Greg Gadson

Giants get $25K Super Bowl rings from Tiffany

SI.com (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008

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Giants get rings full of 'bling' to cap championship

ESPN (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008

After four months of celebrations, parades, dinners and a tour of the White House, the New York Giants got their final reward on Thursday night for winning the Super Bowl: the bling.

Giants cap title celebration with presentation of rings

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008

After four months of celebrations, parades, dinners and a tour of the White House, the New York Giants got their final reward on Thursday night for winning the Super Bowl: the bling.

NFL | President Bush gets off Jessica Simpson zinger while honoring Giants

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008

/ WASHINGTON — It has been almost three months since the Giants beat the Patriots. Wednesday the team was hailed by President Bush...

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Semper Ubi Sub Ubi (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

Here's the most ironic, the-Universe-really-is-a-just-place news you will hear all day: The last pass Brett Favre ever threw is now in the possession of Lt. Col. Greg Gadson , a soldier who was injured in Iraq. He received that ball from New York Giants cornerback Corey Webster, who intercepted the ball in overtime on January 20, setting up the game-winning field goal and ensuring that Brett Favre's...

Soldier Has Last Ball Thrown By Favre

Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008

A U.S. Army officer possesses the last football ever thrown by retired Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre,...

• Last ball Favre threw has a place of honor - San Diego Union
• Wounded Army officer has last ball thrown by Favre - 2nd Verse - Same as the 1st

Last Pass by Favre: A Special Gift

New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008

The last ball Brett Favre threw was intercepted by Giants cornerback Corey Webster. It now belongs to Greg Gadson, a United States Army lieutenant who lost his legs in May while serving in Iraq.

Among the Giants

Power Line (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Our friend (and John's law partner) Gerry Nolting alerts us to a moving column by Greg Garber. The column was a sidebar to ESPN's preview of the Super Bowl, on Iraq war veteran Greg Gadson: "Source of inspiration: Injured soldier produces Giant emotions."

Wounded Warrior Inspires Giants

Lubbock Marine Parents (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008

Army News Service | Elizabeth M. Lorge | February 05, 2008 WASHINGTON - When the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots' perfect season in the last two minutes of Sunday's Super Bowl, they did it with one of the Army's own as an honorary teammate. Lt. Col. Greg Gadson, a field-artillery officer with two prosthetic legs, was on the sidelines Sunday after giving a pep talk to the Giants Saturday...

• Wounded Warrior Inspires Giants - military.com

Where the Giants got their winning attitude

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008

If you watched the Super Bowl you got to see a tremendous no quit effort by the underdog Giants. In case you missed this earlier post about Lt.Col Greg Gadson, U.S. Army, and his pregame speech to the Giants before they turned their season around in a game against the Redskins, you will want to read it. You will then understand this story which was written by someone who apparently was not familiar...

Belichick's decision not to kick field goal questioned

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008

The genius that is Bill Belichick is under scrutiny this morning.

Iraq war veteran serves as inspiration for Giants

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008

Lt. Col. Greg Gadson was introduced to the Giants on Sept. 23, the same day the New York defense made a gallant goal-line stand in the final seconds to preserve a road victory at Washington -- the first of 10 straight wins away from the Meadowlands.

U.S. vet of Iraq war meets with Goodell

Sports Scope (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Lt. Col. Greg Gadson, a veteran of the war in Iraq who lost both his legs to a roadside explosive device, is on the sidelines with the Giants. Gadson was talking to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell minutes...

Inspiring the Giants

THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER (Free subscription) | 02/03/2008

Remains to be seen whether it'll be enough, but Army Iraq veteran LTC Greg Gadson, who played football at West Point, has been an inspiration to the New York Giants. We can expect he'll be on their sidelines at the...

Misguided Compassion

ArmchairGM (Free subscription) | 02/02/2008

This article originally appeared at The Agon. ESPN is giving a good deal of attention to the story of Army Lt. Col. Greg Gadson, a wounded Iraq War veteran and supporter of the New York Giants. In many ways, there are compelling reasons for this attention. Gadson was injured in Iraq when his