New York Giants Parade 2012: Live Reaction, Video Highlights and Recap
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Eli Manning was at Disney World yesterday, but he's now back in New York City with the rest of the New York Giants, celebrating their Super Bowl XLVI victory.
The parade started at Battery Place and Washington Street and will continue on up through the Canyon of Heroes before finishing at City Hall Plaza with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg presenting the Key to the City.
All the Giants are on hand, and countless people fill the streets.
We'll be watching all the coverage and bringing you all the latest pictures, quotes and videos as the parade continues.
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That'll wrap up the Giants' 2012 parade celebration, but Naughty By Nature and thousands more fans await Big Blue at Metlife Stadium where the party continues.
This event will be something everyone involved will remember forever.
We can only hope they'll be back to do it again some time soon.
With Eli Manning under center, and defensive line more ferocious than any other in the league, we know they've got a shot.
No celebration is complete without Andre Brown's now famous, "I got a ring" chant.
The backup running back was caught via camera phone starting a raucous chant on the plane ride home and continued it today.
The dancing and singing that just took place on stage, capped off with Eli's final words, will shift over to Metlife (Giants) Stadium.
And there he goes again, Victor Cruz comes up to receive his key and both he and Michael Strahan break out in a little Salsa action.
Giants fans everywhere hope that Cruz keeps dancing for a long, long time.
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Co-owner Steve Tisch will certainly make headlines with his dig at the Cowboys being "America's Team."
If America were waiting around for those clowns we'd all be in a lot of trouble -- the Cowboys have won only one playoff game in the last 15 years.
Tisch went on to say that the Giants were "American's Dream" and Coughlin followed it up by talking about his slogan of "Keep the Dream Alive."
The keys to the city are now be handing out.
For what it's worth, Mayor Bloomberg knocking it out of the park with his introductions. Couldn't possibly say things any better.
Justin Tuck comes out with the Halas Trophy (NFC Championship Trophy) quickly followed by Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and the Lombardi Trophy.
Chants of "MVP" again fill the air and everyone is now finally on stage.
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Michael Strahan hasn't been on the field for the Giants since the last time they won the Super Bowl, but he's live at City Hall getting the crowd pumped up.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg followed suit and talked of Strahan's future bust in the Hall of Fame in Canton, Victor Cruz's Salsa dancing and even started a chant of MVP for the "ELIte" Eli.
The radio voice of the Giants, Bob Papa, is introducing the staff and coaches now.
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CRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ
The Giants' star wide receiver has become a national phenomenon with his Salsa dancing. The NBC 4 New York team just told us that No. 80 turned down the opportunity to participate on the hit show Dancing with the Stars because he wanted to accomplish more on field first.
Cruz's star exploded this season and he's arguably the second most popular Giants player behind Eli.
His decision to turn down the show is justified too. Previous NFL players who have competed include: Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Jason Taylor, Warren Sapp, Lawrence Taylor, Michael Irvin, Chad Ochocinco, Kurt Warner and Hines Ward.
Of those players, only two are fringe Hall of Famers while the remaining seven either have, or will have, busts in Canton, Ohio.
For the time being, Cruz will keep serving his Salsa in the endzone.
Wow, wrong team lady.
Some girl completely confused by the bright lights of camera in her face, or possibly the drink in her cup, just screamed "SANCHEZ" when asked who she wanted to see most.
She also happened to have her friend sitting on her shoulders, so there is a chance she was slowly losing oxygen.
We may never for sure, but what we do know is that Mark Sanchez is a long, long way away from winning a Super Bowl.
We have a lull in the action here as the Giants are getting ready to receive their key to the city.
The fans that decided to stick around have moved towards the plaza while others have made their way to Metlife Stadium and others back to their homes to continue the party there.
The ceremony will begin soon and we'll back when Eli and the rest of Big Blue find their way to the stage.
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Hip hop group Naughty By Nature, famous for their classic hit "O.P.P", is going to be putting on a special show for this celebration at 3 p.m. at MetLife (Snoopy) Stadium today.
The Newark Star Ledger reports:
The East Orange rap group will be joined for a verse by actor and comedian Josh Hyman, who posted his enthusiastic homemade interpretation of "Down With JPP" to YouTube in early December.
If you haven't seen or heard that video yet here it is.
Tom Coughlin is very, very excited.
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And this just in, Steve Weatherford is a mad man and everyone loves it.
The Giants punter, who reportedly has been offered a contract extension by the Giants and the two sides are working on finalizing the deal already, is wandering through the parade with a signed helmet on his head.
He's now commandeered a drum kit and has joined the marching band.
Weatherford is absolutely hilarious and was one of the biggest signings of the season for this team.
A little over a year ago we were all pissed at Matt Dodge (and rightfully so), but now we're celebrating with Steve Weatherford in the streets of NYC.
If you don't follow him on Twitter yet, I highly suggest you get on that.
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And there we go, Eli and Tuck jokingly discuss the MVP giving up the big Lombardi Trophy and Tuck finally has it in his possession.
The Giants' defensive captain is the reason Big Blue's defensive line is as good as it is. He showed it during the Super Bowl XLII run and he still does it today.
Without Tuck's versatility the Giants' d-line wouldn't be the force it is.
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Footballs are flying left and right and players are signing autographs for anything they can catch.
The G-Men, other than Eli Manning and Justin Tuck who are riding with the owners and coach Coughlin, are separated by position.
While every media outlet is recording the Giants, many of the players are recording the crowds themselves with handheld cameras.
Everyone is super excited to see Eli and the Lombardi Trophy, which he probably hasn't let go of since being handed it on the field Sunday night.
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