by admin | May 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Colorado Rockies television reporter Kelsey Wingert said she’s “hanging in there,” two days after she was struck in the head by a 95 mph foul ball. The scary incident happened during Monday’s game between the Rockies and San Francisco Giants at...
by admin | May 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Malika Andrews is capping off a quick journey that has taken her from the sidelines of NBA games to a central seat at many of its big events. The sportscaster is taking over the host duties of ESPN’s NBA Draft, succeeding Rece Davis, who led the broadcast for more...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Last year, Michelle Beadle claimed that LeBron James wanted her fired from ESPN, dating back years. Beadle hosted SportsNation on the network with Colin Cowherd for three years from 2009 to ’12, and she returned as the host of NBA Live a few years later. While...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Maria Taylor has had a wild couple of years. “You can’t make up the story lines that end up leading to my very first Super Bowl,” she says now, in her first full interview since the controversy that led her to leave her longtime perch at ESPN for NBC Sports. The...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Robin Herman, who as a hockey reporter for The New York Times broke a gender barrier when she became one of the first female journalists to enter a men’s professional sports locker room in North America, died on Tuesday at her home in Waltham, Mass. She was 70. Her...
by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Two broadcasters in Maine have been terminated, according to a statement posted on the WHOU Facebook page, after calling female high school basketball players overweight and laughing about it. Radio station owner Fred Grant told CNN the two broadcasters involved are...
by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Rachel Nichols’ time at ESPN is now officially over. Nichols and ESPN reached a settlement on Tuesday to officially end her deal after private comments she made about diversity and Maria Taylor at the network were made public last year. Nichols had one year left on...
by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Get ready for Michelle Beadle — The Comeback. The former host of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” is in talks with several suitors about possibly returning to sports media in time for the NBA’s 2021-22 season, sources tell Front Office Sports. The regular season tips off on...
by admin | Aug 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
What’s old is new again. WSLAM started out two years ago as a channel on social media under SLAM, the basketball magazine running for over two decades. Now, the digital vertical covering women’s basketball is going analog, with a special print issue on Sept. 15...
by admin | Mar 23, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
More than 150 female sports journalists in France have denounced sexism, harassment and discrimination they said they routinely face from colleagues and people commenting on social media. Read More
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