Bobby Okereke is the stabilizing, consistent ‘centerpiece’ Giants need
NY Post
Sunday was a day filled with significant news nuggets at Giants training camp.
First, the team removed enigmatic, injury-prone Evan Neal from the physically unable to perform (PUP) list, opening the door for the third-year right tackle to practice for the first time since undergoing ankle surgery last January.
Then head coach Brian Daboll, delivering an update on back-up quarterback Drew Lock, who was knocked out of Thursday’s preseason opener with a hip contusion, said he has no plans to sign another quarterback, an indication that Lock’s injury isn’t believed to be long-term.
Then Daboll revealed he plans to take starting quarterback Daniel Jones to Saturday’s preseason game at Houston, where Jones would play in a game for the first time since he tore his ACL last November in Las Vegas.
And finally, with about 20 minutes remaining in Sunday’s practice, receiver Malik Nabers, the team’s first-round draft pick who’s been having a fabulous summer, went down with a left ankle injury and didn’t return.
That laundry list of dramatic events should underscore the marvel that Bobby Okereke represents to the Giants.
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On the Queens side of town, the reno began in earnest almost as soon as Francisco Lindor grounded into the 4-6-3 double play. That ended a 4-0 loss before a rare sizable crowd at Miami’s loanDepot Park last Sept. 27, all of them there to witness the final death rattles of an epic baseball calamity.
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It was Kids Day at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, but for the Rangers, it’s been All About The Kids for months.
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Dylan Garand knew the number off the top of his head. He knew that, between the regular season and playoffs, he’d logged over 160 games with AHL Hartford, and he was right. Before the Rangers recalled him Friday, Garand had served as the Wolf Pack’s goaltender 165 times.
SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.
Don’t close the curtain on “Mean” Joe Greene.