Thanks for the comment, MPS, and thanks for reading. Unfortunately, I don't know which parish in particular Curran grew up in.
Bio: Greg Hanlon is a writer and reporter whose sports writing has appeared in The New York Times and on Slate. He is currently working on a book about the 1986 Giants Super Bowl season. He lives in Brooklyn, and his email is greg.hanlon[at]gmail.com.
Disclaimer: I am a Mets fan, which means that during the spring and summer, I probably listen to the voice of Gary Cohen, the Mets play-by-play announcer, more than that of any other person. More
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on February 22nd, 2013 12:35pmDespite an organizational brand premised on steadiness and continuity, Giants fans have become accustomed in the last several years to sudden change. More
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on February 7th, 2013 11:38amAround this time three years ago, Phil Simms, who will broadcast Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, was broadcasting Super Bowl XLIV, between the Colts and the Saints. More
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on February 1st, 2013 1:39pmIn his introductory press conference, new Jets general manager John Idzik showed himself to be whatever you want to make of him. More
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on January 24th, 2013 7:05pmMichael Strahan is one of 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, whose inductees will be announced a week from Saturday. More
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on January 23rd, 2013 4:25pmToday’s long-delayed press conference featuring Rex Ryan and Woody Johnson was supposed to signal a new beginning after a disappointing season. Instead, it became another example of the organization’s tiresome predilection for inane narrative-peddling. More
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on January 8th, 2013 3:38pmSo Mike Tannenbaum is gone as the Jets' general manager. More
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on December 31st, 2012 4:00pmEAST RUTHERFORD—The Giants’ 42-7 blowout of the Eagles was a desperate illustration of what they are capable of when they get it all together, hinting at what they could have accomplished in the postseason if they had simply gotten it together a little more often. More
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on December 31st, 2012 3:34pmBALTIMORE—How can the Super Bowl champs, the team that not long ago blew out the Packers and Saints, the team that convincingly stayed on message with we-got-this assurances, go out ruin their season with two straight no-shows? More
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on December 24th, 2012 1:15pm“Hey,” he said to someone as he unsnapped his chinstrap. “Where’d he come from?” More
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on December 18th, 2012 1:47pm
theflume: @GregHanlon To me the lack of evenness in this matchup mirrors that between @zachkurtin + @hwerts55 in the softball throws of the early 90s.theflume: @GregHanlon Is the Horace Mann dad in there chanting "Let's Go Lions, Let's GO!"?
srubenfeld: @greghanlon writes the ultimate Gary Cohen profile http://t.co/Duq7WaOkjl Cohen is one of the few reasons to still pay attention to the Metssrubenfeld: @GregHanlon never enough awesome profiles about broadcasters I grew up listening to. glad to link
howardmegdal: @GregHanlon Thanks, Greg.
