There was a popular joke in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, at least among those of us who watched a lot of basketball: “Cheryl Miller could probably beat her younger brother Reggie in a game of hoops.” The actual reason that it was funny was because it was laughable. The Swin Cash website tries…
Early in the 2017 NFL season, Cam Newton insulted a female sports journalist. The blow back once again proves that some of us feed on hurt feelings. Now, we understand that both major and social media thrive on this stuff. The hunt for content is not about stealth. Few pretend that a true sense of…
Is every televised athletic event required to have a female sideline reporter? In basketball and football and other major sports, it’s more often the case than not. This is not news, but only a few mention it. Freakonomics asked this question a few years ago. Commenters to that story circled the same explanations, in general:…