New York Giants special teams coordinator Mike Sweatman, whose career included two Super Bowl victories with the team, announced his retirement Tuesday. Coach Tom Coughlin promoted Tom Quinn, Sweatman's assistant this past season, to replace him. Sweatman, 60, was voted the NFL's special teams coach of the year in 2005. He was previously a Giants assistant from 1985-92, and returned in 2004 when Coughlin took over and hired him to run the special teams.

Chris Palmer is set to be named the new quarterbacks coach of the New York Giants. Giants coach Tom Coughlin is expected to make the announcement within a few days, according to a team source. Palmer, an 18-year NFL coaching veteran, was displaced as Cowboys quarterbacks coach by the resignation of Bill Parcells last week.

The Bears were thought to be looking for a first-day pick for Thomas Jones, but the Colts balked at the price and decided to find their running back in the April draft, where they selected Joseph Addai. ''That was one of many rumors,'' said Jones, whose name also came up in trade talk during training camp, this time in a proposed deal with Denver for wide receiver Ashley Lelie. ''It's just rumors. I didn't really pay much attention to that whole situation. I was just working out trying to get myself better.'' Both New York teams are said to be interested in Jones to replace Tiki Barber or Curtis Martin.

The price of the new football stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets has risen to $1.4 billion. "Costs continue to go up," said Alice McGillion, a spokeswoman for New Meadowlands Stadium Corp., a company that represents the team owners.

The Giants announced today that they have hired former Eagles linebackers coach Steve Spagnuolo as their defensive coordinator.

As expected, the New York Giants promoted quarterbacks coach Kevin Gilbride to offensive coordinator on Thursday.

The New York Giants hired Jerry Reese as their general manager Monday, making him only the second black GM in NFL history. Reese, who served as the team's director of player personnel the last four years, was considered the favorite among the Giants' in-house candidates to replace Ernie Accorsi, who held the post for nine seasons before retiring. Reese, 43, will formally be introduced as general manager and senior vice president at a news conference Tuesday morning, the team announced on its Web site.

New York Giants star Michael Strahan was ordered to pay his ex-wife $15.3 million -- more than half his net worth -- in keeping with the couple's prenuptial agreement. Under the agreement, Jean Strahan was entitled to 50 percent of their joint marital assets and 20 percent of his yearly income from each year they were married.

Giants executive Jerry Reese is still expected to be named the team's new general manager, according to a high-ranking NFL executive familiar with the thinking of the Giants' front office. However, the hiring might not be made official until early next week, said the person, who requested anonymity because the announcement has yet to be made.

Tim Lewis was fired as the Giants' defensive coordinator on Thursday, a move that will give embattled coach Tom Coughlin two new top assistants in a likely make-or-break season. The move came just a day after management gave the 60-year-old Coughlin a lukewarm one-year contract extension through 2008. His charge: make the Giants more than simply a playoff team.