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(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…

Who is to Blame? New York Mets’ Noah Syndergaard Out Indefinitely

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.facebook.com/coachmccartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. – Noah Syndergaard, the almighty Thor, was placed on the 10-day disabled list today after an MRI showed a partial tear in his right latissimus dorsi muscle. He will undoubtedly have his stay extended to the 60-day DL. This injury comes after Syndergaard refused an MRI after missing his start last…

Mock NFL Draft: The New York Giants (Round 1) Select…

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Any listener to my sports talk radio show (60 Minute Overtime – #60MinOT) knows that my draft strategy is not to select the best player on the board (unless as a trade chip), but to select players based on the team’s needs. In this year’s draft, the…

Mock NFL Draft: The New York Jets (Round 1) Select….

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. – Any listener to my sports talk radio show (60 Minute Overtime – #60MinOT) knows that my draft strategy is not to select the best player on the board (unless as a trade chip), but to select players based on the team’s needs. Although the New…

Becca Longo: Kicking Down Gender Barriers one Field Goal at a Time

By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- “I used to play soccer for a long, long time and I just got tired of it”: On Thursday, Becca Longo, a former soccer player, became the first female to sign a letter of intent to play football at a Division II university or higher. Clearly, soccer’s…

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…