The biggest story of the NFL over the last week has surrounded the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants and the cold-tub incident that took place while the team was at training camp. A video was posted on Twitter by punter Steve Weatherford of defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul throwing defensive back Prince Amukamura into a [...]
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Prince Amukamara gets out of the tub after teammate Jason Pierre-Paul tosses him in as a prank during Giants preseason. Photo courtesy of CBSnews
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The New York Giants are like any other team when it comes to preseason rituals. Every team in sports adopts a certain amount of practical jokes for rookies to add to their locker room arsenal for the...
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Prince Amukamara Hazing Video Shouldn't Be a Big Deal, Backlash Actually Quite Ridiculous
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August 20, 2012
Prince Amukamara received an unexpected bath recently, but the New York Giants are hardly getting away squeaky clean. The practice of pranking rookies and forcing them to do stupid things dates back years. The practice of hazing a sophomore seems like a relatively new concept, but the G-Men have already mastered the art of the practice. Not everyone's onboard with their movement...
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August 20, 2012
NY Giants Players Tell Prince Amukamara To Raise His Swag Level
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August 23, 2012
New York Giants second year cornerback Prince Amukamara has been getting the business lately from his teammates.
Last Saturday he experienced being tossed in a cold tub by Jason Pierre Paul. His Giants teammates are saying that was all in the name of tough love.
According to The NY Daily News, Amukamara’s Giant teammates would like for the corner to assert himself and...
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August 23, 2012
New York Giants’ Steve Weatherford Apologizes for Posting Prince Amukamara Video
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August 20, 2012
Perhaps even more disturbing than New York Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara being dumped into the cold-tub by Jason Pierre-Paul was that there was a video of it. Even more disturbing was that the video was made public by punter Steve Weatherford for other players, coaches, and fans alike to see and hear. Not only did this further escalate an incident that did not need any media...
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August 20, 2012
Giants insist they weren't hazing
While they understand the public's concern over what might be perceived as an apparent hazing incident involving Prince Amukamara, several New York Giants insist that throwing the second-year cornerback into a tub of ice water was a football tradition and not bullying.
Amukamara and Jason Pierre-Paul, the Pro Bowl defensive end who threw him into the metal ice tub, said Monday...
Giants Cold Tub Prank (Video)
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August 20, 2012
The Giants players are in hot water with Tom Coughlin because of this video that was poster on the internet by Giants P Steve Weatherford. It shows Jason Pierre Paul carrying Prince Amukamura through the locker and has him getting tossed in a cold tub. Like rookie hazing, but Prince is a 2nd year pro.
Prince: “Yeah, um, well, I mean, I just don’t get it. I don’t understand...
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August 20, 2012
Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin Upset Over Cold Tub Incident Between Pierre-Paul and Amukamara
New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin is none to pleased about the viral video that shows defensive end Jason Pierre Paul dumping defensive back Prince Amukamara in a cold tub during a prank Saturday morning, according to ESPN.The video shows Pierre-Paul carrying Amukamara thru an area of the practice facility and eventually dumping him head first into a cold tub.Coach Coughlin...
Jason Pierre-Paul dunks teammate Prince Amukamara into ice bath
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August 20, 2012
We're still trying to piece together why JPP decided to dunk the second-year cornerback into an ice bath but it looks like there might be some bad blood between the two.
Check out the incident below filmed by punter Steve Weatherford who posted the video to Twitter:
(Courtesy of The Big Lead)
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August 20, 2012
Justin Tuck defends Prince Amukamara being throw into cold tub
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August 20, 2012
The Giants don’t seem to be apologetic about hazing Prince Amukamara, they’re just sorry that their private locker room behavior became public.
“None of us condone bullying,” defensive end Justin Tuck told the media on Monday. “We just have to do a better job of being conscious of how that looks and how people can perceive it.”
Tuck then defended the hazing, suggesting...
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Jason Pierre-Paul out this week due to back spasms
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August 22, 2012
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New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is being held out of this week’s preseason game against the Bears due to back spasms.
Back spasms for JPP. He won’t play on Friday.
— Patricia Traina (@Patricia_Traina) August 22, 2012
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin did say that if this was a regular season game, JPP would be playing, they’re holding him out this week as...
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August 22, 2012
Giants Want CB Prince Amukamara To Show Some Swagger
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August 23, 2012
His New York Giants teammates might have been sending Prince Amukamara a message when he was dumped into the cold tub by Jason Pierre-Paul, Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News reports. As he was being carried to the tub, someone could be heard on the video yelling, You better stand up for yourself.
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Giants Insist Ice Bath Wasn't Bullying CB Prince Amukamar
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While they understand the public's concern over what might be perceived as an apparent hazing incident involving Prince Amukamara, several New York Giants insist that throwing the second-year cornerback into a tub of ice water was a football tradition and not bullying. Amukamara and Jason Pierre-Paul, the Pro Bowl defensive end who threw him into the metal ice tub, maintained...
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People Are Really Freaking Out About This New York Giants ‘Hazing’ Video
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