{"id":220577,"date":"2026-05-05T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220577\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:28:08","slug":"new-york-giants-eagles-team-up-for-an-excellent-cause-in-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220577\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants, Eagles team up for an excellent cause in New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 5, 2026, 8:02 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

The New York Giants<\/a> have teamed up with an unusual partner for a worthy cause in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The Giants have partnered with the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in an effort to expand girls’ flag football throughout the state, reports ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

The initiative between the long-time rivals recently reached a significant milestone, as the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) voted to recognize girls’ flag football as a state-sanctioned sport at the high school level.<\/p>\n

New Jersey will officially become the 21st state to sanction girls’ flag football. The development marks a major accomplishment for both the Giants and the Eagles, who set aside their NFC East rivalry to pursue this rare joint effort.<\/p>\n

The two teams split their 2025 season series one game apiece. While their rivalry will surely be renewed ahead of Week 1 in September, both organizations were able to put aside their differences to support this important cause.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>\"\"\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 5, 2026, 8:02 a.m. ET The New York Giants have teamed up with an unusual partner for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[679,9,11,10,1941,1942,948,930,947,1328,938,4080,949,682],"class_list":["post-220577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sstssportsnflgiants","tag-sstsngiants","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagnew-york-giants","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagphiladelphia-eagles","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}