Week 14 NFL picks: Cowboys-Steelers a classic showdown (SportingNews.com)

Classic uniforms, in an old-school Super Bowl matchup of five-time Super Bowl-winning franchises.

Giants: Pierce called trainer after shooting (AP)

Linebacker Antonio Pierce called a New York Giants trainer almost immediately after Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself and was told where to take the wounded receiver. A day after suspending Burress for conduct detrimental to the team, the Giants on Wednesday revealed key details about how Burress ended up at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center early...

Giants release timeline following Burress shooting (PA SportsTicker)

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- The saga surrounding Plaxico Burress continues to take twists and turns.

Giants WR Steve Smith robbed outside Jersey home (Yahoo! Sports)

New York Giants receiver Steve Smith spoke publicly for the first time about being robbed last week outside his...

Burress could rejoin Giants in 2009 under right conditions (Yahoo! Sports)

On Wednesday, New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese, who helped engineer last season's Super Bowl run,...

Giants Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

The Giants began their Post-Plax Period on Wednesday, preparing for Sunday's game against Philadelphia at Giants Stadium, where they'll try to clinch the NFC East without their star wide receiver.

Plaxico Burress, of course, was suspended for the final four games and then placed on the Non-Football Injury list, ending his season. He is not eligible to play, practice or take part in post-season games.

Burress' suspension stemmed from a self-inflicted gunshot wound he suffered early Saturday morning at a nightclub in Manhattan. He had been carrying a loaded Glock semi-automatic revolver in his pants pocket and it accidentally discharged, sending a bullet into his right thigh.

Carrying a loaded weapon in New York City is illegal, and tough laws enacted by current...

NFL offers first live game broadcast in 3-D (AP)

In broadcasting the world's first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an "up close, personal, visceral" experience that could open a new revenue stream for the league. The screenings for team owners, producers and journalists will use technology developed by 3ality Digital, a Burbank, Calif.-based company whose major investor...

NJ girl paralyzed in crash by Giants fan gets $26M (AP)

A stadium vendor has settled a lawsuit by the family of a girl paralyzed in a car accident caused by a drunken New York Giants fan for $26 million. The amount of the settlement had been sealed until Wednesday, when a state appellate court overturned a lower court's decision to keep the settlement private.

Giants suspend Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress (AP)

New York Giants' Plaxico Burress arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court for arraignment on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 in New York. Burress accidentally shot himself at a Manhattan nightclub Friday evening and was treated at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He was released Saturday.

The New York Giants expect Antonio Pierce to play in Sunday's game against Philadelphia while the team gathers information on the linebacker's involvement in a shooting that led to the season-ending suspension of star receiver Plaxico Burress. Coach Tom Coughlin said Pierce would practice Wednesday with the Super Bowl champions.


Is Romo the answer? Cowboys will find out (AP)

The Dallas Cowboys will get a better idea Sunday what Tony Romo's return from a broken pinkie has done for their Super Bowl hopes. After beating the 49ers and Seahawks at home, Dallas goes to Pittsburgh for a game against a team it could face again if all goes right -- all going right meaning in the Super Bowl.