
Jane McManus, M.S.
Executive Director, Center for Sports Media
College of Communication and the Arts
(973) 275-4831
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Jane McManus, M.S.
Executive Director, Center for Sports Media
College of Communication and the Arts
Jane McManus is also a sports columnist for Deadspin, and was also a columnist for the New York Daily News. She has a Deadspin sports podcast called The Ladies Room with Julie DiCaro. She spent nearly 10 years at ESPN, covering the NFL and as a columnist for espnW. She hosted two radio shows, including The Trifecta with Kate Fagan and Sarah Spain, and was a frequent analyst for SportsCenter, The Sports Reporters, and Outside the Lines among other ESPN shows. Her work has appeared in Newsday, The New York Times, USA Today and other outlets. She has been a guest on Good Morning America, CNN and NPR’s Morning Edition.
Education
- MS in Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- BA in the Liberal Arts, St. John’s College Annapolis, MD
Accomplishments
- 2018 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence in Digital Sports Media for “The Racial Divide” with Jason Reid for The Undefeated
- 2017 Inaugurated into Lincoln High School's Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame
- 2003 Deadline Club Certificate of Merit “Title IX Turns 30.”
- 2001 Associated Press Sports Editors enterprise winner for “A Bad Fit.”