Jane McManus is an Adjunct Professor at New York University at the Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport. She was the founding Executive Director of the Center for Sports Media at Seton Hall University and taught at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Michigan State University, and Marist College. A former columnist for The New York Daily News and Deadspin, she spent nearly a decade covering women's sports and the NFL for ESPN. She was a founding columnist for espnW, appearing in multiple network shows and hosting two ESPN Radio shows. She is the guest editor of the 2024 edition of The Year's Best Sportswriting.