Giants Will Open NFL Season on Wednesday to Avoid Obama Conflict
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The Super Bowl champion New York Giants will host the first game of the 2012 National Football League season on a Wednesday night to avoid conflicting with U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, the league said yesterday in a news release.
The NFL schedule usually starts on Thursday, when the president would be speaking. The last NFL game on a Wednesday was a September 1948 game between the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions, the league said.