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Eli Manning and Derek Jeter are different in obvious ways. One plays football and the other baseball. Manning is settled into married life. Jeter continues to enjoy the bachelorhood life of a New York City superstar, having dated supermodels and A-list actresses.

In more ways, the two are wholly similar. Both have reached the pinnacle of success in their respective professions. Both lead and inspire with quiet confidence in lieu of bluster or blistering braggadocio. Both have been a world champion; the only difference is Jeter’s five rings compared to Manning’s one – which will increase if the Giants defeat the Patriots (again) at Super Bowl XLVI. Both are comfortable in their own skin, adeptly handling the intense media glare of the Big Apple with aplomb. In a society

It was pretty quiet in Yankees Universe this past weekend. Brian Cashman began the Hot Stove process by contacting the agent for C.J. Wilson. Not exactly news only because Cashman is doing his job, but it’ll be interesting to see how the talks go and how far each side pushes the envelope.

Thanks to the Hot Stove season barely at room temperature, the NBA lockout and the NHL still in the infancy stage of the regular season, the Giants and Jets have dominated the back pages of the New York newspapers. Rex Ryan makes news just by being Rex Ryan, but it was the normally mild-mannered Eli Manning who created waves during the summer by giving an honest answer to a question. The question posed during training camp was if Manning thought he was in the same class as Tom Brady. Manning said