The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The team is headquartered, trains, and plays its home games at Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in the suburb of East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, but the only one admitted that year which still exists. The Giants have won a total of seven NFL titles: four in the pre–Super Bowl era (1927, 1934, 1938, and 1956), and three since the advent of the Super Bowl (Super Bowls XXI, XXV, and XLII). During their history, the Giants have featured 15 Hall of Fame players, including NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award winners Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly, Y. A. Tittle, and Lawrence Taylor. The Giants are the reigning National Football League champions since winning Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008.

To distinguish itself from the professional baseball team of the same name, the football team was referred to as the New York Football Giants. Although the baseball team moved to San Francisco in 1957, the football team continues to use "New York Football Giants" as its legal corporate name. The team has also gained several nicknames, including "Big Blue," the "G-Men," the "Big Blue Wrecking Crew," "Big Blue Ballers" and the "Jints," a name seen frequently in the New York Post, originating from the baseball team when they were based in New York.

The Belfast Giants are an ice hockey team from Belfast, Northern Ireland that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Home games are played at the 7,100 capacity Odyssey Arena in Belfast.

Currently the Belfast Giants are sponsored by Coors Fine Light Beer and are known as 'The Coors Belfast Giants'. The previous major sponsor was Harp Lager who sponsored the Belfast Giants in their first three seasons.

Sectarianism had long been seen as a significant problem in some sports in Northern Ireland such as football. When the club was established, the Belfast Giants were keen that the club not attach itself to a particular faith or community, instead wanting to represent Belfast as a whole.

A number of policies were subsequently introduced to try and ensure this. Particular clothing (such as football shirts) which might have displayed a person's political or religious affiliation were banned, flags were not permitted to be brought into the arena. The national anthem of the United Kingdom, traditionally played before games at other arenas around the country, is not played before Giants games.

These policies have been successful and the Giants have quickly built a large and enthusiastic fanbase who did not have to fear the sectarianism that marred other sports in the province.

Initially members of the now defunct Superleague, the Giants won the championship in 2001-02 and were play-off champions in 2002-03. With the Superleague's demise, there were concerns that the Giants would not survive because of major financial problems which had developed. Running up debts of £600,000 and facing the threat of liquidation creditors voted to accept 20p in the pound allowing the club to continue. One company was believed to be owed nearly £65,000.ireland/3010778.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/3010778.stm

However, with the creation of the new Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) for the 2003-04 season, the Giants survived. The Giants finished 4th in the league's first season, but failed to reach the post-season play-offs..

The Giants finished runners up in the 2004-05 season behind the _Coventry Blaze but were winners of the Cross-over League Cup, which was played with teams from the BNL.

In 2005, The Giants unveiled the biggest signing in the history of British ice hockey; NHL All-Star and Olympic Gold Medal winner, Theo Fleury. He made his debut against the Edinburgh Capitals. The Giants won 11-2, with Fleury scoring a hat-trick. With 4 additional assists, he was named man of the match.

Besides Fleury, several other players who previously played in the NHL have played for the Giants; Paul Kruse, Jason Ruff, Paxton Schulte, and Jason Bowen, Bowen and Kruse having played almost 600 games between them.

The Belfast Giants currently have 2 supporters clubs, one official and one un-official. The supporters clubs are; The Official Belfast Giants Supporters Club (OSC) and the Mad Hatters Giants Supporters Club. There are also several popular fan websites and forums that support the Belfast Giants in their own way - Kingdom of the Giants (KOTG) and Fortress Odyssey.

The Giant is a song by Canadian folk singer-songwriter Stan Rogers. The Giant referred to is Fingal, an Irish-Scottish mythical giant. The song is set in Nova Scotia's rugged Cape Breton Island, and the lyrics contain enchanting imagery describing the island's landscape. The song also contains quasi-pagan imagery, including the suggestion of worshipping the new moon by dancing around a bonfire, although it may be that characters in the song are using the full moon to have a party. In the album Home in Halifax, Stan Rogers claimed that the song was about Guinness.

The Giant is a character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost.

The Giant (played by Carel Struycken) appears to FBI agent Dale Cooper in visions, first right after Cooper has been shot in his bedroom. The Giant gives Cooper clues about the murder of Laura Palmer and actually confirms the identity of the murderer during a vision in the Roadhouse. Later on, he also warns Cooper that his love-interest Annie Blackburn should not enter the Miss Twin Peaks pageant (her winning the contest is a key element leading to Cooper's entering the Black Lodge and subsequently his downfall).

The giant apparently inhabits an elderly Room Service Waiter of the Great Northern Hotel (played by Hank Worden, who is almost always seen just before the Giant appears. Also the Giant wears a similar outfit to the Waiter. In the final episode, when Cooper has entered the Black Lodge, both the Waiter and the Giant appear and the Giant confirms their identity, stating: "one and the same"

Though the Giant's actions are benevolent throughout, he seems to be part of the evil Black Lodge, as he appears alongside of the Man from Another Place in the Lodge's waiting room. However, some have opined that the waiting room actually is a neutral location between the Black and the White Lodge . In his first appearance, the Giant refused Cooper's question of his whereabouts.

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, creature types are rough categories of creatures which determine the way game mechanics affect the creature. In the 3rd edition, there are fifteen creature types. Creature type is determined by the designer of a monster, based upon its nature or physical attributes. The choice of type is important, as all creatures which have a given type will share certain characteristics (with some exceptions). Type determines features such as hit dice, base attack bonus, saving throws, and skill points.

A creature's type also comes into play in the way that certain spells and magic items may affect it, and also for certain class abilities, such as the ranger's favored enemy ability .