Plaxico Burress

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So-called Giants dynasty at the crossroads

AP News 71 days ago

NFL 2009: Year after Plax mess, Giants look to get back on track There aren't many New York Giants who haven't thought about Plaxico Burress' accidental shooting in November and wondered: `'What if?" The Giants seemingly were on the verge of becoming ...

Giants LB Antonio Pierce excused from practice

AP News 74 days ago

Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce excused from practice for personal reasons Middle linebacker Antonio Pierce missed the New York Giants' practice Monday for personal reasons. Coach Tom Coughlin said afterward that Pierce was excused from the roughly one-hour workout. He refused to ...

Eli Manning says Giants' O ready for NFL season

AP News 77 days ago

Manning encouraged for start of post Plax-Toomer era The New York Giants aren't wondering anymore whether they can replace Plaxico Burress and Amani Toomer this season. The last two preseason games have proved the Giants have more than enough receivers to replace ...

'Kiss da baby' to this NFL preseason

AP News 83 days ago

As the NFL Turns: Will somebody please show mercy and end this soap opera of a preseason Do his teammates like him? Do they really, really like him? Brett Favre insists it doesn't matter, and that everything will be all right. Besides, ...

Burress hoping to return to NFL after prison term

AP News 87 days ago

Ex-Giants receiver Plaxico Burress hopes to return to NFL after prison term Plaxico Burress is planning to return to the NFL after serving a two-year prison sentence on a weapons charge. "When I get out, I'll be 33, not 43," Burress said ...

Pierce talks football, not Burress guilty plea

AP News 88 days ago

Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce talks about football, not Burress guilty plea Antonio Pierce is talking football only and says he will not comment on former Giants teammate Plaxico Burress' decision to plead guilty to a weapons charge and accept two years ...

Burress hires consultant to get ready for prison

AP News 90 days ago

Lawyer: Plaxico Burress hires consultant to prepare to use prison time 'productively' Plaxico Burress' lawyer says a prison consultant is preparing the former Super Bowl star for life behind bars. Benjamin Brafman tells the New York Post in a story published Saturday ...

Super Bowl hero Burress sentenced

AFP Global Edition 91 days ago

Plaxico Burress, the former New York Giants receiver who was a hero in last year's Super Bowl, pleaded guilty on a felony weapons charge on Thursday and was sentenced to two years in prison. Burress had faced indictments on two counts of ...

Giants surprised and saddened by Burress plea

AP News 92 days ago

Giant shocker: Former teammates stunned Burress faces 2 years in prison in Manhattan gun case Plaxico Burress' decision to plead guilty to a weapons charge and accept two years in prison surprised his former New York Giants teammates and left at least ...

Burress pleads guilty to gun charge, faces 2 years

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 92 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty to a gun possession charge on Thursday and agreed to a two-year prison sentence in what the Super Bowl hero's lawyer called an agonizing decision. Burress, 31, caught ...

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