Pennsylvania Hall calls for Ernie Accorsi

Former Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi, who built most of the team that won Super Bowl XLII, will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Accorsi, who retired from the Giants after the 2006 season, grew up in Hershey, Pa., and worked several jobs in his home state, including as an usher at the Hershey Arena (home of the AHL’s Hershey Bears), a sports writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and in the sports information departments at St. Joseph’s and Penn State. Of course, he’s best known in these parts for the nine years he spent as the GM of the Giants (1998-2006) before handing the reins - and the core of a championship team - over to current GM Jerry Reese. Accorsi, who is a bit of a sports historian, was stunned when he learned he’d be joining the club of Pennsylvania’s sports greats. “It’s overwhelming to me to be inducted in a state with this illustrious history,” Accorsi said. &#...