WOMEN IN SPORTS BROADCASTING

The Yankees do one thing right, and that’s always going big or going home. Opening day brought nothing less than that with bright blue skies

The NHL celebrated International Women's Day this year by having an all-women's production and on-air cast.

ESPN sideline reporter Laura Rutledge, at the Stanford Cardinal - Arizona State Sun Devils game on October 18, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona....

A former musical theater actress and lifelong baseball fan, she made a career change as she approached her 40s. Waldman went back to...

Just as Paola Boivin experienced verbal harassment inside the clubhouse, Melissa Ludtke became a trailblazer with her own experience....

In 1978, a U.S. federal judge ruled that male and female reporters could have equal access to locker rooms (Druzin, 2001). Unfortunately,...

Ashley Brewer who is a sportscaster for ABC 7, Los Angeles sat down to discuss her career and rise to the top within the sports...

Nicole Briscoe started her career as a general assignment reporter at WREX-TV, an NBC affiliate in Rockford, Ill., while still in...

Rachel Nichols began her career reporting for The Washington Post (1996-2004) and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (1995-1996). Nichols...

Dianna Russini began her career interning with Diane Sawyer at ABC News and later worked in Connecticut for NBC. She reported for the...

A trailblazer in the NBA as a color analyst, Doris Burke began her career first as an athlete, a former basketball player and graduate of...

Hannah Storm was hired by NBC to report on a variety of venues which includes the Olympic Games, NBA and WNBA basketball, and the NFL....

Gayle Gardner was hired at ESPN in 1983 as Sportscenter anchor. She became one of the first women to regularly anchor a nightly network ...

Leslie Visser began as a sportswriter for the Boston Globe in 1974. She was the first female beat writer in 1976 covering the New England...

Replaced Phyllis George on NFL Today in 1978, becoming the first African American female to host a network sports tv broadcast (Mead, 2010).

An Olympic medalist, Jessica Mendoza who was former softball player, joined ESPN in 2007 as a softball analyst and college football...

Erin Andrews began her career in 2001 with The Sunshine Network in Tampa Bay, FL., where she covered the Tampa Bay Lightening. And after...

Pam Oliver worked in the news department throughout many cities during the beginning of her professional career. Although news was...

Jeannie Morris became one of the first women to write a sports column for the Daily News. She later became a sportscaster and host for a...

Jane Chastain is regarded as a pioneer. She was the first woman in history who worked for a large network (CBS) and it is believed that...