by admin | Feb 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Major League Baseball celebrated the hiring of a woman as a sign of progress on diversity in its executive ranks. Every comparable hire over the last two years has been a white man. In a sport dominated by men — specifically, at the top, by white men — Ng symbolized...
by admin | Feb 16, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Recent incidents have served as a “wake-up call” for the sport, leading to an update to its harassment and discrimination policy. “I’m dismayed that after 42 years since the decision came down basically saying that women reporters should be treated equally to men, the...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The Los Angeles Angels suspended pitching coach Mickey Callaway on Tuesday following a report by The Athletic alleging Callaway sent inappropriate pictures and unprompted texts to at least five female reporters over a span of at least five years. Read in...
by admin | Jan 21, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Women around the game endure indignities their male colleagues rarely even consider. Porter’s abhorrent treatment of a reporter is just the latest example. Read the full story at the NY Times.
by admin | Jan 19, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Mets general manager Jared Porter was fired Tuesday after sending graphic, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs in their front office. Full Story.
by admin | Jan 13, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
The bar has been raised in professional sports, and the issue is whether the NFL can keep pace in providing proper advancement opportunities to those women in front-office roles. The breakthrough came in Major League Baseball in November when the Miami Marlins hired...
Recent Comments