Macur is from Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, born to Catholic Polish immigrant parents,[1] and attended Bridgewater-Raritan High School West.
[2] She attended Barnard College at Columbia University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in History and Political Science in 1992.
She went on to work as a sports journalist, reporting on Dallas Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Olympics and motorsports.
[3][4][6] Macur has worked for the Orlando Sentinel and The Dallas Morning News.
Macur wrote a biography of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong which became a best selling book.