tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post8481756235376047948..comments2024-03-21T00:30:32.509-07:00Comments on From A Left Wing: Note to espnW: a woman is not a horseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-2090680543597736942011-01-25T11:13:09.507-08:002011-01-25T11:13:09.507-08:00Hi,
I don't know if you've been keeping u...Hi,<br /><br />I don't know if you've been keeping up with things going over at Sky Sports in the UK, but I'd love to see your views on this:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/25/andy-gray-sacked-sky<br /><br />and here's some mainstream press reactions from England and Ireland:<br /><br />Ireland: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/james-lawton-sneering-sexist-commentators-deserve-more-than-a-yellow-card-2508960.html<br /><br />and from England:<br /><br />http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/steven-baxter/2011/01/keys-gray-female-room-women<br /><br />and the usually rather bland, Telegraph in the UK:<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/8281445/Andy-Gray-sacked-by-Sky-Sports-following-unacceptable-behaviour-towards-Charlotte-Jackson.htmlDavid Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103983179319462079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-79267906576808150192011-01-16T18:49:40.302-08:002011-01-16T18:49:40.302-08:00I think ESPN has stopped trying to be anything oth...I think ESPN has stopped trying to be anything other than the coarsest marketing vehicle for it's properties. Their last ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber did a fine job criticizing the network's excesses and priorities (not sports) but the new ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer hasn't gotten within a mile of anything that dings the ESPN brand.<br /><br />ESPN also listed 3 horses on their greatest 100 athletes of the 20th century list in 200. Three horses, 6 women, and 91 men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-9182842760148484822011-01-03T07:26:19.966-08:002011-01-03T07:26:19.966-08:00Thank you for the correction - I picked that up fr...Thank you for the correction - I picked that up from other coverage, and never checked it.Jennifer Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004554513454749517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-30919591305820290672011-01-03T06:04:55.516-08:002011-01-03T06:04:55.516-08:00A good list but can I quibble with the 'of eit...A good list but can I quibble with the 'of either gender' in the piece about Nigeria's women Under-20 team being the first African side to reach a World Cup final? Their male compatriots reached the Under-20 final in 1989. As did Ghana in 1993, 2001 and 2009 (when they finally won it). Nigeria and Cameroon's Olympic titles can hardly be dismissed either.<br /><br />That said, the achievement of the Falconets in Germany was a tremendous and historic one.seanachiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15359354940953059605noreply@blogger.com