Jane McManus

Jane McManus is the Executive Director of the Center for Sports Media at Seton Hall University. From 2018 until 2022 she was Director of the Center for Sports Communication at Marist College. In 2010 she was at ESPN covering the NFL’s New York Jets, and was one ofthe original five women hired for a new venture covering women’s sports called espnW. She was also an analyst on the first all-women’s episodes of First Take and The Sports Reporters,and one of the hosts on the first three-woman radio show on ESPN Radio, The Trifecta. Her byline has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Journal News, Newsday and numerous other outlets. She has a regular Deadspin column and has also been a columnist for The New York Daily News, The Independent of London and ESPN. McManus lives with her husband and two daughters in Westchester County, NY.