Talk about a Super Mistake.
Some 24 hours before the Super Bowl, this showed up on New York’s official website run by the NFL: “The Giants are Super Bowl CHAMPIONS,” complete with an image of the Lombardi Trophy and a link to order championship gear.
The problem: Kickoff was more than 24 hours away.
And quicker than you can say “Eli,” it was gone.
The NFL said Saturday night that the web page was set up for possible use after today’s game between the Giants and Patriots, but was “inadvertently available for a brief period of time.”
SUPER BOND
When Patriots offensive lineman Marcus Cannon met Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich at the NFL’s rookie symposium last year, they had a lot to talk about.
Cannon was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma less than a week before the NFL draft. The fifth-round pick ended up getting eight chemotherapy treatments stretched over 24 draining weeks that cured the disease.
Herzlich overcame a rare form of bone cancer in his left leg while at Boston College and returned to football.
“I called him a couple of times and asked him questions,” Cannon said. “There’s a lot of (cancer) stories out there. His is one I can most relate to. We just talked a lot.”
Cannon opened the season on a medical list. He had his last chemotherapy treatment in September. He practiced with the Giants for the first time in late October. He has played in the past nine games.
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