Stephan Carey Serby (born July 22, 1949)
is a
sports reporter who for the ''
New York Post''. Although known primarily as a
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The J ...
beat reporter, he has also written many columns on other
National Football League franchises, particularly the
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...
. He has also written or co-authored books on several different sports and sports figures.
Serby received a
Bachelor of Journalism from
Ohio University in 1971. He took an entry-level position with the ''Post'' in 1972, was promoted to an editorial assistant in September 1972 only a week later and was elevated to
sportswriter in 1972.
In
football
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circles, he is remembered for a physical confrontation with Jets quarterback
Richard Todd in which Serby was pushed into a locker as a result of Serby's support for
back-up Matt Robinson for the starter's job.
Al Sharpton verbally attacked both Steve Serby and his employer for a column in which Serby commended
Tom Coughlin for putting star wide receiver
Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Antonio Burress (born August 12, 1977) is a former American football wide receiver who played 12 seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Michigan State, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers eighth ove ...
on the
injured reserve
The injured reserve list ( IR list) is a designation used in North American professional sports leagues for athletes who suffer injuries and become unable to play. The exact name of the list varies by league; it is known as "injured reserve" in th ...
list after an incident where Burress shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed firearm.
References
External links
Serby Charges Todd
Living people
Sportswriters from New York (state)
Ohio University alumni
1949 births
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