Giants choose their GM

The New York Giants have hired former Carolina Panthers executive Dave Gettleman as their general manager.

The Giants (2-13) announced the hiring of Gettleman on Thursday and plan to introduce him at a news conference Friday.

Gettleman, 66, spent 15 seasons with the Giants before serving as Carolina’s general manager from 2013-16, a span in which the Panthers played in the Super Bowl after the 2015 season. He was fired after the following season when Carolina missed the playoffs.

Gettleman will be the Giants’ fourth general manager since 1979, following George Young, Ernie Accorsi and Jerry Reese, who held the job for 11 seasons before he was fired on Dec. 4 along with head coach Ben McAdoo.

Fitz’s finale? Larry Fitzgerald might be the most popular athlete in the history of Arizona.

The wide receiver’s resume is packed with Hall of Famecaliber statistics with the Cardinals team that drafted him third overall in 2004.

Last week, Fitzgerald, 34, said he would take some time off when the season ends to figure out whether he will return for another season.

Fitzgerald found it pointless to speculate. “What happens after Sunday moving forward, none of us can control that on Thursday,” he said. “We just need to focus on the things that we can control.”

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