How Kim Ng, Major League Baseball’s First Female GM, Finally Got the Top Job
Mar 4, 2021
After nearly two decades in baseball front offices, Ng had become accustomed to the condescending glances, outright hostility and attempts at intimidation that come with being the only woman in the room. But this was, well, something else entirely. So Ng decided, as she had so many times in her professional life, to have some fun with the situation
Mark Giangreco is in limbo at ABC-7 after the sportscaster’s on-air line about casting anchor Cheryl Burton as a ‘ditzy, combative’ reality TV character
Mar 3, 2021
ABC-7 sportscaster Mark Giangreco, a Chicago TV fixture for nearly 40 years, has been off the air since joking on a January newscast that anchor Cheryl Burton could play a “ditzy, combative interior decorator” on a reality TV series.
Women’s hockey league gains new fans on Twitch
Mar 3, 2021
Despite the 2021 National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) season ending early because of a COVID-19 outbreak, broadcasters like Alexis Pearson are thrilled at the growth the league saw in just ten days, thanks in part to the games being shown on the streaming platform Twitch.
With eyes on Tokyo, Katie Ledecky returns to find out what a difference a year makes
Mar 3, 2021
She returns to competition this week at the TYR Pro Swim Series event in San Antonio, offering a first glimpse of what might be in store at this summer’s postponed Olympics and shedding some light on what impact that year-long break might have on her quest for a third Games.