Tag Archive | media
Our Thoughts on Steubenville
This post was written by both of us. We’ve been eyeing the Steubenville rape case for months now, in which two high school students – Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond – were accused of assaulting and raping a female high school student. After a couple of days of trial, the juvenile court judge rendered a [...]
Said to Lady Journalists
A new tumblr has been making me shake my head all morning: Said to Lady Journos. Here, female journalists have been reporting the sexist and misogynist things said to them because they are female reporters. Not all of these tidbits are about sports reporters. But many of them are, including a bunch that riff on the [...]
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 [...]
Rose Bowl Interview Interruption
Yesterday, while watching the end of the Rose Bowl (the Badgers got beat by…a tree?), I saw something that immediately got my attention: Stanford Coach David Shaw was pulled away while mid-interview with ESPN sideline reporter Heather Cox. Cox, obviously shocked as this was a pre-arranged interview and probably thinking her microphone had been muted, [...]
When Sports and Advertising Don’t Mix
It’s not often that two of my biggest interests mix. As a pretty major consumer of theater, opera and ballet (I’d say on average that I attend a play or musical once every two weeks) and a huge sports fan, I rarely discuss the two in tandem (except, of course, “Damn Yankees” and that time [...]
Michele Smith Becomes First Woman in Booth in a Nationally Televised Baseball Game
On Sunday during the Braves-Dodgers game at Turner Field, softball Hall of Famer and Olympian Michele Smith joined Ernie Johnson and John Smoltz in the TBS broadcast booth. For those who don’t know, each baseball broadcast booth typically includes a “play-by-play guy” (in this case, Ernie Johnson) and one or two analysts, almost always former baseball players (in this [...]
Standing Up for Female Journalists’ Access to the Clubhouse
Back in February when our blog was three days old, Sara wrote about the inherent gender bias present in Major League Baseball’s new media dress code. Unfortunately that’s not the only adversity female journalists face covering America’s favorite pastime. Yesterday Jessica Quiroli, a long-time minor league reporter for the Yankees organization, wrote a piece on her [...]
Another Double Fault: Less Money, No Grunting?
It seems that Wimbledon is bringing out the worst in gendered tennis this year. First, Gilles Simon, seeded 13th in this year’s men’s tournament, went on the record last week, saying that “men’s tennis is ahead of women’s tennis” and that the men provide more entertainment and play longer, so they should be paid more. [...]
The Current State of Female PA Announcers in Baseball
Longtime Fenway Park Public Address (“PA”) announcer, Carl Beane, tragically died last month after having a heart attack while driving. Beane had held the job since 2003 and was beloved by fans and the Red Sox players. His voice, thought by many to be unique and iconic, welcomes fans in the “The Baseball Experience” exhibit [...]
CBC Panders to Gender Stereotypes
Friend of Bloomer Girls Blog Genevieve sent this story over last night, which plays right into Things We Hate: assuming that women don’t like sports. The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), which airs NHL (National Hockey League) games in Canada (popularly known as “Hockey Night in Canada”), announced that it would be broadcasting “While the Men [...]
