The Giants revealed their ring this morning, which was designed by Tiffany and Co.

General manager Jerry Reese, head coach Tom Coughlin, and captains Eli Manning, Justin Tuck and Zak DeOssie all had input (or so they say) on the design of the ring.

“After a few meetings, Tiffany came up with several different options that they showed us and you kind of picked from there,” Manning went on to say in a news release by the team. “We wanted it to be little different than the last ring.”

Of all the Championship rings I’ve seen, this one I’d actually wear.

Join in on the action by tweeting out your questions to Tony with the hashtag #TissotTimeOut from 3/5-3/8.

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The race is stopped with 40 laps to go and could start up again as late as 11:20pm ET – all cars and drivers are currently parked on the track.

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Washington finished third in the division in 2011. Former NL All-Star, last year Zimmerman had 395 AB, a .289 BA, and a career 498 RBI’s. Zimmerman was the team’s first ever draft pick and was taken No. 4 overall, after the Expos became the Nationals before 2005.

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The 500 is the first of ten events for newly inducted NASCAR driver Danica Patrick, who will share the track with favorites Tony Stewart and 2004 Daytona 500 champion Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Danica’s crash at the Gatorade Duel, February 23, 2012.

Win of the Night: New Mexico’s upset of #15 San Diego State, on the road, not just shifted the lead league to the Lobos, but put New Mexico in position to secure an at-large bid if it winds up not winning the Mountain West. At a time when road wins are getting more and more sparse, the Lobos getting the job done in southern California was impressive. Just as impressive as forward Drew Gordon scoring 17 points and grabbing 17 rebounds. How about the job of head coach Steve Alford?

Loss of the Night: It was just a few weeks when Saint Mary’s was looking like the leader in the West Coast Conference, and, even after falling at home last night to Loyola Marymount, the Gaels still share the conference lead with Gonzaga. But as the number of games remaining on the schedule decrease, and the ability to strengthen your resume decreases with it, giving away wins on your home court doesn’t help. Can Saint Mary’s secure a bid without winning the conference? It’s going to be a close call.

Eye on First Round Upset Teams: You’re a team from a power conference in line to get a four, five or six seed. Raise your hand if want to play Davidson in the first round. Davidson crushed Samford to move to 14-2 in Southern Conference play. While they still might need to win the Southern Conference tournament to make the NCAA tourney, you know they’ll be a threat to beat whoever they face.

The Atlantic-10 race is going to come down to Temple, which is 9-2 in the league after winning at St. Bonaventure, and Saint Louis, which is now 9-3 in league play after beating Richmond 64-50. Not sure both teams will make the tourney, but whoever does will be a real threat to make it to the second round.

With Creighton’s collapse, and Wichita State winning 73-58 at home over Missouri State, the Shockers are now atop the Missouri Valley Conference at 14-2, a two-game lead over Creighton. Don’t think anyone will want to face Wichita State in the first round tourney, either. Maybe not even the second round, too.

What Else You Should Know: South Florida, which beat Villanova at home, may be in line (at this point) to possibly finish in the top four in the Big East, but the Bulls might not have a resume to make the tournament. They are the biggest bubble team in the Big East right now – and we’ll need a strong performance in the Big East tournament to alter the perception that they have just fed on the bottom tier teams of the Big East.

I thought the MAC race was going to be one of the best, but Akron, who won again at home over Miami (Ohio) 74-59, is now 11-1 in conference play and has the regular season title just about in the bag. A very impressive performance against a league that had been showing strong competitive balance.

The MEAC race is now totally up in the air after Norfolk State lost at home in overtime to Delaware State. Five teams still have a legitimate chance to win the league.

UAB won at SMU 47-28. Just think about that. UAB scored 47 points – and won by 19. That’s stunning offensive incompetence by SMU, who shot 8-46 for the game (17.4%).

With their win at Stephen F. Austin, Texas-Arlington remained perfect at 12-0 in the Southland Conference.

In Other News:  What a race brewing in the America East. Vermont won at Albany 50-47 to move into a tie with Stony Brook at 12-2. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it’s the regular season conference champion that should get a league’s automatic bid, not the conference tournament champion. Better to reward a season’s worth of good work rather than one long weekend.

Binghamton: winless in 25 games this season. What an awful ride that program has been on.

Loyola (MD) losing at Marist was a huge loss. Now Iona, which one last night at Rider, has a full one game lead in the MAAC standings. Marist is third to last in the standings, and they beat Loyola (MD) convincingly, 72-54.

Southern Miss almost blew it, but came back to beat Tulsa in overtime to remain tied with Memphis for the Conference USA lead. Memphis won big at Tulane to keep pace.

South Dakota State has an impressive 13-3 record in Summit League play, but still trails league-leader Oral Roberts, which is 16-1.

Purdue’s 67-62 win at Illinois might have doomed both Illinois’s chances of making the NCAA tournament, and the tenure of head coach Bruce Weber. Would anyone disagree that Illinois hasn’t met its own standards in recent years? The Illini are now just 5-8 in the Big Ten.

According to Daniel Kaplan of the Sports Business Journal, who first broke this story while interviewing Altanta Falcon’s owner Arthur Blank, said  Roger Goodell’s new contract and pay raise will ”bring Goodell in line [financially] with other top sports commissioners.”

Most would agree that Goodell has earned a pay raise, growing the NFL product each year he’s been in charge. One player who disagreed was Altanta Falcon wide receiver Roddy White, who went on Twiiter saying, “How in the hell can [you] pay a man this much money that can’t run tackle or catch”

Don’t hate the player, hate the game, Roddy.

I say we give credit where credit is due. Roger Goodell deserves every penny – yes, even double what he’s making right now.

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Kyle Stanley, just twenty-three years young, was teaching a class of humility, and fighting through failure. And boy, did he ever.

Last week at Torrey Pines, Stanley had a three shot lead heading into the par 5, 18th. With his million dollar check already having been signed by tournament officials, Stanley went on to make a triple bogey on the final hole, stunning everyone and their mother. He didn’t recover, either, losing on the second hole of a playoff.

The Twitter feeds went wild with comparisons of Greg Norman, Jean Van De Velde, and others who’ve experienced the same collapse. But others, were actually very sympathetic.

Playing the game competitively myself as a junior golfer, you understand how nerves and a little bad luck can cause someone to tense up in a pressure situation. It’s the reason the golf community rallied around him after the event.

On Sunday, Kyle Stanley sat eight shots back of Spencer Levin, who’d been on fire all week. When I glanced at the leaderboard, I thought a top 10 finish would be a solid finish in light of what happened last week. And before you knew it – with Stanley six under through 15, Levin was now faltering, making a double bogey to give Stanley sole control of the lead, with three holes to play.

Wait, that’s when the story of redemption started blazing around the internet. The kid that blew it was a few swings away from giving everyone the chills.

As is life, we learn from painful experiences. Kyle Stanley swallowed a pill of defeat the week prior with humility. And on the last few holes of yesterday’s tournament, that valuable lesson was about to pay dividends just a week later.

Stanley parred the final three holes of the tournament – and as tears rolled down his face on the final green, he inspired the golf community, and those who’ve experienced a rough patch in their life.

In golf, some never get into position to win again. And it’s the same in life, many never get another chance to experience another moment in the spotlight. Whatever that means for you.

Kyle Stanley reminded me not to give up. He encouraged everyone watching that failure doesn’t mean finality.

No, failure is a moment in time that doesn’t dictate our career, or our world around us. It all depends how you look at your circumstance.

Kyle Stanley took the positive route in overcoming failure. And I have the feeling, Spencer Levin will too.

Will you? I hope so.