What a gracious, classy, funny moment by
@DanCrenshawTX
on
#SNL
as he accepted
#PeteDavidson
's apology. Best part comes at 3 min mark -- what Veterans Day means, how it's a bridge to all Americans and a nod to Pete's dad who died on 9/11.
I covered Brett Favre when he sent unwanted dick picks to
@Jets
employee
@jennifersterger
, along w/ lewd voicemails/texts. She did nothing wrong, never even met him, yet she was the one who was vilified & cast aside.
His world is still tiny & myopic 🙄
Some great personal news: After two weeks in ICU and 8 days on life support with sepsis, my mother shocked everyone a few hours ago, including doctors, when she woke up and told her kids they could go home. Much thanks to all who've sent kind thoughts & healing prayers. ❤️🙏🏻
Why didn't David Ortiz talk about PEDs while they were dragging down baseball, costing clean players $$ and jobs? Ortiz could've said, "I don't want no part of this," but didn't.
Now he uses the word "snitch" to describe a whistleblower, knowing full well the danger this brings.
David Ortiz on Mike Fiers: "I'm mad at (Fiers). After you make your money and you get your ring, you decide to talk about it? Why didn't you talk about it during the season when it was going on? Why didn't you say 'I don't want no part of this.' Now, you look like a snitch."
Any GM serious about taking accountability -- nay, any decent, contrite human -- would've stood up, looked
@stephapstein
in the eye and apologized in front of the cameras.
He has no idea what she & the other women have endured this week, all for doing their jobs.
Astros GM Jeff Luhnow was asked whether he had personally reached out to
@stephapstein
to apologize.
Luhnow said he’s been busy and hasn’t had the time.
Stephanie was sitting in the room.
@maggieNYT
@maggieNYT
I hope you are working on a story about all the workers at Mar-A-Lago who came into contact with these carriers. The cleaning staff, bartenders, valets ...
Because then they go home to their loved ones and well, you know.
When Bill Walton heard I was teaching sports journalism at ASU
@sportscronkite
, he offered to guest lecture, as students were an essential part of his Pac-12 prep. The thousands of pics of him are 🎯— arms outstretched, embracing the world. What a lesson he leaves for all of us.
Devastated. RIP to a legend, to a man who always returned a phone call, who was always gracious, who never hesitated to offer warm greetings or advice, our friend John Madden💔
#RIPJohnMadden
Wendi Winters was a journalist but she also was a Navy brat and a Navy mom -- 3 of her 4 kids are Navy officers. When a gunman attacked the
@capgaznews
, she fought back, saving colleagues.
Shame on anyone who calls her or any journalist an "enemy of the people."
“She’s got four kids, she’s not going to take it from anyone." Quote from son of Capital Gazette reporter Wendi Winters, who was killed in the newsroom shooting but not before charging the shooter, perhaps saving colleagues' lives
@NYinLA2121
@AOC
@NBCNews
There's a high chance the person who wrote the tweet was a recent college grad, working for minimum wage, who did not know the procedures of conventions.
It's still an egregious tweet, and it illustrates why social media journalism ought to be treated seriously by employers.
My 79yo mom & her 79yo boyfriend took temp jobs as Ariz ballot counters 3 weeks ago, for min wage, 7:30 am-4pm, 7 days a week. It’s been like factory work, they come home sore every night & get up w/ the sun, partly bc they feel a civic duty.
This is so disgusting.
Who are we?😡
Walked into local bar to have a ginger ale (!) after taking care of my 101yo grandma, saw
@nyjets
QB go down, exhaled loudly — and woman next to me complaining her hatred of J-E-T-S — says, to me, oh F off, what do you know about football?
Should I tell her? 😍
@SarahSpain
Know what's great about being a journalist covering sports, beyond the obvious? If a team/owner/league tried to shut out/ban one of our fellow credentialed media members, there would be a huge uproar from every single organization and solidarity from every journalist.
#journalism
This reprehensible gaslighting by
@astros
isn't just about female reporters or domestic violence. It's about the team accusing
@stephapstein
of fabricating a story even tho other reporters were witnesses.
It's a national shame, this slamming of journalists doing their damn jobs.
The team is fully aware of the abuse women reporters take. So is the league. there have been multiple stories written about the abuse women reporters endure in this country. Its no secret. MLB and the Astros should be taking a stand against it, not condoning it
Imagine being the
@FOXTV
producer in charge of breaking news & insisting all coverage now needs backdrop of rare times Trump wore a mask. My relatives are avid watchers of FOX and they are anti-mask because of Trump, because they watch FOX.
Is America that dumb? (Don't answer!)
Fox News illustrates breaking news that Trump has tested positive for Covid with rare image of him briefly wearing a mask - moving quickly to airbrush from the minds of viewers his reckless refusal to do so routinely and his constant mockery of Biden for being more responsible.
Bravo
@stephapstein
👏
"As a reporter, I am the record. When the clubhouse opens to media, as the (CBA) stipulates that it must ... every interaction I see, hear or take part in is on the record unless I have specifically come to an agreement otherwise with someone beforehand."
Orlando Arcia said anything he says in the clubhouse except during an interview is off the record. Some fans and even media members have exhibited a similar misunderstanding of how this works.
On “the record,” what it is and what it’s for:
@redsteeze
You clearly know nothing about Pat Tillman, or what he believed & stood for. Shame on you for using a dead soldier to make your small-minded point.
@mmfa
They ARE doing what they're hired to do. Not a single football player is refusing to play football. They are also doing charity work in communities, raising $$ for victims of violence, not tossing paper towels to flood victims ...
This is what life looks like 2 weeks after we’ve all had our 2nd vaccination. Grandma, age 102; mom, daughter. And margaritas! Of course we’ll all continue to wear masks and keep social distance when in public, because we’re not evil or daft and we believe in science. 🥂🍾🍻
Bravo
@Giants
Steve Tisch: "(Trump) has no understanding of why they take a knee or why they're protesting. When the new season starts, I hope his priorities are not criticizing the NFL and telling owners what to do and what not to do."
Hope this gives other
@NFL
owners a kick!
As a young girl, I was a
@Suns
ballgirl when Paul Westphal manned the backcourt.
Later, as a journalist, I'd occasionally reach out to him for stories, and he was always accessible, kind, informative.
What a player. What a beautiful human, gone today at 70 from brain cancer 💔
Westy will not be immortalized for just playing basketball. He will be remembered for how he lived his life, and how he treated others.
Rest In Peace, Westy 🙏
@dcexaminer
THEY ARE NOT PROTESTING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!
(Sorry about the yelling. By now, social media gurus, headline writers and copy editors really ought to know the correct phrasing for these peaceful protests🤷♀️)
My aunt in Oregon bought a heated USED TOILET SEAT off Craigslist as a present for my grandma's 102 birthday. I'm about to go meet a stranger at an Arizona McDonald's and pay him $20 for the heated USED TOILET SEAT.
If I never return, this will be my last kind deed.
😇🙏
We couldn’t celebrate last year but now that we're all vaccinated ... on the day my grandma turned 103, she drank a margarita, whacked a piñata, celebrated with four of her seven children & planned a party next year that will include her 26 grandkids, 40 greatkids & their kids 💕
@mjacobs324
@CatSharkSherpa
This re-connection has made me so happy!
"Ms Jacobs! Is that you?!"
That's what every teacher throughout the world wants to hear. Thank you Ms Jacobs, for having such an extraordinary impact on your student. And for the poetry ❤️
Once at the great bar Chelsea Commons, I was w/
@NYDN
pals. Regis asks bartender James to introduce us & says, I swear: 'I've always wanted to meet you & tell you how much I love your Mets columns.'
I fell on the floor
He went out of his way to make everyone feel important.
RIP
@cov_Gretchen
This is indeed the USA. Have you never experienced another religion? If not, I and plenty of others will happily escort you to a mosque, a temple, a synagogue, a yurt, a monastery, a wat — all the places of worship in Brooklyn and throughout America.
Peace and Merry Christmas.
Huge congrats to
@SarahSpain
for her brains, her wit, her bravery for pushing the conversation in sports. She's way more than "the cute girl everyone wants to have a beer with." Beers are on me, next time we meet Sarah! via
@crainschicago
Still gutted over Gwen dying. We met at '98 Nagano Olympics, shared a bowl of live worms, then had a million more adventures around the world, two gingers covering sports.
Gwen always was the smartest, most passionate and curious person at any round table. She was so loved❣️
Oh boy, a troll just posted this to mock my hair ... and I agree, the 90s perm is hideous!
Beyond that, I’m quite proud to be named along with
@BillieJeanKing
as one of 5 women who shattered the glass ceiling in sports ❤️
Where and when has
@AaronRodgers12
been canceled? He’s still a starting quarterback, still stars in commercials, still could speak to any journalist he wants and is still on my TV and yours every week.
Yet he continues to whine about being canceled 🤷♀️
In this awful, tragic moment, Lisa Salters especially has shown why experienced journalists matter. Empathetic, informative, dialed-in.
While it certainly is a small asterisk at this moment, one day
@saltersl
's work will be a definitive journalism teaching tool.
News reports say Anthony, age 15, used his body to protect his fellow classmates. He was shot several times by a madman with a high power assault weapon -- a weapon that is used for one reason, to kill.
I'm glad at least one elected official has the sense to visit him.
He’s 15.
He was shot 5 times. At school.
Anthony Borges is said to be recovering, and today he was visited by the
@browardsheriff
- the agency released this photo.
#StonemanDouglasHS
I wrote this two years about how women in sports are STILL forced to leave their dignity at the door. It's happened to me, to you, to her and her and her and her and and her and her and her and her and her and her and her and her andherandherandher
#MeToo
God speed
@jemelehill
. You've blazed quite a trail for females in the sports biz thanks to your passion, your brain, your work ethic and sense of humor (the latter does come in handy). It's refreshing and encouraging to watch you forge such a unique path!
In the new adventure dept: This semester I'm adjunct faculty
@Cronkite_ASU
, ASU’s prestigious journalism school. If you’re in downtown Phoenix, give a shout! We’re not far from where my great-grandfather owned a curio shop at the turn of the century and, reportedly, a brothel.
Nineteen years ago today these 12 guys from my local NYC firehouse were among thousands who had their last, great day on this planet. Ray Pfeifer, most beloved of all Cavemen, made it 13 after dying of 9/11 cancer 💔💔
#NeverForget
#nyc
#FDNY
#fdnyEngine40Ladder35
#cavemen
@JonHeyman
Hey
@JonHeyman
, there's also no hiding that Huff IS a dangerous misogynist, which is the reason the
@SFGiants
would rather he not be included.
Some things are more important than the show.
So stay home.
Or, better, decide that caring about fellow humans is far more important than your very minor discomfort ... and head on out to the ballpark ❤️🤍💙
Proud to again be teaching classes in sports reporting/writing this semester
@sportscronkite
@Cronkite_ASU
. Bring on the missing-deadline nightmares ✍️📹📺
Somehow just seeing this. What you should know about Lisa is the fortitude and grace that defined her after this life-changing moment. She is not only a brilliant journalist but the epitome of class, and
@Cronkite_ASU
is lucky to have her.
Not a single sports journalist has the power to cancel sports. They report, some offer opinions, and then they spend the day talking to people they cover to report more facts so people like
@IngrahamAngle
can make up things.
Will the one person who stopped saying MERRY CHRISTMAS because they feared repercussions please raise their hand? I'd like to meet them, but I'm pretty sure they don't exist.
Also, Merry Christmas everyone. Happy holidays, too.
People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. I am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
This is such a big deal --
#LesleyVisser
becomes THE FIRST woman to receive the The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Sports Emmys. Beyond all her trailblazing feats and firsts, the amount of people ...
@davidfrum
No matter how anyone feels about Trump, the country is not getting important, coherent info from him in these briefings. And his fights with journalists overshadow the actual news.
Give us doctors and scientists, please.
So tired of telling young female sport journalists they should steer clear of him, and him ... and definitely HIM😡
There are many, many good and decent men in the business. Maybe, probably, it's time they picked up the slack?
Beautiful! Stick taps to everyone who came out to support the female high school goalie who last week was bombarded with vile chants — as not a single ref, coach, administrator, parent or student stepped in to stop it.
Humanity abides ❤️
New York Mets general manager Jared Porter sent explicit photos, including a naked picture of a penis, to a foreign female reporter in 2016 after she had ignored dozens of other messages from him for weeks.
Details in news story with
@minakimes
at ESPN:
Here's what stings about WaPo's expose on the team's legacy of sexual harassment of employees & reporters: the comments everywhere - social media, blogs, newspapers - saying, 'That's it?'
Proves how this culture in sports is so ingrained.
Anyway 👏👏
@willhobson
@lizclarketweet
Text tonight from one of my closest friends, a longtime FDNY captain who survived 9/11: "Never seen anything like this. Not allowed to give heart attack victims CPR on scene. Have to make Sophie's choice w/ others. And so many of us are sick. Pray Lisa. Just pray."
My. God.
I, too, finally got Covid.
Never been this ill, not even when I had double pneumonia or melanoma. Thankfully, like
@KenTremendous
, I had done my own research and was fully vaccinated so I didn’t die😅
Finally got Covid. Fortunately I had done my own research, and concluded that I should be fully vaccinated and get a booster shot, so I've had very mild symptoms so far. Highly recommend doing your own research, which will lead you to the same conclusion!
@CharlesPPierce
When I win the lottery, you will be my first hire at my new sports outlet, to write and say whatever you want.
Not sure of my next hires. Possibly
@RattoIndy
,
@mikefreemanNFL
; I have a soft spot for clever, biting wisdom.
The rest of my staff might be all smart women 😍
@MattChampion26
@annkillion
Oh you poor thing! Imagine having your enjoyment ruined because a few female reporters dared to point out vile behavior in their work place.
Can I get you a blanket, a pacifier? Or maybe someone to help you figure out your enjoyment & their situation are two separate things?
I once vowed to never use the word "hero" when it came to sports.
An exception: Claire Smith changed how we cover ⚾️, not just bc she's a bad ass woman of color who busted doors open for all of us. She sees beauty in every inning, finds something fresh in every pitch.
My hero ❤️
In 1981, I wrote a sidebar at a
@Phillies
game— my first baseball byline. Wanted to reach a 40th season of coverage, but heck, if 39 was good enough for Campy, it’s good enough for me. I thank
@ESPN
& the amazing friends/family there for an extraordinary 13 years. I 💖 you all.
Christine Brennan, sports journalism's ultimate trailblazer, keeps blazing trails.
Now she joins the rarefied (and mostly male) club of Red Smith Award winners, selected by AP Sports Editors for outstanding contributions to sports journalism.
Well done
@cbrennansports
❤️
You know who are really susceptible to COVID-19, besides the elderly?
Military vets.
People who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11 -- cops, firefighters, iron workers, health care workers.
Please think about them while you're doing the "It's America, I can do what I want" dance 🇺🇸
Awful scenes in Melbourne.
Dalila Jakupovic has abandoned her
#AusOpen
qualifying match after suffering a coughing fit while playing in thick smoke caused by the
#AustralianFires
.
Sports journalism is still a cut throat business in many ways. It will forever make me smile when I hear stories of how the women who paved the way helped other women.
❣️ Phyllis and Leslie for passing the hat 👒
Lesley Visser on Phyllis George: She was an American icon-She touched everyone around her with kindness & charm-One year at Derby, Phyllis insisted we switch hats; saying the one I was wearing was not up to network broadcast-I was probably the 25th person she helped that day
There is not another person in the business who has done more for female sports journalists than
@cbrennansports
. For decades she has elevated and supported, all while reporting and writing at the highest level.
Congrats Christine 👏👏👏
Congrats to sports media personality
@cbrennansports
who receives Red Smith Award today in LV. Her former
@washingtonpost
boss George Solomon left golf course to travel West to present her w/what many consider country’s highest sports journalism honor.
Any white men who might've been playing too slowly on a golf course ever had the police called on them?
Serious question. Because these black women playing Grandview Golf Club clearly knew golf etiquette and still the cops were called.
Until a reliable vaccine is found, here's the future of every single sport if we don't figure a way to start mass testing, tracing, isolating. Games will be planned, possibly even played, and then ... oops, back to square one.
How is this that hard?
Can I humbly request we get rid of the word LADY when describing any female teams?
I mean, I like being called a lady when I'm having tea or such, but never when I'm elbowing for a rebound 😊
But if we're going to make female athletes represent explicitly male mascots, I would humbly like to suggest the USC Trojans & Diaphragms, the S. Carolina Gamecocks & GameCUNextTuesdays and the Carthage Red Men & Aunt Flos.
I wouldn't have been able to write this column without women like
@AmeliaRayno
and
@4lisaguerrero
bravely sharing their stories. Lift a glass to them and all the others this holiday season! cc
@AWSM_SportMedia
Lots of people thru the years have asked me why I left sports broadcasting. In this wonderful article about
#MeToo
in Sports by
@Lisa_Olson1
I finally share one of the many reasons why.
America, 2020: When a professional athlete says the KKK ought to be deemed a terrorist organization and is told to “stick to sports, before you lose 75% of your fan base.” 😡
Only way I could ❤️ this any more is if
@HQonESPN
had a 👩🏻🦰 ... but oh my, how fun to see a trio of super smart and clever chicks rocking the sports world.
Well done
@SarahSpain
@katienolan
@minakimes
Ahem. This:
"I’m still talking to people and they’re still asking me why there aren’t more women in sports journalism, to which the answer is obvious: Why aren’t there more women working in sports journalism? Because you aren’t hiring women."
👏👏👏
Doesn't matter how
@drewbrees
got to this point -- whether he was pressured or changed his mind organically.
He got to this point. He's a decent man who got there.
To
@realdonaldtrump
Through my ongoing conversations with friends, teammates, and leaders in the black community, I realize this is not an issue about the American flag. It has never been. We can no longer use the…
When I first started a career in sports journalism, I could count on two fingers the number of women in the press box. Grateful to
@AWSM_SportMedia
&
@GALvanizeLife
for the phenomenal work they’ve done to make the biz BETTER, more equal, interesting and fun!
#NGWSD
❤️🏈🏀⚾️🏒⚽️
When I 1st started, I would count women I saw at sporting events - because I could - needing just 1 hand. This is simply the women from last yr’s
@GALvanizeLife
events. Look at all the hands I’d need now. Happy
#NGWSD
- We’ve come a long way, ladies, but so much further to go🌟
How interesting that Anita Sehgal, Senior VP, Marketing and Communications for
@astros
, has protected her account (
@texasroughrider
), rather than explain or take accountability for the smear campaign she oversaw that could've ended the career of a female journalist.
Astros executive Anita Sehgal oversaw the smear of reporter Stephanie Apstein. Astros GM Jeff Luhnow reviewed it before it was sent out. Sehgal and Luhnow should be sanctioned for their attempt to ruin a career — all because of a story that inconvienced their baseball team.