jim fassel
What I’ve never seen in 29 years covering the Giants is an encouraging precedent for this Eagles test
In my 29 years of covering the Giants, they have never have won their first playoff game and failed to go a lot farther.
Moving on from Jason Garrett won't help Giants move on from their problems
Jason Garrett's offense has played its role in the Giants' demise, but it's only part of a bigger problem.
My 28 years of being right, being wrong and being amazed on the Giants beat
In all my years chronicling the Giants, there were some seasons that simply felt different.
Giants reflect on vivid 9/11 memories, prepare to honor 'real heroes'
John Mara got the horrific news from Jim Fassel, his head coach, early on the morning of 9/11.
Giants tight end joins rest of targets on injured list
Evan Engram was successfully shaking the injury-bug label that stuck to him in his previous years.
Late Giants coach meant everything to his players: 'He believed in us'
More than anything else Jim Fassel accomplished from the time he arrived in 1997 to his departure after the 2003 season, he succeeded in this: He got his players to...
Saddened ex-Giants QB has fond memories of Jim Fassel
Kerry Collins' favorite memory of late Giants coach Jim Fassel hangs in a prominent spot in his Nashville home.
Michael Strahan 'shocked' by former Giants coach's death
Jim Fassel's death came as a shock to one of his former stars.
Jim Fassel went all-in to author his greatest Giants moment
Jim Fassel passed away early Tuesday morning.
Former Giants coach Jim Fassel dead at 71
Former Giants coach Jim Fassel died Monday night at the age of 71.
Giants podcast: The Black Cat Game feat. Jim Fassel
Jimmy Failla opens the show discussing the Giants' Monday night loss to the Cowboys and the black cat who leads the Giants in rushing. NY Post Giants beat writer Paul...
Jim Fassel gets choked up watching son go to Super Bowl
Jim Fassel had a Super Bowl party planned at his Las Vegas home ... until his son called two days after the NFC Championship. “Dad,” John Fassel told him, “I...
Sean Payton has come long way since humbling Giants episode
NEW ORLEANS — It is easy to think the worst humbling of Sean Payton’s career came six years ago, when the Bountygate scandal erupted and he was suspended for a...
The ex-Giants coach who knows what Todd Bowles is going through
It ends in different ways, for different reasons, but it almost always ends, because you are hired to be fired — especially in the NFL, where winning isn’t everything but...
The Giants' options to replace McAdoo and Reese
The Giants are going shopping this holiday season, and on the list is a new general manager and head coach. Here are some possible candidates: General Manager Joe Douglas, Eagles...
McAdoo may want to listen to Jim Fassel's play-calling advice
If the Giants’ offense continues to struggle Sunday against the Eagles in Philadelphia, there is sure to be more discussion about whether head coach Ben McAdoo should give up the...
Jim Fassel's one piece of advice for Giants' Ben McAdoo
Keep calling the plays. That would be Jim Fassel’s suggestion to Ben McAdoo. Fassel retained the play-calling duties for nearly the entire first four seasons of his seven-year run as...
Rams coach saves man who was seconds from drowning
John Fassel's penchant for boogie-boarding helped save a man's life. Fassel, the son of the former Giants coach, Jim, and a special teams coordinator with the St. Louis Rams, was...
Giants rewind: The final delusion is erased
Everyone knew the Giants were not good. No one knew they were this bad. Facts are facts. Through 11 games, they were remarkably consistent: 0-8 against teams with winning records, 3-0...
The best, worst and most bizarre press conferences in NY sports
John Idzik's cringe-worthy press conference on Monday on the state of the Jets had us thinking about some of the other memorable press conferences in New York sports lore. Here's...