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Fox NFL analyst and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan is reportedly looking to become part-owner of the team he spent his entire career with.
John Mara and Steve Tisch own the New York Giants but are selling a 10 percent stake in the football team. Forbes valued the Giants at $7.3 billion last August, and it’s widely estimated that the minority stake will go for $750 to %800 million.
According to a report from Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams of Sporitco, Michael Strahan and billionaire Marc Lasry are partnering up to put in a bid for the Giants’ minority stake.
Lasry, the CEO and founder of Avenue Capital Group, sold his 25 percent stake in the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks to Jimmy and Dee Haslam (owners of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns) in 2023.
Strahan’s former teammate, quarterback Eli Manning, is also putting together a bid for the Giants’ minority stake. The No. 1 pick of the 2004 NFL Draft spent his entire career with the Giants (2004 to 201), helping the club to Super Bowl titles in the 2007 and 2011 seasons.
After retirement, Strahan became an NFL analyst on “Fox NFL Sunday”, a role he’s held since 2008. He works alongside Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Jay Glazer, Howie Long and Rob Gronkowski.
A second-round pick of the Giants in 1993, Michael Strahan emerged as one of the league’s all-time great pass rushers. He earned seven Pro Bowl nods and four First-team All-Pro selections, winning Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2001.
The NFL 2000s All-Decade Team member helped the Giants to a Super Bowl appearance in the 2000 season, but they were crushed by the Baltimore Ravens in the big game. But Strahan got to retire as a champion when his Giants upset the previously undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl 42.
Now, we wait to see if the Hall of Famer will return to the Giants as an owner.
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