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Jane McManus

Jane McManusJane McManus joined The Journal News in 1999, after working at The Daily News and Newsday. Since she's been here, she's covered everything from girls basketball to the Final Four, the U.S. Open of both golf and tennis and recreational sports from rock climbing to roller derby (which she liked so much she joined the team). She went to St. John's College in Annapolis, Md. and worked as a paralegal in Manhattan on cases involving the NBA and boxing, which is what sparked the whole sportswriting idea - that and watching the Knicks back when they were good. A trip to the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism honed her high-school paper skills, and she is an adjunct there for the sports journalism class that raised her. Hometowns: Roanoke, Va. and Lincoln, Neb. Books: Lolita and Middlemarch. Music: Visqueen, Soul Coughing, Kanye West and Public Enemy. Derby name: Lesley E. Visserate. Hobbies: She runs, plays basketball and chases her two girls, Jean and Charlotte.

E-mail Jane McManus at jmcmanus@lohud.com

Entries written by Jane McManus

Talk it out

July
23

Giants were in Albany today in preparation for the start of training camp, and the coaches took questions. Here is a selective Q & A.

Is it harder to sell team over self after the team has won the Super Bowl and now everybody is looking for credit and/or more money?

Head coach Tom Coughlin: … Team [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on July 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In Today’s Journal News

July
22

Columnist Sam Borden writes that trading TE Jeremy Shockey was the right move. You can read the story here. Here is a taste:

“There was a time when it was thought that Shockey might end up being one of the great Giants, one of those Giants. He was a big-time player in the biggest city, a [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on July 22nd, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This is a stickup

June
27

Today’s Journal News has our story about the newly instituted Personal Seat Licenses. The main points:

1. Being in the stadium just got a whole lot more expensive.

2. Being on the waiting list just got a whole lot more futile.

3. Consider your seat like New York City real estate, you will pay a premium and resell [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on June 27th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Reselling your season ticket

June
26

Mark asked a great question, and I thought it warranted a new post.

If you buy your PSL, do you have to resell it to the team?

John Mara says no. And Mark is right, the waiting list, with 130,000 people, becomes virtually meaningless in terms of season tickets, although you will have first dibs on season [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on June 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

June
26

The Giants will be charging season ticket holders a one-time fee of at least $1,000 to keep those tickets once the team moves to the new stadium, currently being constructed in East Rutherford, N.J. for the 2010 season.

Since current season tickets start at $800 for the upper bowl, the fee, called a personal seat license [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on June 26th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Report: Snee extended, Papa adds NFL Net

June
25

The Newark Star-Ledger reports that the Giants have signed Chris Snee to a six-year contract extension. The money would make Snee one of the top five right guards in the league in terms of salary.

At 6-foot-3 and 317 pounds, Snee has started 48 straight games, the last of which gave the Giants a Super Bowl [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on June 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Welcome to TV

June
24

Hey everyone, Alex Myers here. I just got off a conference call regarding Michael Strahan joining Fox Sports and the former defensive end seems excited about his new situation.

Posted by Jane McManus on June 24th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

A fair to remember

June
23

The Giants Super Bowl victory will be celebrated this Saturday at State Fair Meadowlands at Giant Stadium Fairgrounds in East Rutherford, N.J. Those who go can purchase a behind the scenes tour of the new Giants Stadium for $10. The money raised will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The fair opens [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on June 23rd, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Bradshaw jailed in parole violation

June
19

Running back Ahmad Bradshaw, 22, is in a Virginia jail for violating parole. Although what he did to violate parole hasn’t been reported, the original crime was for misdemeanor petty larceny in 2006, and he received two years of probation. Then a student at Marshall University, he entered a plea of guilty to stealing a [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on June 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Bud Bowl

June
19

The biggest question about the new stadium has finally been answered. Never mind possible cost overruns or whether the Giants have a chance at another ring—Giants and Jets fans will be drinking Budweiser as they watch it unfold at the new stadium at the Meadowlands. Anheuser-Busch joins MetLife as one of four major sponsors of [...]

Posted by Jane McManus on June 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

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