Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson on broadcasters dating athletes: ‘It’s a tricky situation’
"There is always this preconceived notion. It just sucks."
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NHL Network will air their first-ever all-women edition of “NHL Tonight” Tuesday
"I’m excited to showcase our passion for and knowledge of the game in this style of a show. We’ll be hanging out, watching hockey together on NHL Tonight, just like always, but it just so happens that you’ll hear three female voices reacting to and analyzing the action."
FS1 to feature first all-female on-air team for a national U.S. professional men’s soccer broadcast in English
Byington, Slaton and Witham will call the D.C. United-New England Revolution match Sunday.
ESPN’s Jessica Mendoza: More women would watch sports “if they felt like they were being spoken to”
Would more women in the booth make for more female viewers? ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball analyst thinks so.
Doris Burke: “There are a lot of 60-year-old men who have wrinkles, no hair, glasses, and nobody gives a damn.”
"I promise you I'm not having plastic surgery. I'm 52. I've earned every wrinkle on my face. I actually like my wrinkles. And guess what? There are a lotta 60-year-old men who have wrinkles, no hair, glasses, and nobody gives a damn. It's about time that a woman my age or above, if she chooses to go into her 60s as an announcer, she should be allowed to do just that."
LaChina Robinson, Jeff Van Gundy praise Doris Burke, “the LeBron James of sportscasters”
Burke has overcome a lot to earn a high-profile broadcasting job, and paved the way for others in the process.
