Friends at Bible study ask if the players are mean to me. Well, Reggie Jackson was my first. But of course that wasnt the case. Chris Long on dynamic of naked players, reporters in locker rooms, New York Rangers fans took over the Wells Fargo Center and Im glad it happened, WATCH: Every pitch of Andrew Painters 1st inning vs. the Minnesota Twins, Eagles Buzz: CJ Gardner-Johnson rips Jonathan Gannon on Twitter for Super Bowl performance, Spring Training: Umpires end Orioles vs Pirates game early, but both teams wanted to finish, calling the game themselves, WATCH: Operation Flagship How D.C. Police Lured Wanted Criminals in for Arrest by Offering Super Bowl Tickets. Several were guys who had been my superiors at one time or another and were just so gushing with their praise. Rebecca Lowe who in March joined NBC Sports from ESPN and in 2012 became the first woman to present the FA Cup Final from Wembley Stadium has had hot dogs thrown at her by the U.K.'s infamous. The Rangers treat me like anyone else who wanders in. Answer (1 of 4): After reading Carrie Rickey's answer, I have to say that no one ever gets this story right. SAGAL: And some of the players were like, wait a minute, we don't want girls in here. I asked. Take the blanket no-comment dished out by Dallas Cowboys star and alleged domestic abuser Greg Hardy after a game last year. One of the most famous all-male gentlemen's clubs in London was the Reform Club with the fictional Phineas Fogg started and ended his trip around the world in 80 days. So what? Mowatt was fined $12,500, the other two players $5,000, and the team itself $50,000, since no management had intervened at the time or immediately following. to persuade N.H.L. Ludtke and Time Inc. filed a civil rights lawsuit months later. Maybe I didn't belong here. All-Star Game in Montreal. And while most nudity is off-camera and doesnt find its way to audiences, the shirtless, disheveled, or still-sweating sports star, facing an array of microphones in front of his cubby, has become an enduring image in sports coverage. ", Because his reaction to my question was to begin raising his voice to say, "There's no time.". We're going to ask you about famous men's only clubs. Summoners Value War. Franchises are increasingly fielding their own media teams to produce game stories and video interviewsmeaning more softball questionsjust as metro newspapers are cutting back. Oh, Lord. I always won the big awards in elementary school, went to football games, and performed in talent shows. It wasn't Reggie or pro-locker-room banter. Being in the national spotlight was difficult and a little Going to do my best. think men are going to tend to turn and look and want to say something NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Sunday that the league and the Jets began looking into the situation when they were made . The male athletes dont. Absolutely. The key is to gain the players respect and trust. The bouncing, wide-eyed ball girl who wanted to write about baseball more than anything was gone, abandoned in increments on football fields, at locker room doors, in editors' offices, and on barstools. I've always considered the real hurdle of all this to be players' perception of me, not suppressing my thoughts. And it's OK to spit your sunflower seed hulls on the floor. So when I was about 16, I wrote every major-league club with ball girls and asked about the pros and cons. [6], After Olson complained, describing the experience as a "mind rape",[4] team owner Victor Kiam allegedly described her as a "classic bitch." No sitting or leaning. The latter are supposed to be more humorous than the former, though adulthood has taught me different. According to the Chicago Tribune, Briggs stands behind his comments. In many ways, I had made a career choice when I walked through that locker room door. When men gather at bars and golf courses and any of the other traditional salt licks for male bonding, do they ask the gynecologist what Mrs. Holcombe's hooters look like? On Tuesday, Portis told 106.7 The Fan that both players and female reporters have wandering eyes when the sexes are mixed in a locker room setting. Jerseys are on the floor, not on the playersno jerseys, no name tags, just toweled dudes walking around. Then there was Everson Griffen, an underclassman defensive end who will be a big name next year and eventually on Sundays. I began to rummage through the large boxes until I found the one with my publisher's name on it. The game was boring. About two yards down, I see legs behind the batting cage. She also was a national columnist for AOL's FanHouse sports website, and a columnist and the first woman in Sporting News' 120-year history to write the magazine's monthly back page. Youve got limited time to talk to the players before they leave, so make hay or fail is my mantra. But how can you really profile a guy if you haven't seen his coffee table or the junk stuck to his fridge? Like a lot of kids starting out, I'd do office work all week and help cover games on the weekendsanything for a chance to prove my worth as a sportswriter. I was leaning against a post, waiting for Grant Teaff, holding a notepad. By that time I had moved east to cover the Phillies. Yet anyone who gets self-worth through random sex with a professional athlete is not exactly MENSA material. I asked. The repetitiveness and intensity of the format can be more frustrating. I like to think I've earned a little respect. "Do you think I am a prostitute?" Maybe McDonald's was hiring. I started out in the office, taking scores on the phone and taking heat from the guys. If they're usually not allowed in, I wouldn't expect the teams to apologize for enforcing normal rules. Would it be awesome if they were better ventilated? SAGAL: Here's your first question. In 1973 she was hired as the New York Times' first female sports reporter. What kind of a goob would they take me for if they knew? Jennifer Briggs has covered the Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Phillies, and Green Bay Packers. It was also the Bear's last season. Im at work! Except she. "And I mean, you put a woman and you give her a choice of 53 athletes . Definite double standard here . SAGAL: How do you talk about sports for five hours without boring yourself to death? TAFOYA: All right, Daniel. I got home, took a run and cleaned up and dressed for the ballpark, grabbed my go bag with computer, lipstick, notepads, pens, hairbrush, Altoids, and antacids and headed down I-30 to see what flak awaited me. These arent your high school gym locker roomsmany are increasingly part of multi-room complexes including lounges and training rooms that media cant accessbut journalists would be hard pressed to find so many sources anywhere else. Other interviews are illuminating for the answers they dont elicit. "You can't be in here now.". I was afraid of the unknown. "I can't believe you are not in love with these men," she says, biting her cuticle. They used to have us dance to the "Cotton-Eyed Joe" in the seventh inning, and for a while we shook pom-poms during ralliesacts I now, as a baseball purist, consider heresy. Then, just as I walked in the door, it struck me that I was five feet, three inches tallabout the height of an NBA crotch. After all, the story had just hit newsstands and restaurants and bars and grocery stores in the dead of the previous night. When I was 14, I heard from a friend that the Rangers would soon be hiring ball girls. Female sports reporters reveal the dark side to sport locker rooms FEMALE sports reporters reveal the dark side of reporting on male-dominated sports. [4] In 1985, the NFL enacted an equal access policy of its own. Some simply called me a "stupid bitch" and hung up. I was one of the guys. I might have actually said, "Can we talk about how your face looks like one of those ear-shaped potato chips that the lady from the Lay's factory brings on The Tonight Show once a year? That was the stunned reaction of journalist Joey Chandler after she, along with two other female journalists, was reportedly barred from entering the Jacksonville Jaguars locker room on Sunday night. Affidavit Sample Administrative. "You know," I thought, "I doubt if any of them read the Observer.". I mean, because if you sell out the coach, you never get to talk to them again, so I don't want to sell out the coach. Its my fault, Walsh said, his eyes still glistening. I tried to explain that it is probably a lot like being a male gynecologist: the daily procession of personal parts becomes so routine that it ceases to be of anything but professional interest. 2 min read Independent media will not have access to locker rooms during the upcoming NFL. The reporters were covering the team's loss to the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The access is great, but it does create some very. I think how cool it is to watch a stadium yawn to life. Places in Arlington might not get it until mid-afternoon. ", I falter, and he complains, "Hey, I thought you said you knew sports.". There are postgame press conferences and media availability throughout the week. For instance, there are things I might say to a friend or even a casual coworker that I wouldn't think a thing about, but I stop short of saying such things to the players. Because of my vantage point, it appeared I would have to walk through the shower, through the four wet, naked men, to get to the actual locker-room area. Once you have a live camera or microphone in front of you, youre a different person, says Eskenazi, who covered a variety of sports over his long career. Of course, Rader would have spat corn at anybody. No one did or said anything off-color. By Adrienne Jones. In 1982, Visser was the first woman in Coach Bear Bryant's locker room. A collage on the walls above them shows newspaper headlines and media coverage of famous victories, ringing the small dressing room like a halo. SAGAL: Well, tonight, Michele Tafoya's special segment, What the Hell is Wrong With You People? If necessity of deadlines or getting to someone before another reporter called for it, sure, I'd talk to Oral Roberts's 900-foot Jesus naked, no matter where the crotch fell. It doesn't make me angry anymore; it just seems silly and absurd. Long before I was allowed to eat fish with bones, could go all night without peeing in my bed, or understood Gilligan's Island wasn't real, I loved baseball. Donna doesn't like politics, so she asks what it is I do for the paper again. If you dont understand that, particularly as a woman, you might misinterpret it.. The executive types weren't too hot on the idea. Logic says they might not. NFL Network Airs Interview With Naked Players In Background. After the initial averting of my eyes, I noticed a member of USCs staff naked as well, and it then occurred to me; after you see one naked butt, they all start to look the same. They wouldn't let him in the club, so he finished his journey on the steps. I wrote management repeatedly. Unfortunately, they were working on a few things in that resort, which included labelling the male and female locker rooms. Were you a football fan growing up? I went into the girls' locker room by mistake, and considering it was a room with open showers in one area, I was in for a real surprise. I somehow persuaded them to open it and sell the book to me. But I was humbled by the honor. For the first time in NFL history there will be two female coaches on the. I eventually walked over to Kenny, who was sitting on a stool by his cubicle. Girls in locker rooms are overrated. SAGAL: Because I remember - this was now going back 20 years ago maybe SAGAL: when the first female reporters were working major sports, and they wanted to go into the locker room and do the same damn interviews that their male counterparts were doing. ")[5] Later, on February 4, 1991, at a male-only sports banquet in Stamford, Connecticut, Kiam told the attendees a crude joke about the incident. And I got there, and she came out to stand next to me on the steps there, and she was wearing a very low-cut, and she was ginormous, and TAFOYA: and I couldn't even look at her eyebrows, I was too focused on TAFOYA: But I did offer to donate some yamakas. We drove to a mall in Santa Fe, and there were the boxes, taped, freshly shipped, in the front of the store. others. draft.Readmore, The Rangers announced Friday that they would not use their remaining compliance buyout this summer, ensuring that Brad Richards will return to the team for at least one more season.Readmore, The Mourning Skate: Blues for John Halligan, N.H.L. Women did not get equal access to post-game locker room interviews until a federal court decision in 1978. SAGAL: Or C, Benjamin Franklin became the first and only member thrown out because of his horrible morals? Portis said he thinks a female reporter who has the access to see male football players naked is bound to get turned on. His voice was growing louder. It's the reason I'm a sportswriter, and I learned it from my dad. A few feet in, I realized a hall ran in front of the showers. [6] The general manager of the team was fired. Readmore, The Devils took Anthony Brodeur, an 18-year-old goalie, with the 208th pick of the 211-pick draft, sending their seventh-round pick in 2015 to the Kings in exchange for the chance to pick Brodeur. I'm no wimp; I can take a lot. Before a team got used to me, there might be some giggling each time someone made a smart remark or cursed loud enough to get you kicked out of the Watauga Dairy Queen. I never told my friends. He might not understand that I meant its thickness and shine were enviable. You're the sideline reporter. It may have been his first night. "I don't think women should be in the locker room," he said. It reminds me of a debutante waking up in last night's party dress, reeking of beer. She was drawn back into the controversy as other sports faced their women-in-the-locker-room moments most famously in the court case brought by Sports Illustrated so the reporter Melissa Readmore, The Islanders sent Nino Niederreiter to Minnesota for Cal Clutterbuck, and took defenseman Ryan Pulock with the 15th over all pick in Sundays N.H.L. I can't tell you the bizarre arguments I've had with a few of these creeps who keep suggesting I become a teacher. And I gained 40 pounds. It's a symbiotic relationshipthe relationship only works if both parties are comfortable with the other. Service For. Raffy said, "Hey, he wants to talk to you," pointing to Kenny Rogers. I know people make sexual comments to one another, and they are not always inappropriate. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. TAFOYA: Yes, on-field commentary, pre-game interviews, post-game interviews. All of my male media brethren went cruising into this sacred place, and then, there was only methe lone female reporter covering a USC football gamewaiting outside. They havent had a lot of time to think about what to say, and theyre in a comfortable environment, Boivin says, differentiating the format from occasional post-game news conferences. That's another thing that has changed. Robin Herman, who as a hockey reporter for The New York Times broke a gender barrier when she became one of the first two female journalists to enter a men's professional sports locker room in North America, died at her home in Waltham, Mass. Check out some of our favorites so far. It was an area high school coach who routinely tried to get me to drop by his house when his wife was out of town; when I refused for the third time, he refused to provide any more than perfunctory answers to my story questions. Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they. The TCBY people are pouring half gallons of yogurt stuff into the soft-serve machines; a guy is sweeping up peanuts in three-quarter time. As of 2013, she was working as a freelance writer.[1]. He had leis, candles, and the whole altar thing going on in his locker. For a gender that keeps complaining about equality and respect, they certainly dont seem to think men should get either of those. David Cone, Wells's teammate, gave Olson and Marchiano Wells's address. Or at least that's what I thought I said. Steam Food Of Industry. Ms. Olson was reporting on the New England Patriots in 1990 when she was sexually harassed in the locker room. He sure wished he'd taken it, he said in hindsight. Top photo illustration by Jim Cooke; original photo by Scogin Mayo. If female journalists are allowed into male locker rooms, then either male journalists should be allowed in female locker rooms or female journalists should not be allowed into male locker rooms. And you know, that was the last I ever heard of it from anyone on the team. [1], In 2013, Olson's incident with the Patriots was addressed in the documentary Let Them Wear Towels, part of ESPN Films' Nine for IX series that commemorated the 40th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX. TAFOYA: So there I am, and I'm getting ready to go in, and this is the first time I've ever done this, and I'm just going to do some radio interviews for tape to take them back and turn them around, and I said to myself I had a rule I established before I went in. They've both seen Patriot missiles up close." During my first four years at the Star-Telegram I took one day off to model at an auto show and five days off to get married. I complained. I herby officially declare this behavior: Sign up for Parx Sportsbook and deposit $25 using code WOLVES69, Very real and legitimate journalist | Wednesday Guest Host of The Daily Ticket w/ Sean Brace from 3-6 pm on Fox Sports "The Gambler" | I don't see a loss on the schedule | @ryanconway76. I asked Reggie, as everyone watched and listened. An Ongoing Problem : Women Reporters Resent How They're Treated in the Locker Rooms By FRED LIEF Jan. 5, 1986 12 AM PT United Press International NEW YORK "If a reporter is duly and. Then Kevin Brown left the team and that whole bunch became as nice as could be. Please enter valid email address to continue. They will look at her as one of the guys if she doesn't act like a chick. Oh sure, they may actually think I'm an idiot. SALIE: Like gee, coach, it's not going so well, is it? At the same time, my marriage began taking ugly, unspeakable turns. But she still gets recognized as "the girl" who went in the. We shagged foul balls, but in retrospect, I guess we were more decorative than functional. I wonder how these female reporters and staff would feel showering and changing with men in their locker room? The most puzzled responses to my job come from the friends and acquaintances in my personal life. But I had a deadline. Acceptance will be given if you represent your profession in the highest degree. And you know, they all say that word so well. So, 35 years ago, Herman and another woman a Montreal radio reporter, Marcel St. Cyr gathered with other reporters after the game and walked in to conduct postgame interviews. One of the most sickening feelings I get is when I have to go interview some pitcher who's been shelled or some guy who is struggling at the free throw line or a coach who is on the verge of not being a coach. It might as well have been a water cooler. I went home and called my sports editor. The documentary was about female sportswriters' struggles to gain access to male locker rooms in order to be able to do their jobs. Numerous new-media outlets have likewise gained access, leading to a ballooning locker room press corps and, in turn, limiting the exclusivity of any individual interview. I know they don't know what they're talking about. Good God, all I had wanted to do was cover sports. But of course, he hadn't lost Fluffy; he'd found a woman in his locker room. The following year, a federal judge struck down the MLB policy on 14th Amendment grounds. The exchange between Newton and Rodrigue rightfully spurred a much needed discussion about women and sports journalism, so I decided to ask three former NFL players to speak candidly about their views on women reporters. Sept. 8, 1985 12 AM PT United Press International Sportswriter Donna Balancia had two team officials block her from the New York Giants' locker room after a recent preseason game. I began to cry. TAFOYA: I'm entering my third season for "Sunday Night Football. And it was my first failure covering sports. "Jenn," he asked, "do you want to be treated like an 18-year-old kid or a woman?". Bell bottoms hung over my head as I berated Tom Landry for not getting rid of Mike Clark or praised Roger Staubach the way little kids now get all slobbery over Nolan Ryan. And of course, women everywhere want to know about that great walled fortress of wet boy flesh, the locker room. I had to think as much about how to handle the next unwanted advance or suggestive quip as I did trying to figure the Mavericks' averages. SAGAL: Did somebody drop some profanity on you? It's like having a male gynecologistif he's fairly comfortable doing his thing, it makes the female patient fairly comfortable. Near the field, I can see it is Al Newman and somebody. [4] Robert Perryman did the same while her back was turned. Sometimes I'm kind of quiet in a group interview, and I have this feeling other reporters will think it's because I'm a dumb ol' girl. There were nights in the stands, too, where, just so I could enjoy the game more, my daddy patiently tried to teach the basics of scoring to a child not yet versed in addition. Ines Sainz, a reporter for the Mexican network TV Azteca, gestures while working on the sideline during the second quarter of an NFL football between the New York Jets and the Baltimore Ravens at . I've never been on any campaign to debunk the myth that testicles are somehow inherent to a full understanding of balls. Can the slump be permanent?". In 1975, the NHL allowed New York Times reporter Robin Herman into the men's locker room, making her the first woman to enter a hockey team clubhouse. It gets a lot worse than the predictable . That being said, strip clubs and runway shows are completely different to NBA locker rooms. Covering major league baseball fulltime is my goal. In return for players giving up some privacy, media get a one-stop shop for all the color their audiences could want, while franchises reap the marketing benefits of near-daily publicity. It was an exercise in concentration trying to figure out who was who, and while I was concentrating, unfortunately, I managed to sashay into an area that should have had warning signs around it. first female sports columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald, where she covered rugby union, Australian rules football, cricket and rugby league. Its basically the same interview, over and over again, Islanders forward Anders Lee said Monday, taking off his pads in the corner of the locker room. The poster was new. Yeah. We won some awards, and I gained some confidence and perspective. 1. percykins 7 yr. ago. "Well, I have talked to Troy Aikman," I say, and one woman bites down hard on her blow-dryer and rolls her eyes as though she's just gotten the high school quarterback in spin-the-bottle. Tipped off to my presence, the coach broke into a near run when I headed toward him in the hall. It would be the last day ever for those white shoesand my first of many covering professional sports. He carried me to the back of the outfield wall and climbed the slatted boards with his right arm and clutched me in his left. It was I was down there to see the guy turn off the lights for the last day game. SAGAL: Absolutely. Hell, why do these guys need to come into the locker room to ask questions anyway? Prove to them you know your stuff, and you will have proven to them why you belong there. Scoreboard: Caps Ovechkin Outdoes Pens Crosby and Malkin, Rangers First Pick Is One With Ties to the Islanders, Devils Work a Trade So They Can Select Brodeurs Son, Islanders Make Deal With Wild Before Selecting a Defenseman in the First Round. Someone has come out early for batting practice. Her work has been featured in the anthology, "The Best American Sports Writing". She was previously a sports columnist for the New York Daily News, and the I was close to giving up. She later was a columnist for the FanHouse sports website, and then a columnist for Sporting News. published October 19, 2015. Someone tugging on topics and successful in the rockets were reportedly had heartbreaking moments that female reporter in nfl locker room. The interview format is believed to have been popularized around mid-century by Dick Young, a New York Daily News sportswriter. When you've got dirt on them, all the condescending good-ol'-boy stuff goes out the window. Well, first of all, so now SAGAL: Describe your job. I'm going to look at their eyebrows when I talk to them because that will make sure that I'm focused there, and I can never be accused of looking anywhere else. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Or like Brandon Grahams locker is next to mine, and he has 40 reporters around him, and someone is bumping into my naked ass. I said, "Listen, I have been covering this game since I was about two years older than you are so you can just shut it right now.". Its also awkward for all parties involved. Leaking testosterone and reeking of beer, a Jethro Bodin-esque character sidles up and asks what I do. Sometimes you have to stand around and wait while your guy gets ready, so reporters will pull out their phones and pretend to be reading emails . Gordon Robertson, locker room guard, stops Robin Herman from entering the Chicago Black Hawks locker room (January 1975). I was amazed. SAGAL: He left the Reform Club, traveled around the world in 80 days, came back, ran up the steps, but he was not wearing a jacket and tie. I remember hiding in a tree outside a North Dallas bank waiting for an SMU running back because we had heard this was where he picked up his money. No one seems to know when the first female Equipment . The players dont care, I dont care, heynobody cares! Long goes on to mention how most reporters would brush his concerns aside, which would honestly drive me nuts. I asked one more time interrupting. They picked threeCindy, because she was a perky cheerleader at the University of Texas at Arlington; Jamie, because she had modeling experience; and me, because I was a pest. As Jones talked to reporter Albert Breer about the "nitty-gritty" of his team's latest triumph, the locker room hinterland showed at least seven players in various forms of undress, ranging . Those memories dont come cheap, of course. Gayle Gardner (born ca. "Can I stand here with y'all for a while?" One of the more interesting nuggets from the conversation between two of my favorites was Longs take on reporters accessing locker rooms postgame. 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