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Brian Burns doing it all for his nephew, autism awareness | ESPN

It’s no wonder given his status on the defense and standing with his teammates that Burns was being honored last week for his work in the community and with Brian Burns Family Charities. He’s also hosting a charitable celebrity softball game on May 30, where a large contingent of current Giants teammates and legends are scheduled to participate. The event is expected to attract a sizable crowd.

It poses as an opportunity to develop team camaraderie and bring the

community together, according to Burns.

Such events have opened doors for Burns to showcase what drives him. He’s doing it all with his nephew and autism awareness in mind.

“It’s part of my purpose,” he said, “because this is my family!”

The guiding light who propelled Giants’ top draft pick Arvell Reese from disillusion to stardom | New York Post

“Nobody paid attention to his life,” said [Ted] Ginn [Sr.], the founder and executive director at Ginn Academy and no longer a security guard at Glenville. “He just walked into my office and said he wanted to listen to what I had to say. I got into his life, and the rest of it is history.”

Ginn was stunned by what he uncovered as he forged a relationship with Arvell.

“I didn’t even know it was that bad until he came here,” Ginn said. “It was bad, bad. He didn’t want to play any more, he didn’t want to go to school, he didn’t want to do nothing.

“I think he lost hope. I didn’t ever know him to do anything bad. I just think his life was depressing enough that he just didn’t see his way out.”

Ginn showed Reese a plan, academically, that allowed him to move forward. His grade-point average was hovering around 1.0, and Ginn stressed that without the education component, the football realm could not take hold.

“He came to me at a time at the lowest point in my life, and he poured into me,” Reese said during Giants rookie minicamp. “He saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself at the time. Every time he’s talking, I’m all ears. He always wants the best for me.”

Jaxson Dart’s Trump rally decision was a messy Giants reminder | New York Post

The fundamental laws of the universe apply, even to the popular and impressive and mature-beyond-his-years Jaxson Dart.

Actions have consequences. This is inexorable. If Dart did not fully understand that a few days ago, he surely does now, after accepting an invitation to introduce President Trump at a rally Friday in Rockland County.

Dart-Carter controversy is over, but Giants can’t let big team personalities become a distraction | The Athletic

Everything is magnified in New York, and this Trump-Dart-Carter episode is Harbaugh’s first real taste of that. Harbaugh hasn’t shied away from the political world, doing an extended interview with Fox News shortly after he was named the Giants’ coach. Harbaugh discussed his “awesome” meeting last summer with Trump, who urged the coach to take the Giants job on social media.

It’s too early to say how all of this will play in the locker room, especially with players away from the facility for the holiday weekend. But veteran offensive lineman Jermaine Eluemunor fired back that the “locker room is fine” at a New England-based reporter who tweeted that Dart “just divided his locker room.”

There is a wide range of political views in the Giants’ locker room. The unifying factor is football. There’s no questioning how much Dart cares about that. He was spotted alongside Skattebo and third-year tight end Theo Johnson watching part of a rookie minicamp practice on a recent Saturday. It was rare to see veterans at the facility on an off day during the offseason, checking out the rookies.

The Giants’ collection of talent and personalities could be electric if everything goes well, potentially becoming this generation’s version of the 1986 Mets. But it’s a powder keg that Harbaugh must manage to prevent storms like this weekend’s from becoming the type of distractions that derail seasons.