Seth Wickersham
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Seth Wickersham
ESPN Senior Writer
- Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
- Joined ESPN The Magazine after graduating from the University of Missouri.
- Although he primarily covers the NFL, his assignments even have taken him to the Athens Olympics, the World Series, the NCAA match and the NHL and NBA playoffs.
Jordan Raanan
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ESPN Staff Writer
- Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and could be heard internet hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016.
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New York Giants co-owners Steve, Laurie and Jonathan Tisch are requesting to transfer their stakes within the group to their children’s trusts, in accordance to an NFL memo obtained by ESPN.
The transfer is topic to approval by the league’s finance committee, the memo exhibits. If accepted, Steve, Laurie and Jonathan Tisch would now not personal any curiosity within the Giants, the memo states.
“Prior transfers to these Trusts were completed pursuant to 2023 and 2024 Finance Committee approvals,” states the memo, which is dated March 11. “The Sellers now propose to transfer their entire remaining interests, totaling 23.1% of the Club, to the Trusts. … Following the transactions, the Sellers will no longer own any interest in the Club.”
When reached Wednesday and requested in regards to the possession transfer, a spokesperson for the Giants mentioned he had “nothing to add.” A league spokesperson declined to remark.
In January, Steve Tisch appeared in the latest round of documents released by the Justice Department related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The paperwork confirmed scores of emails between Epstein and Tisch, during which Epstein repeatedly linked the Giants co-owner to quite a few girls. Tisch additionally invited Epstein to the proprietor’s field for a Giants recreation.
Most of Tisch’s correspondence with Epstein seems to be from about 2013, the paperwork present.
“We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments,” Tisch mentioned of Epstein in an announcement in January. “I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”
Several group executives and one proprietor have informed ESPN they expected an update on Tisch forward of this month’s league conferences in Arizona. The individuals with direct data of the requested transfer who had seen the memo mentioned the transfer was a part of regular succession planning.
Tisch has not been accused of any crimes. His future position with the group is unclear.
Epstein was arrested in 2019 on federal intercourse trafficking costs. While awaiting trial, he was discovered lifeless in his jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019. The coroner dominated his demise a suicide. Epstein confronted accusations of sexually abusing underage women. In 2008, Epstein was charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution in Florida and have become a registered intercourse offender. He served 13 months of an 18-month jail sentence.
The Tisch family co-owns the Giants with the Mara family, which has owned the franchise since its founding in 1925. John Mara is president and CEO. The Koch family bought a noncontrolling stake within the group final yr.
