New York Giants, every mention

The NFL: How small-town teams became America's most valuable sports empire (Audio) · Acquired Jan 27, 2026 · 13 mentions

• ▶ 22:18 Ben Gilbert Between the Chicago Bears and eventually the New York Giants are formed around 1925 that stand the test of time.
• ▶ 26:52 Ben Gilbert Right, and those eight teams, the Cardinals, of course, they're in Arizona today, you got the Chicago Bears, you got the Green Bay Packers, the New York Giants, the Detroit Lions, the Boston Redskins had since moved to Washington, you've…
• ▶ 50:55 Ben Gilbert It ended up being the case that the New York Giants were making 200,000 dollars, and this is in 1959 on their TV deal.
• ▶ 52:33 David Rosenthal In particular, the 1958 NFL championship game known as the quote greatest game ever played between the Giants and the Colts led by Johnny Unitas.
• ▶ 1:23:40 David Rosenthal They can't get some shoddy pennant from the giants that looks like X.
• ▶ 1:44:18 David Rosenthal So, in May, 1966, the Giants in the NFL break the gentleman's agreement.
• ▶ 1:44:33 Ben Gilbert And it makes sense as the Giants, because they're the most harmed here.
• ▶ 1:44:45 David Rosenthal Apoplectic at Giants owner, Wellington Mara.
• ▶ 1:52:22 Ben Gilbert They went to the Giants and the 40 Niners.
• ▶ 1:52:49 Ben Gilbert And I think the Giants actually got more because Joe Namath was the other one in their city.
• ▶ 3:03:04 Ben Gilbert We're not talking Giants.
• ▶ 3:13:49 Ben Gilbert Like the new Giants-Jets one in New York is funded by the team in the NFL, whereas like the Bills one is going to be funded by the state of New York, largely.
• ▶ 4:09:19 David Rosenthal The Dolphins, Bills, Chargers, Giants, Eagles, 40 Niners, Raiders, Browns, and Patriots have all sold minority stakes over the last, call it, two years, and all at extremely higher valuations than they would have had this not happened.