Eli Manning, Enduring Under Pressure

Yet it is the North Haven Conn., native's role in helping persuade Eli Manning to take a big hit, to accept a sack — rather than do something even more loathsome — that has so much to do with the best season of Manning's career and the subsequent

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN Barton Silverman/The New York TimesTwitter and Facebook have increasingly supported Eli Manning this week, according to IBM, with the positive sentiment toward the Giants quarterback outpacing that for Tom Brady.

Madonna will perform in front of the biggest audience of her career at Sunday's Super Bowl, and admitted it's the most nerve-racking thing she has ever done. But is the queen of pop aware that, before and after her halftime

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN Barton Silverman/The New York TimesTwitter and Facebook have increasingly supported Eli Manning this week, according to IBM, with the positive sentiment toward the Giants quarterback outpacing that for Tom Brady.

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN Barton Silverman/The New York TimesTwitter and Facebook have increasingly supported Eli Manning this week, according to IBM, with the positive sentiment toward the Giants quarterback outpacing that for Tom Brady.