Madison Avenue Is Now The Land Of The Giants
PASADENA, Calif. — They came, they saw, they conquered. Now it is time for the New York Giants to do what all great American sports heroes must do:
Endorsements.
Phil Simms for American Express:
ANDERSON GETS ULTIMATE PAYBACK
PASADENA, Calif. — Ottis Anderson hooked his fingers together and sighed. No rings. Not yet. It was a few days away from the Super Bowl, one of those mass interview sessions, and he gazed out from the concrete stands to the field below and the sea of reporters...
BIG APPLE CRUSHES THE ORANGE HAIL TO THE ‘OTHER’ QB
PASADENA, Calif. — His hair was sticky. That’s how he knew. All that Phil Simms had wanted, all he had dreamed, the best game he could imagine. It was all there. His hair was sticky.Gatorade.”When did you know you’d won the MVP award?”...
Warrior Girds For Battle With Camera As His Weapon
COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Giants players were all in their designated seats. Only Tony Galbreath’s seat was empty. He would not be available today. He had taken the big leap, stepped off the silver screen of the Super Bowl. Like the hero in the “Purple Rose of Cairo,” he was walking through real life now.
With a movie camera.
“Oh, man, look at all these people,” Galbreath said, eyeing a mob of reporters around teammate Phil McConkey. “This is no good. Excuse me . . . Excuse me . . . “
The Gates Swing Open To An Uneasy Feeling
It was Opening Day. I think. The weather was great. Sort of. The fans had a wonderful afternoon. Most of them. Didn’t they?
The operative word, this time, was confusion. How were we supposed to feel on this first day of baseball, 1991? Happy? Resentful? Mixed-up? A fan walking to the gates of Tiger Stadium on Monday could buy peanuts — or sign a petition. He could get a yearbook — or a letter from Ernie Harwell. He could wear a Tiger cap — or purchase a shirt that read “The Owner Made a Boner.”
THE GIANTS WILL WINCURT, CURT, YOUR HAIR HAD JUST GROWN IN
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Curt, I feel sorry for you. No. I take that back. Last year, I felt sorry for you. This year, I can only scratch my head.Last year, thanks to the flip of a coin, I won the right to pick the Bears to win the Super Bowl. You glumly accepted your...
ALL-SHOW OR NO-SHOW, HIS ACT IS TAYLOR-MADE
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Peronally, I couldn’t care less whether Lawrence Taylor shows up for anything. But for the second day in a row, he waltzed in late to the Super Bowl breakfast interviews, this time with just 10 minutes left in the 45-minute session,...
The Quarterback And His Keeper Elway Meets Destiny With Super Moxie
ANAHEIM — “John?”
“Yeah?”
“Can I get two minut–“
“Excuse me. You’ll have to get John in the press conference.”
“Sorry.”
“This way, John.”
“Where we goin’?”
“Over here, big room.”
“John?”
“I–“
“Not now, guys, John’s got a press conference.”
“Sorry.”
“That him?”
“Where?”
“Right there, stupid!”
“Oooh . . . “
“John Eh-way?”
“Yeah?”
“We are from Japan.”
“Really?”
“We, um–“
“John, let’s go.”
“Sorry, guys I–“
“This way, John.”
“This door?”
NO. 82 COLORFUL? WELL, HE’S FULL OF SOMETHING
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Yoo-hoo. He’s over here. Sitting behind that crowd of reporters. The guy with the Grace Jones haircut and the earrings and the hobby of painting women with thick eyelashes and . . . ooh, what’s that? He took off the earrings? No...
COULD IT BE TRUE? YES! GIANTS’ MISERY WILL END
ANAHEIM, Calif. — So now I am here at the Super Bowl, which is fine, thank you, but to tell the truth, it wouldn’t matter if I were here or 1,000 miles away. I already know who is going to win.The New York Giants are going to win, not because they are the...Stay Connected
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