Gridiron Theater: great NYT story on Giants-Packers

[SpiralHawk]

I hope this link will work. Great sports story...worth a peruse...

P.S. Go Patriots !

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/sports/football/16giants.html?th&emc=th


Out of the Icebox, Packers and Giants Made the N.F.L. Hot
By BILL PENNINGTON

Published: January 16, 2008

It was the day before New Year’s Eve, and New Yorkers were leaving the city in droves. Not to escape Times Square celebrations, but to watch the N.F.L. championship game.

Roughly 45 years ago, on Dec. 30, 1962, the Yankee Stadium championship rematch between the Giants and the Green Bay Packers was blacked out on local television sets. Enterprising fans fled to southern New Jersey, searching for the broadcast from Philadelphia, or to the north to receive the signal from Hartford.

Those who succeeded watched a pivotal piece of American sports history. The N.F.L. might have first grabbed the public’s attention in the late 1950s, but it needed celebrity, personality and recurring characters for its Sunday gridiron theater.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. "I'll give this a kick for old times sake." - Kathie Lee Gifford

The Frankster as he was...

[rsdsharp]

5. Not sure who the second picture is.

It may be Jim Katkavage, but despite the text on the cover, it's not Frank Gifford. It doesn't look like him, and he never wore that kind of mask.

[fishnfla]

2. Great read, great line;

its gonna be a long day, frank

[Captain Hilts]

3. Giants fans should read "A Fan's Notes." nt

[SpiralHawk]

4. Final kick for this great story - fab background for the Giants-Packers clash

I think the Giants are going to make a MIRACLE happen in Green Bay.

We shall see. Whatever, it promises to be a great game.