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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"You can either be fearful or fearless. And I choose to be the latter."
- Robin Roberts
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FACT OF THE DAY
Lesley Visser is the first and only woman elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many woman commentators work at EPSN?
Female sports journalists deserve recognition
A: More than 40.
— USA Today
THE MORNING BREW
Nothing grinds my gears more than hearing. "You're a girl. You know nothing about sports." Men don't need to prove themselves before spewing a sports opinion. Why would I need to lay out my expertise and experience to do so?
These days, there are more and more female sportswriters and broadcasters. They didn't come on the air overnight; there was some trailblazing. Some of the earliest women sportscasters started their careers before my parents were in elementary school.
Jane Chastain is credited for being the first woman to do play-by-play commentary for the NFL and the first woman to work for a large network for sportscasting. She covered both college football and NFL, along with some coverage of NBA games back in the late 1960s to the late 1970s.
Jeannie Morris, the wife of Chicago Bears wide receiver Johnny Morris, covered NFL games in the 1970s, but she wasn't given the same treatment as the men. Morris wasn't allowed to
Leandra Reilly was the first woman to do play-by-play commentary for the NBA in the late 1970s and once said, "The networks used to pick women for their looks, but now they require more qualifications. Some may still hire a woman just because she is a woman and the network needs a minority in the field."
work in the press box because she was a woman. Because of that rule, she had to cover a Vikings-Bears game in a blizzard while sitting above the press box.
Some of the other early women pioneers in the field of sportscasting are Donna v Varona, Gayle Gardner and
Lesley Visser.
Two of the more aptly know pioneers for women in spo media are Robin Roberts Doris Burke. Roberts star her career with ESPN in 1' while Burke started hers six years later. Both wo played college basketball have been recognized their achievements or court and in front of the
the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and Burke was the fifth woman to be added to the Providence Hall of Fame.
All of the aforementioned women and others who went above and beyond what society expected them to do made way for the women who are in the field today. Now, it's rare to see a televised game without a woman on camera.
Just to mention some names: Erin Andrews, Linda Cohn, Michelle Beadle, Sara Carbonero, Hannah Storm,
Alex Flanagan, Lindsay Czarniak, Jenn Brown, Pam Oliver... need I more?
Women are everywhere when comes to sports average these days. your very own san, there are two girls on the sports his semester. I have
the softball and swimming and diving beats. Ellen Balentine covers the rowing team beat.
Being female doesn't automatically disqualify us from knowing, talking about or working with sports. Just because it could be a little "intimidating" to listen to a female talk sports, embrace it, because women in the sports journalism industry aren't going anywhere.
Edited by Stella Liang
This week in athletics
Wednesday
Women's basketball
Oklahoma State
7 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla.
Thursday No events
Friday
Tennis
Colorado
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball Central Florida 5 p.m. Orlando, Fla.
Swimming and diving
Iowa State
10 a.m.
Ames, Iowa
Saturday
Men's basketball
West Virginia
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
LIU Brooklyn
10 a.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Track and field Armory Collegiate Invitational All day New York, N.Y.
Women's basketball
Oklahoma
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Sunday
Softball
Tennessee-Chattanooga
8 a.m.
Orlando, Fla.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Jayhawks seek road win against Cowgirls
Tennis
Eastern Michigan
10 a.m.
Lawrence
Men's basketball
Kansas State
8 p.m.
Manhattan
reaffirmed that this team still has a lot of progress to make.
Monday
But after a tough showing against Texas in Allen Fieldhouse - where the Jayhawks faded in the second half after a competitive first for an 80-55 loss - Henrickson was
The Jayhawks went toe-to-toe with the Cowgirls when they met in Allen Fieldhouse earlier in the
They did, and last Saturday went into Lubbock, Texas, and grabbed a tough road victory 70-62 over the Red Raiders, pushing the Jayhawks record back to .500 at 11-11. Now, Kansas looks to take another big step – passing the .500 mark – when the team travels to Stillwater, Okla., tonight to take on Oklahoma State at 7 p.m.
The Big 12 conference season has been a roller coaster ride for the Javhawks.
No events
Tuesday
A win over seventh-ranked Baylor and a close encounter with Oklahoma State left coach Bonnie Henrickson and her team with an optimism that they may be growing up a little quicker than expected.
"We've got to learn from today and then probably let go of it," Henrickson said after the game.
season. After numerous lead changes, the Cowgirls pulled away for a 64-56 victory.
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If the Jayhawks are to have any chance at an upset, junior Chelsea Gardner will have to be a force underneath the basket. The 6-foot-3 forward from Desoto, Texas, has been the Jayhawks leading scorer this season, with a career-high 34 points while also grabbing 12
"Even though we lost, I think it's still given us confidence to know that we can play with those top teams," senior guard Cecar Harper said. "We just know we have to be better at the end to be able to pull it out."
rebounds against Texas Tech.
rebounds against texas tech.
Gardner passed the 800-point mark during the game and is shooting 59.4 percent from the field, which is second in the Big 12 and 13th in the nation.
"It kind of frustrated me at the beginning and I knew I had to adjust to it." Gardner said. Another key player for the
However in the loss to OSU at home, Gardner shot only 5-13 from the field in scoring 15 points – two below her season average – in 28 minutes on the floor. That night Gardner had to work for everything she got, and she recognized the problems it gave her.
Jayhawks lately has been junior Natalie Knight, who has reached double figures in scoring in sixstraight games after a 14-point performance against Texas Tech. The guard, who was hampered by a knee injury at the beginning of the season, seems to finally be finding her groove in the conference season.
Knight is shooting 37 percent from 3-point range, and made all three of her attempts against the Red Raiders. Shooting from the three will be a determining factor in Wednesday's game, as the Jayhawks shot just 1-9 from the arc in the last match up with the
Cowgirls.
Defensively, the key for the Jayhawks will be slowing down senior Tiffany Bias, the Cowgirls' leading scorer and Big 12 leader in assists. In the last meeting, Bias torched the Jayhawks in the second half to lead OSU for its comeback victory. As upset is unlikely, if Kansas can succeed in the paint with Gardner, knock down a few treys, and keep Bias in check. This game could be much more competitive than people might think.
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