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• Vladimir Putin says Patriots Super Bowl ring was gift

  benefit from the attention this story gathered eight years ago was the creation of some Patriots fan clubs in Russia."The Super Bowl ring is on display in the Kremlin library along with other gifts to the Russian leader, according to Peskov.Kraft can take   Read more »

• Jets defensive coordinator, new D-backs coach go way back

  to compare anyone to Thurman. But McDonald's NFL credentials speak for themselves: 13 seasons, six Pro Bowls and a Super Bowl championship in 1994 with the 49ers."He commands immediate respect," second-year safety Josh Bush said. "Whatever he says, you're   Read more »

• Former allies face off in North Hempstead town clerk race

  Hempstead Town Clerk Leslie Gross recalled that when she held a fundraiser on Super Bowl Sunday in January, her Democratic colleague, Nassau County Legis. Wayne Wink, introduced her as the "best town clerk the town has ever had."Wink, who now is running against   Read more »

• Report: Victor Cruz to sign Giants tender offer

  more experienced receivers were injured early in the 2011 season and finished that year by catching a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl XLVI win over the Patriots. In 2012, with star receiver Hakeem Nicks playing hurt for most of the year, Cruz emerged as the   Read more »

• Ryan Nassib creating Giants quarterback controversy - with David Carr

  drafted Ryan Nassib as the player who may eventually replace Eli Manning, but he posed no immediate threat to the two-time Super Bowl MVP's job security or status on the team.Not so for David Carr.The Giants are unlikely to keep three quarterbacks on the 53-man   Read more »

Around the web

• Obummer & Poutin’

  if Putin would have returned a certain piece of American bling. As The Post reported this week, the Russian strongman stole a Super Bowl ring belonging to the New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. But Putin’s spokesman insisted Kraft gave the ring as a 29 m ago from New York Post Read more »

• Packers release inside linebacker Bishop

  worked out just fine. Favre was dealt to the New York Jets, ended up in Minnesota and Green Bay was the team that won the Super Bowl. DE Cullen Jenkins: The Packers let the high-priced Jenkins walk in free agency. Though Jenkins was out of Philadelphia in 32 m ago from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Read more »

• Take it to the mat

  big multinational such as Anheuser-Busch InBev, brewers of Budweiser beer, can justify spending millions on 30-second Super Bowl TV spots in hopes of reaching as many beer drinkers as they can. That strategy wouldn't work well for local beauty salons, even 56 m ago from Reading Eagle Read more »

• Pro Report, presented by POWERJOBS: Snowden holds online Q & A - SCOTUS slaps down Arizona voter registration law - Obama talks NSA, Syria tonight - Berwick bids for Mass. governorship

  to challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin to an arm-wrestling match to win back New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring. There’s always tomorrow. … Who do you think would win? Email me your answer, plus your best policy scoop of the week: 6/17/13 from The Politico Read more »

• Obama, Putin in stare-down over (no, not the Super Bowl ring) Syria war (+video)

  presidents made it clear that their differences over a future path for Syria remain unresolved, the topic of Putin’s Super Bowl ring – and whether or not the jewel, which now sits in a display case in the Kremlin library, was purloined – received no public 6/17/13 from Christian Science Monitor Read more »