Giants close to playoff contention
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A four-game sweep has the San Francisco Giants thinking about the playoffs again.
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Nine games and a 5-4 record is hardly enough time for players to build an everlasting loyalty to a quarterback. So the Giants were not torn into factions by yesterday&#39;s
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You don&#39;t have to be a brain surgeon to understand there are two Giants who absolutely can&#39;t get hurt if they are to reach the playoffs. Now, one of them is hurt.
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While the Jets are 7-5 and rising, the Giants are a middling 6-6 and, perhaps, two losses away from missing the playoffs.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Barry Bonds appears to be moving closer to a deal to remain with the San Francisco Giants.
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This is a rotten time for moral victories. Like it or not, the New York Giants received one Sunday. While their playoff hopes took another hit when their rally
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The Los Angeles Dodgers again try to clinch their first playoff berth in eight years when they host the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
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The San Francisco Giants, trying  to battle their way out of the National League West basement,  scored an 8-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday to  close the second leg of a three-city road trip.
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After last year&#39;s stunning NL Division Series loss to the Marlins, one of the major knocks on the Giants was their relative lack of speed and their inability to put pressure on the opposing team.
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TAMPA, Florida  - The New York Giants erased a 7-0 deficit with 24 unanswered points to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-14 Sunday to set up a second-round playoffs showdown against the Dallas Cowboys.
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The win over the Panthers rescued the championship hopes that the Giants carried through the first half of the season.
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Make it eight straight games a Giants starting pitcher hasn&#39;t retired a hitter in the sixth inning. It&#39;s no way to conduct a pennant race, but with the Arizona Diamondbacks in town, who cares?
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Despite having three starters injured in a game with no playoff implications, Tom Coughlin thinks the New York Giants gained momentum going all out in an attempt to deny the Patriots' perfect regular season.
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Riding a three-game losing skid, the Giants appear to be coming apart at the seems with struggling quarterback Eli Manning taking the brunt of the criticism.
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There were two players the Giants could not afford to lose to injury. Running back Tiki Barber was one. The other is now done for the season.
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The New York Giants aren&#39;t just winning. They&#39;re doing the kind of things winning teams do. Like making a stand on fourth-and-1 deep in their own territory, then again at midfield in the fourth quarter.
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A come-from-behind victory over the Bills means the Giants will go to the playoffs for the third consecutive season and relieves the persistent pressure that follows Coach Tom Coughlin.