May 13, 2008 9:26 AM

MAY 13, 2008

VERY INTERESTING REPORT. Reader Brett T. shares his account of an event at South Connecticut State in which Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride was the guest speaker. Check out Letters to the Editor (the second installment of the May 13th batch) to see what he had to say.

WEB SITE UPDATES. We have updated our roster pages (alpha, numeric and by position) and our transactions section.

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MAY 12, 2008

ROSTER TRANSACTIONS. The Giants signed seven players from this weekend's rookie mini camp:defensive tackles Brian Soi of Utah and Nate Robinson of Akron, defensive end Alex Morrow of USC, defensive backs Miguel Scott of North Carolina State and Terrance Stringer of Tuskegee, long snapper Nick Leeson of Virginia Tech and offensive lineman Jacob Hobbs of the University at Albany.

The team waived three players: Linebacker Rory Johnson of Mississippi, defensive tackle Joshua Muse of Louisiana Tech and punter Owen Tolson of Army. Also as previously reported, the Giants also terminated the contracts of tight end Eric Butler of Mississippi State and guard Carnell Stewart of LSU.

ROOKIE MINI CAMP COVERAGE RECAP. For those who missed our weekend coverage of the mini camp, we posted several blog entries (including summaries on both days and some articles of interest). We also posted an article about our "sleeper" rookie pick, WR DJ Hall. And lastly, we have the transcripts from the two days of interviews (see below).

DAY 1 TRANSCRIPTS: Head Coach Tom Coughlin | Kenny Phillips | Terrell Thomas | Andre Woodson | Mario Manningham | Bryan Kehl

DAY 2 TRANSCRIPTS: Tom Coughlin | Kevin Gilbride | Steve Spagnuolo

ROOKIE DRAFT PICK FUN FACTS. Did you know that first round draft pick Kenny Phillips is into bowling? He said, "When I was younger, my parents and I used to go out all the time and it was just something I fell in love with. I still haven’t developed a game yet, but I’m working on it."

Phillips said he averages "somewhere in the 70s. "I’m not going to say I stink, but I’m just not as good as I should be right now,” he said with a grin.

Phillips was also asked if he was ready to face the typical hazing that rookies experience at the hands of the veterans during training camp, such as singing in the dining hall. "Oh yeah," he sid with a smile. "I'm gonna blow them away. If I sound pretty good, they might not ask me to sing any more."