"I think he thinks it's pretty cool," Mangini said of Favre. "I think the more interesting, ironic, I don't know what word you'd use, is the fact he was born on Brett's birthday." Special middle names are nothing new for the Mangini family. Their...

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Four-year-old Jake's middle name is Harrison, for Patriots safety Rodney Harrison (Mangini was a defensive assistant in New England). Two-year-old Luke's middle name is William for Bill Belichick, once Mangini's friend and mentor (now not so much,...
There's a new Brett in the life of New York Jets coach Eric Mangini. The newest member of the Mangini family was born at 7:43 a.m. Friday -- 7 pounds, 13 ounces and 20 inches -- with "very, very healthy lungs," Mangini said. As promised, Mangini...
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Eric Mangini addressed the name of his new son in his press conference today. “Zack’s middle name is Brett. Zack Brett Mangini.  The history behind that is that all my kids have middle names that are related to people who have been important to me...
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) There’s a new Brett in Eric Mangini’s life. Zack Brett Mangini was born early Friday - also Brett Favre’s 39th birthday - and the New York Jets coach and his wife, Julie, gave their third son a middle name fit for an...