The Giants today will also name Mike Pope as the team's new tight ends coach.

Hulmes said he and Herman haven't spoken since the Giants named Banks a transition player.

The Giants named John Fox, formerly Oakland's defensive coordinator, to the same position with them.

He is so valuable that the Giants named him their franchise player in the off season.

My heart has conceived a desire to behold this city which Giants have named The Grieve.

The Giants yesterday named tight end Howard Cross as their transitional player for 1994.

The Giants signed Tim in May and named him the No. 2 quarterback.

The Giants named Bochy as their manager Friday.

There has been some speculation that the Giants might name Jumbo Elliott, the offensive lineman, who earned $600,000 last year, as a transition player.

The Giants' gunners-so named because their job is, in essence, to impersonate speeding bullets-were closing in.