Jane McManus was the founding Executive Director of the Center for Sports Media at Seton Hall University and has previously taught at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Michigan State University, and Marist College. A contributor to Deadspin, she formerly she covered women’s sports and the NFL for ESPN. She was also a founding columnist for espnW, and appeared in multiple television shows and hosted two radio programs for the network. She is the editor of the 2024 edition of The Year's Best Sportswriting.