http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football...an_is_back.html</p> <font color="#0000ff">LOS ANGELES - Michael Strahan hasn't been spotted around his California beach community since the weekend, and locals believe he's already back east preparing to hit the gridiron.</font></p> <font color="#0000ff">The Giants defensive end failed to report to training camp on July 27 and has done little to quash rumors he's contemplating retirement with two years left on his $46million contract, or speculation that he's holding out for more money.</font></p> <font color="#0000ff">That's just politics, say locals who've seen Strahan working out like a fiend in recent weeks and generally in high spirits.</font></p> <font color="#0000ff">"He'll play," said a confident Troll Subin, president of the Yard Training Center, the Hermosa Beach gym where Strahan has been putting in long hours pumping iron.</font></p> Sheesh.</p> </p>
More: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football..._confusion.html</p> <font color="#0000ff">The ongoing saga of Michael Strahan appears to be ending, and, as many predicted, just before the season starts.</font></p> <font color="#0000ff">Or is it?</font></p> <font color="#0000ff">That depends on whether you put more faith in a Giants release or a Strahan source.</font></p> <font color="#0000ff">The phone lines were burning up between Hermoso Beach, Calif., and East Rutherford Monday night and again yesterday morning. Later yesterday, the Giants put out word that GM Jerry Reese was told by Strahan that the decision whether to resume his career will be made "within the next day or two."</font></p> <font color="#0000ff">Reese called the two conversations "constructive and productive," and each time, it was the player who dialed the phone. But a source close to Strahan had another version. He said there was no indication from Strahan that he is a day or two from announcing his decision as the Giants said and that, "The longer this goes, the more I think he's going to retire. But you never know with him."</font></p> <font color="#0000ff">In fact, said the source, Strahan made the calls because he believed he was getting "mixed messages" from the Giants' front office about how much it wanted him back and what role he was going to play when and if he returned. The source also said Strahan is unhappy the Giants leaked details of his conversation and if he does return, some fence-mending might be required. Strahan's relationship with Reese has soured since late July, when Reese was quoted in the Daily News saying, "We can win without him."</font></p> LOL, so he leaves the team hanging for a monthand this is upset they aren't all nosegays and sunshine about it?</p> </p>
