Refs save Giants WR Cruz from potential embarrassment
By Zaket on October 3, 2011
Fact: Giants WR Victor Cruz wasn’t touched when he went to the ground and let go of the ball on a crucial play in Arizona. Fiction: It was a fumble. Why? Because the officials — and the NFL rule book — say so.
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