Women in Sports Media

Women in Sports Media

United States, EnglishSports

Show discusses the pros and cons of women covering big ticket sports like football, baseball and basketball in radio, television and print. Are these women necessary and important in the world of sports media?

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Betty Caywood is an American sportscaster. She was one of the first female Major League Baseball broadcasters, providing color commentary on radio and television broadcasts for the Kansas City Athletics in September , 1964.... more
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Katie Hnida is a pioneer in the world of sports, being the first woman to play and score points in a NCAA Div. I footballball game. Katies football career began at Chatfield Senior High School in Littleton, CO, where she played varsity football... more
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Mary Carillo served as a late night host and Olympic correspondent for NBC at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Carillo served in the same role for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games and in 2008 Bejiing Olympic Games. At the 2004... more
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Andrea Kremer has been called "the best TV interviewer in the business of covering the NFL" by the Los Angeles Times. She currently serves as a reporter for NBC Sports and correspondent for HBOs Real Sports with Bryant... more
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With experience as a basketball player, coach and analyst, Carolyn Peck made her debut on NBC as a sports desk reporter at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London. Originally from Tennessee, Peck was a two-time All-American... more
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Ann Liguori is a true pioneer in the field of sports broadcasting, owning her sports radio and television properties, maintaining the rights to her shows from the beginning of her career in 1982. After graduating from the University of South... more
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Andrea Joyce graduated from the University Michigan in 1976. She worked as a news/field reporter for TV stations in Denver, Detroit, Wichita Kansas, and Colorado Springs before landing a weekend sports anchor job at WFAA-TV... more
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Ann Elizabeth Meyers Drysdale, a retired American basketball player and current sportscaster, was the first player to be part of the U.S. National team while still in high school. She was the first woman at UCLA to be signed to a... more
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Michael Weisman attended the University of North Carolina on a baseball scholarship and graduated from Queens College with a bachelors of arts in radio television. In 1971 he started out at NBC as a page and tour guide for the... more
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Gayle Sierens co-anchors WFLA-TV News Channel 8s Live at 5, 6 and 11PM newscasts in Tampa, FL. Sierens joined the Channel 8 staff in 1977 as a weekend sports anchor and reporter and became the 11PM weekday sports... more
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