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By RALPH VACCHIANO
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Updated Tuesday, April 1st 2008, 2:00 PM
Giant win. Giant rings.
The Super Bowl victors unveiled the design of their diamond-encrusted championship rings Tuesday, an impressive bit of bling that reflects the enormity of their upset over the formerly undefeated Patriots.
"It was a huge win," said center Sean O'Hara, one of four players who provided input on the design. "So the ring should be designed accordingly."
And it was.
The top of the Giant-sized rings features three Super Bowl trophies, one for each of the team's championships.
The score of Super Bowl 42 (Giants 17, Patriots 14) is engraved on one side, with "Eleven Straight on the Road" - the NFL record set by the Giants last season - etched on the other.
O'Hara was joined by Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and Giants veterans Michael Strahan and Amani Toomer in creating the design. There was an initial debate over whether size mattered.
And it did.
"There was some discussion about maybe one of the rings was too big," O'Hara said. "I threw out the fact that it was a big win."
The rings were created by Tiffany & Co., makers of the Super Bowl trophy.
The white gold rings will be presented to the players and coaches at a private ceremony in May.
"I think everybody is going to be very pleased with the design," O'Hara said. "It is very clean, very classy, but at the same time it is very strong."
This is Tiffany's first Super Bowl ring for the Giants. Jostens designed the rings for the 1986 champs, while Balfour made them for the 1990 team.
Players attending the Giants' voluntary off-season workout program were fitted for the rings this week.
The rings will not be ready for the Giants' visit to the White House, which a source said was tentatively scheduled for April 30.
They will be honored that day by President Bush in the traditional Rose Garden ceremony for professional and collegiate sports champions.
An official announcement of the visit is expected from the White House in the near future.
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Of the non-Cowboys, I liked the Colts' ring last year.
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Updated Tuesday, April 1st 2008, 2:00 PM
Giant win. Giant rings.
The Super Bowl victors unveiled the design of their diamond-encrusted championship rings Tuesday, an impressive bit of bling that reflects the enormity of their upset over the formerly undefeated Patriots.
"It was a huge win," said center Sean O'Hara, one of four players who provided input on the design. "So the ring should be designed accordingly."
And it was.
The top of the Giant-sized rings features three Super Bowl trophies, one for each of the team's championships.
The score of Super Bowl 42 (Giants 17, Patriots 14) is engraved on one side, with "Eleven Straight on the Road" - the NFL record set by the Giants last season - etched on the other.
O'Hara was joined by Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and Giants veterans Michael Strahan and Amani Toomer in creating the design. There was an initial debate over whether size mattered.
And it did.
"There was some discussion about maybe one of the rings was too big," O'Hara said. "I threw out the fact that it was a big win."
The rings were created by Tiffany & Co., makers of the Super Bowl trophy.
The white gold rings will be presented to the players and coaches at a private ceremony in May.
"I think everybody is going to be very pleased with the design," O'Hara said. "It is very clean, very classy, but at the same time it is very strong."
This is Tiffany's first Super Bowl ring for the Giants. Jostens designed the rings for the 1986 champs, while Balfour made them for the 1990 team.
Players attending the Giants' voluntary off-season workout program were fitted for the rings this week.
The rings will not be ready for the Giants' visit to the White House, which a source said was tentatively scheduled for April 30.
They will be honored that day by President Bush in the traditional Rose Garden ceremony for professional and collegiate sports champions.
An official announcement of the visit is expected from the White House in the near future.
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Of the non-Cowboys, I liked the Colts' ring last year.
