A Giant welcome

The Citizen

AUBURN - The scene at the Knights of Columbus on Saturday afternoon was perfect for the occasion. New York Giants fans lined the bar room and Notre Dame football was on every television, as former Irish and Giants' tight end Bark Bavaro was in town promoting his first novel, “Rough & Tumble.”

Bavaro's debut effort, a fiction book, flew off the table as many Giants and Irish fans bought two or three copies at a time and waited in line to have the former All-Pro sign the inside cover. Skaneateles book store, The Creekside, provided the hardcover copies that are difficult to find in Auburn, which gave fans the opportunity to grab some early Christmas gifts and meet the friendly and personable Bavaro.