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Erik Boland

Erik Boland

Erik Boland has been at Newsday since 2002, arriving shortly after finishing graduate school at NYU. Boland, a native Clevelander, attended John Carroll University and worked in the Warren-Youngstown (Ohio) market from 1996-2001 in radio and television and as a freelance writer for the Warren Tribune Chronicle. Boland started at Newsday covering girls soccer, basketball and lacrosse, and currently covers college sports and local golf, with a bit of Mets, Yankees, Jets and Giants thrown in.

December 3, 2008

Mangini makes his displeasure with Jets known

Two extremes, seven days apart.

November 26, 2008

Jets found team chemistry in October

A reporter took a glance around the Jets' happy but not overly jubilant locker room at LP Field after the Jets dissected and dismissed the Titans, and asked right tackle Damien Woody for an observation.

November 19, 2008

If Jets beat Titans, playoff bye would be in sight

One month ago today, Jets players trudged off the field with the noise from the home crowd at McAfee Stadium ringing in their ears and a mixture of shock and disgust settling in their stomachs.

November 5, 2008

Buffalo win was worth the wait

The Jets had been muddling along at 4-3 with not a significant victory to speak of and fans gathering en masse on the ledge about whether this whole Favre thing was worth it.

November 5, 2008

The Jets' midseason report card

The Jets had been muddling along at 4-3 with not a significant victory to speak of and fans gathering en masse on the ledge about whether this whole Favre thing was worth it.

October 29, 2008

Jets hope tough schedule toughens them up

The questions had gotten stale for Jets safety Kerry Rhodes and, presumably, many of his teammates.

October 22, 2008

Jets' offense fumbles with its identity

The Jets' offense is a Rorschach test.

October 15, 2008

Jenkins is a big-time upgrade for Jets

It was Victory Monday in Foxboro, the day after the Patriots came away from the Meadowlands with a 19-10 victory over the Jets in Week 2.

September 17, 2008

Mangini needs to let Favre wing it for Jets

Eric Mangini was perturbed.

September 10, 2008

Favre's enthusiasm a hit with Jets teammates

In the mostly empty visiting team's locker room at

Email: erik.boland@newsday.com

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