93.2 million.

This year’s game has a chance of becoming the most-watched Super Bowl ever, and the second most-watched broadcast. The current most-watched Super Bowl was the 1996 game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers seen by 94.1 million, and the most-watched broadcast was the series finale of M-A-S-H which pulled in 106 million viewers.

TiVo has reported that the commercial were watched more than the game, and the average price of an advertisement was $2.7 million for a 30 second segment. TiVo maintains that the most watched commercial during the game was the E-trade advertisement that featured a baby talking about stocks.

New York Giants win Super Bowl !

The underdog team has come up victorious in this years Super Bowl. The New York Giants triumphed over the favored New England Patriots in this years game. With only 35 seconds left in the game the Giants quarterback Eli Manning, whose older brother is Peyton Manning who led the Indianapolis Colts to win in last years Super Bowl, threw a 13 yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress as the clock was running out. This game was a major upset to the favored New England Patriots who were 18-0 going into the Super Bowl. This was a huge disappointment to the Patriots, who were looking to complete a perfect season. It was a close game, and definitely will be marked in NFL history. Congratulations to the New York Giants, this years well deserved champions!