How hometown hero Tommy DeVito emerged as the feel-good story the Giants needed
During an offseason meetup between New York Giants quarterbacks and wide receivers in Charlotte, N.C., someone broke out a karaoke machine.
It wasn’t long before a self-assured undrafted rookie free-agent quarterback had grabbed the mic, threw on an A Boogie song and started rapping — nailing the verses word-for-word.
“We’re like, ‘Woooah,’” wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson recalled. “He just went up there and killed it.”
By way of explanation, the Giants quarterback who rocked the mic simply said, “(I) like to rock out.”
That’s Tommy DeVito.\
About 90 minutes before the Dallas Cowboys were set to kick off against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy was getting set for the customary game-day routine of meeting with the game officials.
That’s when Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Hall of Fame coach Jimmy Johnson showed up in his locker room for a surprise visit.
“I love doing everything in front of cameras the whole time,” McCarthy joked. “But it was just awesome seeing them two together.”
Jones and Johnson started to gain traction Sunday when they walked into the stadium together. Any time the two Hall of Famers are seen together, speculation usually follows. Much of that speculation — joking or serious — usually boils down to the one question: When will Jones do the inevitable and put Johnson, the leader of the Cowboys’ 90s dynasty, into the franchise’s Ring of Honor?
Jones finally provided an answer.
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