Super Bowl 2012: Giants beat Patriots 21-17 in a heartstopping repeat of 2008 title game

INDIANAPOLIS — There was no perfect season on the line this time, but the New York Giants did it again to Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots . Quarterback Eli Manning engineered the big drive in crunch time when the Giants needed it and New York beat the Patriots, 21-17 , on Sunday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in another down-to-the-wire Super Bowl between these rivals. Read ...

Different feeling for ‘Super’ vets

INDIANAPOLIS — This one felt different. “We celebrated hard this time, really hard,’’ Brandon Jacobs said yesterday, describing the after-hours jubilation after the Giants came back to beat the Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI. “Guys were everywhere, tears flying everywhere. It was an astronomical event for the New York Giants...

Welker distraught after key drop in Super Bowl loss

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - With tears welling up in his eyes, New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker was inconsolable after dropping a crucial catch in the 21-17 loss to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

Eli Manning enters elite company but no bragging with brother

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - You will not catch Eli Manning bragging about his two Super Bowl wins or answering those who doubted him but New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Sunday's win over the New England Patriots should end the debate over the quarterback's status. Ever since the Giants traded up for Manning in the 2004 draft, rather than take Philip Rivers or Ben Roethlisberger, there has ...

Giants' defense comes up big in Super Bowl win

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Eli Manning may have been voted most valuable player of the Super Bowl but it was a relentless New York Giants defense that earned much of the credit for a heart-stopping 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in the NFL championship game on Sunday.