By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Hot off the press, the 2017 New York Giants’ color rush uniforms have been revealed via Instagram by equipment director Joseph Skiba! The uniforms, set to be worn against’ division rival Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, are the same white-on-white design as the 2016 uniforms. Both NFL fans…
Category: Off-the-Field
New York Jets: That’s COACH Christian Hackenberg, to you!
FLORHAM PARK, N.J.- Manhattan North FLAG football team: You’re going to… Orlando! The New York Jets hosted a flag football tournament for New York City Police Athletic League (PAL) Teams at the Jets’ practice facility at the Atlantic Health Center in Florham Park, New Jersey. (CLICK TO GO TO WWW.BACKSPORTSPAGE.COM TO CONTINUE READING) To download…
Houston Texans: NFL, are you Watching J.J. Watt?
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Benjamin Franklin, in a letter following the adoption of the Constitution of the United States of America quoted The Cobbler of Preston by Christopher Bullock (1716): “…but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” (1789). Fast forward to February 2018 and…
(PART 4 of 4) What’s Next for Phil Simms?
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.- Every action has an equal, but opposite reaction. Tony Romo, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, retires from football and, all of a sudden, Phil Simms, veteran broadcaster, finds himself without a job. Beginning this upcoming football season, Romo will trade his helmet for a broadcast headset….
(PART 3 OF 4) New York Giants: Analyst Phil Simms (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.- Having played for the New York Giants, appeared on National Football League play-by-play broadcasts, and filled-in at New York’s WFAN (the original sports talk radio station), it’s obvious that Phil Simms knows a thing or two about the game of football. In Part Three of my…
New York Giants: How Brandon Marshall is Adjusting to Life in Blue
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) CARLSTADT, N.J.- Brandon Marshall’s professional move from the New York Jets’ home turf (no pun intended) in Florham Park, New Jersey to the New York Giants facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey was the single best off-season transaction in the National Football League. “Why’s that?” Marshall asked me at…
(PART 2 OF 4) New York Giants: The Giants Years (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.- “With the 7th pick in the 1979 NFL Draft, the New York Giants select… Phil Simms, quarterback, Moorehead State”. A young man, born and raised in Kentucky, America’s heartland, was thrust under the bright lights of New York City, the city that never sleeps. At 24…
Tobin Heath: Pioneer of Equality in More Ways Than One
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Soccer superstar Tobin Heath has traveled the world to collect two Olympic gold medals, a FIFA Women’s World Cup gold medal, and a World Cup silver medal. She has graced the covers of hundreds of magazines, including a commemorative World Cup Sports Illustrated edition. Despite her…
(PART 1 OF 4) New York Giants: Coach Phil Simms’ QB (and WR) Academy
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.- Add another title to two-time Super Bowl Champion, Super Bowl MVP, national NFL analyst, and former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms‘ resume: Coach. Approximately thirty local football quarterbacks and wide receivers descended upon Pulis Field in Franklin Lakes to attend Coach Simms’ inaugural Quarterback and…
San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey: Worst Sidekick Ever!
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan & http://www.facebook.com/coachmccartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- San Francisco Giants’ catcher Buster Posey is no Robin to anyone’s Batman… not even his own pitcher Hunter Strickland. Why? Some days we are all Buster Posey. pic.twitter.com/otWXoh1tDl — Panicked Rizzo (@notARizzo) May 29, 2017 After Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper was beaned with Strickland’s fastball, he charged the mound…
Veteran David Harris Leads New York Jets’ Culture Change
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- The New York Jets are amidst a culture change. At least, that is the buzzword people are using to describe its most recent roster changes. The Jets will find themselves entering the 2017-2018 season without many of their seasoned, dependable veterans: Nick Mangold, Darrelle Revis, Brandon Marshall, Breno…
New Casey Stengel Biography is a Beautiful Juxtaposition of History and Baseball, Transcendent of Time
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- The only thing that I knew about Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel before opening Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character by Marty Appel was that he was worth $260 as a yellow property on Monopoly’s New York Yankees edition. When I was younger, my brother and I would often…
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