Eli Drive has a nice ring to it
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Eli Drive has a nice ring to it
Mayor David Roberts of Hoboken, N.J., told the New Jersey Star Ledger that the city is kicking around the idea of renaming a city street after New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, a Hoboken resident.
But residents are divided on the idea, with some saying Manning's leading one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history and being named MVP doesn't justify such an action.
"Kudos to him, but it's not worth renaming the street," Marcia Pribylovsky said.
Kinga Burke, a resident in the building where Manning lives, was also opposed.
"Just because he lives in town?" she said. "I think it's too much, it's ridiculous. He's not a historical person."
Trivia time
Manning finished third in the 2003 Heisman Trophy voting as a senior at Mississippi. Who finished ahead of him?
The price of victory
New York-area stores have been dealing with an onslaught of Giants fans looking for hats, T-shirts and other gear bearing the Giants logo.
NFL officials estimate that the buying frenzy could surpass the record for Super Bowl merchandise sales of $125 million set in 1997, the year Green Bay defeated the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI.
But at least one fan was secretly disappointed that the Giants won.
"I was hoping they'd lose so the stuff would be half off," Betsy Atkinson said.
Taking shots
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona told British tabloid the Sun that he's not that impressed with English star David Beckham.
"He's not a great player -- he doesn't belong to the superior group of players," Maradona said.
"There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world."
Maradona, who suffered from a well-chronicled drug problem, seemed to have a pretty high opinion of himself, though.
"If I had never taken cocaine, there would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen," he said. "Everyone would say me."
Pele could not be reached for comment.
Shoulder the burden
Ninety-two current and former South Korean soccer players have been indicted for dodging military service by intentionally dislocating their shoulders to receive medical exemptions.
The players dislocated their shoulders by methods such as swinging their arms while holding heavy weights or having fellow players jump on their shoulders.
