Corey Ballentine
The early camp standout in the Giants' secondary
Our daily practice report from Giants training camp: Good Rookie CB Corey Ballentine came up with the play of the day, taking advantage of a miscommunication between QB Kyle Lauletta...
Giants' most fascinating training camp storylines
With the Giants reporting to training camp Thursday, here’s a look at their biggest issues: Biggest comeback Some wounds exist far deeper than the surface of the skin. Rookie CB...
Suspect charged in shooting of Giants draft pick Corey Ballentine
A Kansas teenager has been charged in the Topeka shooting that injured rookie New York Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine and killed his friend, Dwane Simmons, 23. The two were shot...
Cops' search for suspect who shot Giants rookie drags on
Detectives in Kansas are still searching for suspects two months after a shooting that killed a former college football player and wounded his roommate just hours after being drafted by...
Giants only hope this is where rookie heals from heartbreak
He raced fluidly across his field of dreams with the effortless moves of a natural athlete. For Eli Manning, for Daniel Jones, for Saquon Barkley, for every other New York...
Giants rookie hits field quietly month after tragedy
The shooting death of former Washburn University football player Dwane Simmons, an incident that left teammate and friend Corey Ballentine wounded hours after he was drafted by the Giants, remains...
Jabrill Peppers is already making 'impact' Giants hoped for
This is what the Giants are looking for from Jabrill Peppers. The third-year safety, a key piece in the trade with the Browns that sent star receiver Odell Beckham Jr....
Corey Ballentine has Giants contract after his horrific night
Giants rookie Corey Ballentine continues to recuperate from the gunshot wound he suffered the night he was drafted and on Thursday signed his first NFL contract, expected to be a...
Giants' dream for retooled defense starts with unsolicited Jabrill Peppers 'love'
This was not long after the stunning trade became official and the Giants knew they were getting back a young safety, Jabrill Peppers, as part of a mega-deal that shipped...
Shurmur's history with Ballentine adds to heartbreak
The Giants are giving Corey Ballentine as much time as he needs after the rookie cornerback was shot in an incident earlier in the week that took the life of...
Yankees rookie relives shooting and his 'second chance at life'
Rookie infielder Thairo Estrada has impressed the Yankees with his talent and overall calmness in his approach to the game, no matter what type of position he is put in...
This mascot is the latest victim of politically correct poppycock
So I said to Joseph Goebbels, “Burn any good books, lately?” Recently in New York and Philadelphia, Kate Smith was disinterred, posthumously condemned to death, then reburied for singing, in...
Giants advise shot and wounded draft pick against joining team just yet
The Giants have advised draft pick Corey Ballentine to remain in Kansas and not attend the rookie mini-camp this weekend after a shooting that wounded Ballentine and took the life...
Mike Francesa can no longer hide, and this just can't end well
Mike Francesa may not know it. But the emperor has no clothes. Francesa acts as if his latest controversy is because he is still throwing 98 mph. He makes it...
Mike Francesa walks back comments shaming Corey Ballentine
Mike Francesa is playing cleanup. The blowhard WFAN host on Tuesday tried to walk back his comments shaming the Giants for drafting Corey Ballentine because he was involved in a...
Giants pick Corey Ballentine, pal purportedly shot by pot-seeking thugs
Giants draft pick Corey Ballentine and his college roommate were asked if they had pot by strangers outside a party, and moments after the two men said no, they were...
Corey Ballentine headed to Giants mini-camp after shooting
Giants draft pick Corey Ballentine is out of the hospital and headed to the team's mini-camp this weekend, days after he was wounded in a college shooting. Ballentine, 23, was...
Mike Francesa goes insane on WFAN hosts over Giants' shot draft pick
First time, long time … and unhinged. An enraged Mike Francesa called in to WFAN’s “Boomer & Gio” show Tuesday and skewered the morning co-hosts for criticizing him over his...
Mike Francesa wishes Corey Ballentine was his son: draft pick's dad
Corey Ballentine's dad fired back at blowhard sports radio host Mike Francesa on Monday for saying his son's shooting is a black stain on the Giants, who just drafted the...
Giants draftee Corey Ballentine honors roommate slain in shooting
Giants draft pick Corey Ballentine paid touching tribute to slain college roommate Dwane Simmons on Twitter on Monday. "I love you forever," Ballentine, 23, wrote above photos of him and...