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NFL PLAYERS INC. SIGN UP NEW LICENSEE : FUNKO

LAS VEGAS, June 19, 2014 – NFL Players Inc., the licensing and marketing arm of the NFL Players Association, announced a new licensing agreement with Funko, LLC. The latest news was announced from Licensing Expo 2014 in Las Vegas.

Funko, recognized for its popular lines of fan collectibles, will feature active NFL players as part of the company’s officially licensed Pop! Vinyl figures and bobbleheads.

NFL NEWS - NY Giants release RB Brandon Jacobs

The Giants announced today that they have terminated the contract of running back Brandon Jacobs, an integral component of the teams that won Super Bowls XLII and XLVI.



EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants announced today that they have terminated the contract of running back Brandon Jacobs, an integral component of the teams that won Super Bowls XLII and XLVI.

Jacobs, 29, played seven seasons for the Giants. He holds the franchise record with 56 rushing touchdowns and is fourth in franchise history with 4,849 yards and fifth with 1,078 rushing attempts.

He also caught 80 passes for 730 yards and four touchdowns.

"Brandon has truly been a great Giant,” general manager Jerry Reese said. “These times are always very hard for me. We had a very good conversation today. We don't know what the future holds for Brandon, but we wish only the very best for him and his family."

“Brandon helped us win two world championships,” Coach Tom Coughlin said. “He always did what was in the best interest of team. No matter what you asked him to do, he performed and played in whatever role we asked him to perform. He really was a team player.

“I have always felt like Brandon could be counted on. He’s a guy that is very, very good in meetings for me. He pays attention. He picks up on the message. He loves the excitement of the game. He loves everything about it – the pregame routine, the talking to his teammates, trying to motivate his teammates. He loves every part of it. I have always felt like Brandon could be counted on.”

Jacobs joined the Giants as a fourth-round draft choice in 2005. He played in exactly 100 regular season games (starting 48). In 11 postseason games, Jacobs rushed for 464 yards and scored four touchdowns and caught eight passes, one for a score.

“They’re all great accomplishments,” Jacobs said. “I might be leaving, but my name will stay. The fans have been great for me. Everything has been good. A standup organization. I was very close with a lot of people in the organization. They’re all a bunch of great people. The Mara family, the Tisch family, everybody’s great. I just want to thank them for the opportunity that they’ve given me.

“But it’s time to move on. We tried, couldn’t reach an agreement. It’s been great, though. I can’t say anything negative about anybody in the organization. (Running backs coach) Jerald Ingram, hands down, probably the best coach I’ve ever experienced as an athlete. He knows so much about the game and I learned a lot from him as well.”

In 2011, Jacobs was second on the Giants (behind Ahmad Bradshaw) with 571 rushing yards on 152 carries, a 3.8-yard average. He ran for seven touchdowns. Jacobs ran for a season-high 101 yards and scored two touchdowns in a victory at Dallas on Dec. 11. In the 21-17 victory over New England in Super Bowl XLVI, Jacobs rushed for 37 yards on nine carries.

Jacobs became a 1,000-yard rusher for the first time in 2007, when he ran for 1,009 yards despite missing five games with injuries. The following season, he had career-high totals of 1,089 yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.

“It’s been a great ride,” Jacobs said. “It’s a great organization, a standup organization. I had fun. Won two Super Bowls here. I accomplished a lot in my career as a professional athlete here. That’s it. It’s been a good ride. Time to move on.”

Superbowl XLVI Champion NY Giants - more Parade

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Giants SuperFan - Joe Ruback : the License Plate Guy

In case any of you people don't know who Joe is, here is a recent article about him.

Giant super fan steps up to plate every game !!

It’s lunchtime in Yonkers and two dozen uniformed kids are marching around the perimeter of the Biondi School gym, all of them wearing khaki pants and maroon shirts, a parade of conformity playing out before an athletic director who conforms to little besides full-bore eccentricity.

Joe Ruback looks at the kids and smiles. He tries to explain the power of his passion, the depth of his dedication, the logic behind his lunacy - one that has compelled him to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, and wear a ladder of license plates to football games, all over the country.














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Superbowl XLVI Champion NY Giants - the Parade

As many as one million people were expected to line the financial district's Canyon of Heroes for the N.Y. Giants Super Bowl Victory Parade.

The parade kicked off at Battery Place and Washington Street and continued northbound up the Canyon of Heroes to Worth Street. The parade was to be followed by a ceremony at City Hall Plaza, at which Mayor Michael Bloomberg was to present the New York Giants with Keys to the City.

On Tuesday, a police-escorted caravan of 15 buses brought the team, family and friends to lower Manhattan from the Giants' practice facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The Giants were showered with at least 30 tons of manufactured confetti from skyscrapers lining Broadway.

On Monday, 250 fans nabbed pairs of tickets to the festivities at City Hall. About 50,000 people entered sweepstakes for a place at the ceremony.

The sidewalks lining Tuesday's ticker-tape parade up the Canyon of Heroes were pakced.

A large screen was set up near City Hall Park for members of the public to watch the official ceremony.

A ticker-tape parade was held in February 2008 for the Giants after that year's Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots.

That parade reportedly cost $331,000. Most of the money was raised by NYC & Co., the city's marketing arm.

MyFoxNY.com live streamed Fox 5's live coverage of the New York Giants 2012 Super Bowl victory parade. #Giantsparadeonfox

The last ticker-tape parade through New York was in Nov. 2009 after the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games for their 27th World Series title.

New Jersey will not get left out of the action.

A rally for Big Blue was to take place Tuesday at 3 p.m. at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.










































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