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- Brandon Jacobs has been the reliable running back that all teams need. Now meet the woman behind the man, Kim Jacobs.
Kim and Brandon first met at Auburn University. Sensing this was the real deal, she followed Brandon when he transferred to Southern Illinois University for one year, from which he was ultimately drafted by the Giants in April 2005. They were married shortly after, in July of 2005.
The couple had their first child, Brayden, on February 27, 2007. Of course, as Jacobs' jersey is #27. As a gesture to Kim during the season she was pregnant, Brandon placed the ball under his jersey after scoring a touchdown to show they were expecting. Sadly, he was flagged for a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty and the NFL (No Fun League) fined him $5,000. "It was worth every yard and every penny" said Brandon afterwards.
Brandon isn't the only one in the family with career aspirations. Kim has her Masters in early child development and would like to open a day care at some point in the future.
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- While we claim to be good at many things here at PlayerWives.com, thankfully telling the future isn't one of those things. After all of predictions (Jen Royle, Molly Sullivan and Erin Hawksworth) failed one after the other, NESN went ahead and hired someone who wasn't even on our radar. Meet Miss Jenny Dell, the newest NESN Boston Red Sox reporter and Heidi Watney replacement.
Jenny Dell is actually a local girl from Connecticut and a UMass graduate, so she probably had a leg up on all her NESN competition. She previously worked at ESPN and, in addition to covering the X-Games, has worked on-field at two previous Super Bowls. Hopefully that is good luck for the Patriots (even though she won't have anything to do with them.
On a separate note, we'd like to give Jenny Dell some props on her Halloween costume choice and also extend the invite for our party next year. May I also recommend that she wear something similar, perhaps a sexy school teacher?
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- We often write about the charity of a player and his wife on this site, and Brian waters and his wife Yolanda continue that tradition.
While still with Kansas City, Brian established the Brian Waters 54 Foundation in 2005. The foundation was established to help children and families in need. Because of Brian's involvement in the community, he was named the 2009 Walter Payton Man of the Year. The NFL gives the Walter Payton award annually to one player in the league to honor his service off the field, as well as his play on the field. Waters was given $25,000 to provide to his foundation, while the nominee from each of the other 31 teams in the league were given $1,000.
Yolanda, who also happens to be the president of the Brian Waters 54 Foundation was obviously proud of the award, but seemed prouder of the man and motivations behind it:
"Because I know Brian and I know his heart and passion, it’s not an award for him. It’s not about that. Someone could call him right now and say that there is a family in need and I know if it’s possible that he is going to reach out to them and he’s going to help them because he is so passionate about giving back to the community.
Brian and Yolanda were married March 19, 2009. All information points to the fact that do have children, though we've been unable to ascertain how many or when they were born. Additionally, we've found some information online that Yolanda works with children with special needs in the public school systems, though have found no hard evidence to support that.
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- Kevin Faulk met his wife Latisha in seventh grade while growing up outside of Lafayetta, LA. The two have been together for almost twenty years, being officially married in 2000. They have three children; Tanasha, Kevin III and Kevione.
Faulk credits his family with keeping him in New England prior to the 2010 season, despite better offers in terms of money and years from other teams.
My wife is comfortable here, I'm comfortable here, the kids are comfortable here. So let's say I was to go somewhere else, how long are you staying there? Maybe one, two years, or three at the most. You're going to start all over for that? Do you really want to do that? I didn't want the kids to have to adjust to a new atmosphere."
Though Faulk stayed in New England in 2010, he did suffer an ACL tear. His return in 2011 was delayed, but he will play with the Patriots in his fifth Super Bowl at SB XLVI. Many pundits think this is Faulk's last season in the NFL, and behalf of Patriots fans everywhere, we thank Latisha for being comfortable here and keeping Faulk where he belongs for the last hurrah in New England.
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- Currently the New York Football Giants #3 receiver, Mario Manningham came into this year as a leading candidate to become the next big thing (read: Plaxico 2.0). Despite being surpassed in the depth charts by the salsa dancing Victor Cruz, Mario still seems to have his dating life in order.
Meet longtime girlfriend, Tiffany Hughley. Manningham has been dating Hughley since at least December, 2009. We believe the couple has a child together (though we know Manningham had a boy born in 2010). In various articles, Manningham has credited the birth of their son, Mario Jr., with helping him grow up on and off the field. In an article with the Star Ledger, Maningham said
“It made me change as a person and as a player. Now, I’ve got a person to take care of. “I’m hungrier. Not saying I wouldn’t be hungrier if I wouldn’t have had him, but it makes you want it more. I’m feeding for two now.
Although there is essentially no info about Tiffany specifically available, ironically, the girl of Plaxico 2.0 shares the same first name as Plax’s wife.
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- Look, we're the first to admit it when we haave nothing to talk about in a post. But in this case....
... Yeah, we still got nothin.
There was a little buzz on the interwebs after last night's NFC Championship game when Amanda Tynes was seen on the post game show rushing to celebrate with Lawrence after kicking the Giants to Super Bowl XLVI. After some research, and a whole lot of dead ends, we have very, very little.
What we can officially say. is that Lawrence Tynes is married to Amanda Tynes. The couple has twin boys, Caleb and Jaden, who spent three weeks in the NICU after being born almost two full months prematurely on July 6, 2007.
Told you there wasn't much.
Interestingly enough about Lawrence, he's the first ever Scottish born player in NFL history. His father was a Navy SEAL stationed in Scotland, and his mother was a native of the country. Lawrence moved to the US at age 10 when he moved to Milton, FL.
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- Continuing our series of posts proving that even kickers and lineman land hot chicks, let's meet Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski's wife, Hallie Gostkowski.
The former Hallie Swearingen met Stephen Gostkowski while the two shared anatomy and physiology class at the University of Memphis together. Hallie continued that path, now working as a nurse in the greater Boston area. Stephen and Hallie dated through college before he proposed following the 2007 season. The couple was married April 19, 2008 and play parents to one child, son Slayden Kyle and two dogs.
In an interview with WHDH-TV in Boston, Hallie says the following about her husband:
I have 100 percent confidence in Stephen's ability. It's a talent that he's blessed with. He's not going to make every kick. I'm a nurse, I have bad days, he has bad days.
