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1963 NFL Championship Game

Jan 15, 2012 No Comments by

By George Haggis A group that included myself and some of my high school buddies decided to head down to Wrigley Field the day of the 1963 NFL Championship Game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. We stood in line for a couple of hours in frigid weather (game time temp. was [...]

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Buffalo Bills Vs Pittsburgh Steelers. 11/28/2010

Dec 21, 2011 1 Comment by

by Christal S. At first glance it was hard to tell you were actually sitting in a suite at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Everywhere you looked were gold and black donned Steelers fans. Yellow towels filled the air as the Steelers took the field. Yellow towels that would soon be used to wipe the sweat from [...]

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Life as a Falcon Fan

Nov 29, 2011 1 Comment

by Martha Hernandez Collazo (a Stubstory favorite re-printed for an original fan – Happy Belated Birthday Martha!) I don’t know about you guys, but my heart is still hammering away in my chest. The Falcons are footing my medical bills after the last two weeks. So many great moments in this one and so many [...]

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It was a cold and rainy Halloween….

Oct 31, 2011 No Comments

by Eric Cappel It was Halloween, Monday, October 31, 1994. It was indeed scary at Chicago’s Soldier Field, but not because of ghosts, ghouls, or even the football game between longtime bitter rivals Green Bay and Chicago that was to take place. It was the weather, which explains the rough condition of the ticket stub [...]

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Giants drop one to the Seahawks

Oct 14, 2011 No Comments

by Donald Mallard This was the my second time in the new GIANT stadium, not Met Life. It was the hottest day that I every when to a football game sunny and 82 degree and we were sitting in the sun for the whole game. I have now sat in the cheap seats upstairs and [...]

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Opening Day: The New Meadowlands

Jul 28, 2011 2 Comments

by Mike Palladino It just seemed right that my beloved New York Giants would open up their new stadium (and the 2010 season) against the Carolina Panthers – a team that improperly closed out the old stadium with a complete and utter beat down, further cementing the lackluster 2009 NYG season. The Giants defense – [...]

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The ’95 Tampa Bay Buc Season Finale – Yikes!

May 25, 2011 No Comments

by Nick Houllis 1995 season finale, and we just knew it was going to be Sam Wyche’s last game as Bucs head coach. New owners had taken over, and a campaign was on to save the Bucs and keep them in Tampa Bay. A new stadium had to be built with taxpayer dollars, and it [...]

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Surprise – I’m a VIP at Giants Stadium!

Apr 20, 2011 No Comments

By Gary Spilatro I was shopping at the mall for Christmas presents on Sunday morning, when I received a call from a friend of mine who is a general contractor. He was doing some renovation work in the Mara family’s homes. The Mara’s invited him to a football game, he had extra ticket and asked [...]

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Super Bowl XLI – I scalped a fake!

Apr 07, 2011 No Comments

By George Haggis Super Bowl XLI – February 4, 2006 – The ticket seen here is a fake ticket, a phony, a counterfeit! Every fans’ worst nightmare when buying in the secondary market. I inadvertently bought this ticket in Miami, FL for $400 thinking that it looked authentic, but still feeling a bit skeptical because [...]

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Vick’s First Play

Mar 30, 2011 No Comments

by Steve Drake It was the second Philadelphia Eagle’s pre-season game in 2009. Sure, pre-season games don’t count; but, it was the first game that Michael Vick was eligible to play after his release from prison. His signing by the team was surprising and controversial. Many animal lovers were enraged. Don’t get me wrong: I’m [...]

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