Ines Sainz accepts Jets coach Woody Johnson's apology in sex harass flap, says can't 'happen again' 
 
 (cc) jrsnchzhrs/Flickr TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz says she was the subject of sexually suggestive remarks by New York Jets players. 
 
 The Jets took the field for the season opener Monday night - and so did Ines Sainz. 
 
 Sainz, 32, dressed in a short black dress and sky-high stilettos, reported on the pregame action from the sidelines hours after accepting Jets owner Woody Johnson's apology for his team's chauvinistic shenanigans. 
 
 She watched the Jets lose to the Ravens, 10-9, from the press box, but had no plans to interview players in the locker room after the game. 
 
 "I don't want to be the focus," she told the Daily News. 
 
 She offered her first detailed account Monday of how she was subjected to "grotesque" locker room antics on Saturday, saying, "It mustn't happen again." 
 
 "I believe they are taking it seriously and it's only going to be one bad experience and no more," Sainz, a reporter for TV Azteca of Mexico, told reporters outside New Meadowlands Stadium just before kickoff. 
 
 Sainz watched pregame warmups just yards from some of the players accused of bombarding her with catcalls, whistles and blatant ogling during practice. 
 
 Sainz said she "never heard something sexual" from the players, but noted one called her a "bonita señorita" - a pretty lady. 
 
 Johnson assured Sainz that team officials will begin grilling players and coaches today about the startling accusations. 
 
 "Right now, we're working with the league and we're doing all the fact-finding, checking the facts, doing the interviews," Johnson said on ESPN Radio. 
 
 Johnson said he called Sainz on Sunday, shortly after hearing how his players and coaches treated her. 
 
 "We certainly don't want any kind of allegations like this, or anything like this to happen," he said. "I apologized to her - if anything happened, what happened, kind of an open apology." 
 
 Sainz, who is heading home to Mexico City Tuesday, said she was touched by Johnson's overture. 
 
 "He was very concerned. He expects all the players to have good behavior," she said. 
 
 Coach Rex Ryan made his first comment on the flap after Monday night's loss, saying, "We never want anybody to feel uncomfortable around our team." 
 
 Earlier Monday, Sainz talked about the ordeal, saying, such "behavior is not acceptable." 
 
 "Yes, I accept the apologies and I say ... thanks to him [Johnson] and for the concern and all the rest of the team because he promised that he is going to make [sure] that everybody on the team respects women," Sainz said on CNN's Rick Sanchez show. 
 
 "I think the important point is that a woman deserves respect in any profession," she said. 
 
 Sainz went to Gang Green's practice field Saturday to interview quarterback Mark Sanchez. She immediately drew attention dressed in tightfitting jeans and a white button-up blouse. 
 
 When she entered the locker room to interview Sanchez, she said, she was subjected to catcalls and boorish behavior that she tried to block out. 
 
 "I feel a little uncomfortable because evidently it's not easy to be in a locker room and hear and notice that everybody is speaking about you and probably making some jokes," she said. 
 
 She tried to make light of the interview yesterday, joking, Sanchez's "Spanish is like my English." 
 
 whutchinson@nydailynews.com 
 
 With Christian Red ||||| After a summer in the spotlight, the Jets are under scrutiny again. 
 
 FILE - This Jan. 27, 2009, file photo shows TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz, left, after measuring the bicep of Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Steve Breaston, right, during the team's media day for... (Associated Press) 
 
 The "Hard Knocks" stars are being investigated by the NFL for the way Jets players and coaches carried on when they were visited by a female reporter from a Mexican TV network during the team's practice Saturday. 
 
 Ines Sainz, of Mexico's TV Azteca, said on her Twitter account Saturday that she felt "very uncomfortable!" in the Jets' locker room, where a few players let loose with some "Whooo-weee!" catcalls as she waited with two male co-workers to interview quarterback Mark Sanchez, who is of Mexican descent. 
 
 "Of course you feel it when you are being stared at and when you are being spoken of in a certain way," Sainz told The Associated Press. "I opted to ignore it ... I tried to not even pay attention." 
 
 She tweeted in Spanish on Saturday night that she tried "not to look anywhere!!" 
 
 "It was an uncomfortable moment because you are in the team's dressing room and they are obviously changing clothes, showering _ doing what they do every day in the locker room," Sainz said to the AP. "So being a woman, obviously it was a bit uncomfortable." 
 
 Sainz also thanked supporters Monday on Twitter for their concern. 
 
 "I already spoke to the NFL and it will be up to them to decide whether or not there will be consequences!!" she tweeted. 
 
 Sainz was at the New Meadowlands Stadium on Monday night and had a seat in the press box for New York's season opener against Baltimore. 
 
 During defensive back drills on Saturday, Jets assistant coach Dennis Thurman seemed to deliberately throw to players near where Sainz was standing on the sideline. Even linebacker Jason Taylor, who normally doesn't participate in those position drills, went out for a pass. 
 
 At the end of the drill, head coach Rex Ryan threw a pass to Thurman, who caught it, ran toward Sainz and appeared to speak to her very briefly. 
 
 The Association for Women in Sports Media said a board member spoke to Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum on Sunday about the reports. Also, team owner Woody Johnson spoke to Sainz, telling her "he expects all members of the Jets organization to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times," Jets spokesman Bruce Speight said. 
 
 Sainz said she talked Sunday with NFL officials. 
 
 "I don't want to make it a bigger deal," she said. "I have confidence in the NFL and the Jets' management and I know that this will serve as a precedent so that this does not happen to another women." 
 
 TV Azteca promotes Sainz both as a journalist and as a model. The network's website includes photo collections of Sainz and has an article in its "Bad Girls" section headlined, "Inez Sainz, the perfect woman." The article describes her as intelligent and having a good sense of humor, and is accompanied by a photo of her in a skimpy bikini. 
 
 She has covered the NFL before, including at least a few Super Bowls. At a media event before the Super Bowl in 2009, she measured the bicep of Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Steve Breaston. The year before, she asked Patriots quarterback Tom Brady what it would take for New England to beat the Jets. The Pats actually were playing the Giants. 
 
 New York has been in the headlines all summer, from Ryan making guarantees about going to the Super Bowl to the team bringing in big-name players such as LaDainian Tomlinson, Jason Taylor, Santonio Holmes and Antonio Cromartie. 
 
 The story lines made the Jets a popular pick by HBO and NFL Films to be featured on their "Hard Knocks" series, which followed the team throughout training camp, offering an uncensored look at the coaches and players. Ryan was widely criticized by some fans and media, including former coach Tony Dungy, for what they considered an excessive use of expletives. The final episode aired last Wednesday, so NFL Films cameras were not at the practice Saturday. 
 
 AWSM and the Jets were working to schedule an educational and awareness session with the team, Speight said. 
 
 He addressed the situation during the team meeting Sunday night. The team also said it would work with the league to gather facts and "take any appropriate steps necessary to maintain a respectful environment for the media." 
 
 AWSM said in a statement Sunday night that the NFL and the Jets were "responsive to our concerns" and that it would continue to monitor the situation. 
 
 "We are awaiting the results of the investigation," the statement said, "and further action from the NFL and Jets." 
 
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 Associated Press Writer Eduardo Castillo in Mexico City contributed to this report.
– Hottie Mexican reporter Ines Sainz described New York Jets' catcalls as she was working on a story in their locker room as "grotesque." It "mustn't happen again," she told the New York Daily News. Of course "you feel it when you are being stared at and spoken of in a certain way," she told AP. "I tried not to pay attention." Sainz has accepted an apology from the Jets, though the NFL is continuing to investigate the harassment, which began in the field during her weekend assignment covering quarterback Mark Sanchez when players threw footballs dangerously close to the model-journalist. Sainz was back covering the team last night during its 10-9 defeat to the Baltimore Ravens in New Jersey. Sainz seemed to change her tune over time, telling the Mexican press that she "never felt attacked, nor that players reacted grossly. I thought they were kidding around," though she tweeted that she was "dying of embarrassment," notes the New York Post. Later she said on her Twitter page that the media "in solidarity have denounced what happened, hoping that there is always a respectful climate." Some critics have charged that Sainz is deliberately marketed by her TV station as the "hottest reporter" around and that she shouldn't therefore be surprised at the Jets reception.