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Pink Bats: Not Just About Breast Cancer Anymore
On Friday I wrote about pinkwashing in baseball, but I want to take a minute to address the argument that it’s good because it raises money for breast cancer awareness and research. Cancer is serious and sad and horrible. My mom survived breast cancer. For a 28 year old, I probably know an above average [...]
The Mets’ Marketing-to-Women Problem
A recent study revealed that the New York Mets have more female fans than any other MLB team. As a fan of the Amazins myself, my heart swells with pride. And yet, the Mets — consistent with baseball across the board — still don’t quite get us. Exhibit A, via Metspolice.com, is this Mets press [...]
Another Double Standard: Celebrating Out Male Athletes, Ignoring Out Female Athletes
On Monday, NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first openly gay male professional athlete in America, a huge step forward for American sports, culture and society as a whole. As the mainstream sports media, players, fans, owners and bloggers all reacted to the news, a common untruth was repeated again and again: “Collins is the [...]
NBA Center Jason Collins Comes Out
Today Jason Collins became the first openly gay male professional athlete in America, coming out in a beautifully written front page article in Sports Illustrated. You’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t read the whole thing, but here are few highlights: I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay. I didn’t set [...]
ESPN Still Giving NCAA Women’s Tourney Second-Class Treatment
Last year during March Madness, I wrote about ESPN’s Differential Treatment of the NCAA Tournaments. I looked at how the language used on the site, the features provided for each bracket challenge, and the inability to easily switch between the tournaments results in the women’s tournament garnering less interest and essentially being treated as a [...]
MLB Fan Cave Dwellers Move Toward Gender Parity
It’s Opening Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And with it, our first baseball post of the 2013 season: About a week ago, and for the third year in a row, the MLB Fan Cave announced its group of Cave Dwellers. Cave Dwellers basically get to put their normal lives on hold for 6 months, hang out at the Fan Cave [...]
Fill Out a Bracket for the March Madness Women’s Tournament!
If I know our readership, you’re either in several March Madness men’s tournament pools or you’re in none. So why not join a bracket challenge for the women’s tournament? Last year, I wrote that people fill out brackets for the men’s tournament far more than for the women’s tournament, myself included. So I’m happy to announce [...]
Why Would I Wear This?!: “I Came to the Baseball Game to Seduce Boys” Edition
Today I learned that all of the items below exist and I need to share with you. You’ll note that the items are almost exclusively part of the Victoria’s Secret PINK line being sold by Major League Baseball. The theme here is not that the buyer/wearer came to watch baseball, but instead that they are [...]
One Female Sports Journalist Wants to “Ignore the Stereotype”
Last summer I noticed something really cool: a woman named Meredith Perri was blogging for Metsblog, my go-to blog for Mets news for the last 7 years. It was the first time I’d seen a female’s name in the byline on their site. Just to be clear, I really don’t care about “hearing a woman’s [...]
Why Would I Wear This?: Super Bowl Ring Edition
As you know, the Ravens won the Super Bowl on Sunday, which means immediate mass production of purple “Super Bowl XLVII Champions” gear. One such item on NFLShop.com caught our eye: Sports aside, I hate the stereotype of the girl desperate to be married. There are lots of reasons to be married (tax status, health insurance, [...]
