I compared my scar (a plate and six screws from a broken ankle) to Mark Tylers scar from his broken leg, with Mark proclaiming mine cooler.. . 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. TAFOYA: I think one of the most - and again, I won't name names - but I remember doing an NBA game, and I was asked to go interview a player's wife in the stands about something. Was I stared at? Well, Reggie Jackson was my first. It is because it doesn't seem that any reporter should be there. We're going to ask you about famous men's only clubs. When I was 14, I heard from a friend that the Rangers would soon be hiring ball girls. If she. I got nothing left. Heck, with 10 percent of the population homosexual, there's a good chance that some of the male reporters are homosexual as well. Hopefully we can ditch this weird practices permanently in 2022. One editor in the chain of sports command kept trying to get me to check into the Worthington Hotel with him after work. NBA teams play 82 games a year, not including playoffs and preseason contests. Am I right? The documentary was about female sportswriters' struggles to gain access to male locker rooms in order to be able to do their jobs. After all, the story had just hit newsstands and restaurants and bars and grocery stores in the dead of the previous night. Someone has come out early for batting practice. The other night, there were two girls in the clubhouse after the game. I broke several stories, one of which won a national award for investigative sports reporting. She was a member of the first class of women at Princeton University. After five years as a sports reporter, she moved on to write about science and health, leaving the rest of the battle to others. 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. The he got to a really big one"Best General Column Writing." I walked over to the only Angel who didn't yet have on some form of clothing. 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. Oh, Lord. SAGAL: I did. I sat at some random desk to look busy for a while, which is what sportswriters do every week or three. 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. He said he wanted to talk. I was a common sight in and around the Rangers digs in those days, so it was no longer like I was some rookie, afraid to speak my mind. Complete Coverage of Ines Sainz on Crimesider. And you know, that was the last I ever heard of it from anyone on the team. "I don't think women should be in the locker room," he said. She lives with three dogs in her happy bungalow in Texas. would be given the same access as men. The Mavericks were a delight to be around even when pissed off. He sobbed at his locker for 15 minutes after the game, as ESPNs Kevin Seifert wrote, later facing a gaggle of reporters. August 12, 2011 / 12:24 PM But she still gets recognized as "the girl" who went in the. The NFL launched an investigation into the incident after Sainz, a veteran reporter, claimed footballs were thrown in her direction by a Jets coach during a practice - seemingly deliberately - and players later called out to her in the team's locker room. TAFOYA: I adored football growing up. Indeed, locker room access is built into players collective bargaining agreements with the four major North American sports leagues. I know people make sexual comments to one another, and they are not always inappropriate. I corresponded with them for another two years before the call finally came. In exchange for their candor I have agreed to keep them anonymous. And I make a beeline for my guy that I'm going to interview, and I'm walking up toward him. TAFOYA: I mean, you get to know every single coach and how he's going to respond to you in TAFOYA: that moment, and you just sort of brace for it. As it stands now, the NFL allows female reporters in locker rooms, but only after games. The dirty little secret I've discovered is how little men know about sports, since this is what men are supposed to know more about than women. My name and Roger Angell's had been mentioned in the same sentence. When you've got dirt on them, all the condescending good-ol'-boy stuff goes out the window. We shagged foul balls, but in retrospect, I guess we were more decorative than functional. From anyone. But the point is that you don't even think much about people being naked after a while, and unless you have some peculiar reason for remembering, you don't know who you have seen naked because they all kind of waltz in and out of the shower naked, just one wet butt covered with soap film after another. Her work has been featured in the anthology, "The Best American Sports Writing". Standard Fraley, so no problems there. If the locker room is where athletes can be themselves, that change may be the most challenging. During the 1977 World Series, the MLB commissioner's office banned then- Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke from both teams' locker rooms, overriding the New York Yankees' blessing and a majority vote in the Los Angeles Dodgers' clubhouse. He glanced sideways, kind of sneered, and stuck his head back in his laptop. from NPR. After a long game, while standing in the middle of the clubhouse waiting for someone to appear, I sometimes gaze off in one direction, the way you stare when you're bored and become transfixed on an object until your eyes cross and you snap back into the reality of car payments and cellulite. He ran into a dark office where I found him hiding under the desk. It's just before batting practice, about 4:30 p.m. I seriously considered taking a job as a researcher for a law firm. Lately I've just started saying I'm a secretary at Wolfe's Nursery. I eventually walked over to Kenny, who was sitting on a stool by his cubicle. [4] One player, Zeke Mowatt, "fondled his genitals" in front of her. The next year, I was included as an honorable mention for two pieces. Before I could utter a word, he said, "Wait, let me rub it, it will get hard.". But some paranoia lingers. I went home and called my sports editor. Back then, almost 30 years ago, passion for the national pastime was an heirloom fathers passed to their sons. If you can do that, they will accept you with open arms, and, actually, be on their best manners when you talk to them. Friends at Bible study ask if the players are mean to me. To begin, I want to point out that female reporters have every right to be in the locker room as male reporters do. But that's while they are still trying to maneuver you quickly into bed. 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. "Jenn," my friend told me, "I guess you rate a towel now.". TAFOYA: And so if they come up with any other days of the week, I'll be happy to try those, as well. It was at height of the womens movement, Herman said. After a while, you just get used to nakedness and its all business. When a guy is naked, hes probably more honest than not.. 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. For days, weeks, months --. A feature on the woman who washes the Rangers' clothes was not out of the question. I could see my worth resided within the confines of a B cup and size six jeans. And here I'd been hoping for a controlled rollout on this thing. from Ines Sainz, a reporter for Mexico's TV Azteca doing a story on quarterback Mark Sanchez, had footballs thrown in her direction by a Jets coach during practice, and players later called out to her in the team's locker room. TAFOYA: Well, you have to maneuver around that. The key is to gain the players respect and trust. The hockey teams locker room isnt as rancid as expected. I complained. At the same time, though, I dont think getting a glimpse at a players brat and potatoes is included in the information-gathering process. In 1982, Visser was the first woman in Coach Bear Bryant's locker room. I've wanted to write stories about baseball since I was 10 years oldto write words so good that people would read them twice. I concluded my sports hiatus last year with a stint on a special projects news team, collaborating with another reporter on a series about Fort Worth's high infant-mortality rate. SAGAL: And some of the players were like, wait a minute, we don't want girls in here. I just wanted to cover sports. Its a professional setting, and if the reporter is professional, the whole experience is smooth as silk. 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. And there I was at the big red clubhouse door, dented and bashed in anger so many times it conjured up an image of stone-washed hemoglobin. If reporters are usually allowed into locker rooms, then this reaction makes sense. I had mentioned Kenny's hair in a story that had yet to even appear in some of the Observer's newsstands. I can't remember the number of times I've picked up the phone in the sports department, answered some trivia question, and, when the answer didn't win the guy a bar bet, had the caller demand, "Put a man on this phone." Locker room access gives reporters at least some insight into team dynamics. Yet all the time I was still dreaming up stories to get me to the ball park. Archival footage of Olson was used in the film, but Olson herself declined to participate in it.[13]. No sitting or leaning. Players tear off equipment at wooden cubbies bearing their names and numbers, laughing about how Mel Gibson got ribbed at the Golden Globes. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. The Downing part of it, as the guys who would later be a part of The Ticket said, was because, "He wouldn't hit a girl, so we'll go in behind you. The first thing I saw was four guys in a big shower. Long goes on to mention how most reporters would brush his concerns aside, which would honestly drive me nuts. The New York Islanders arent shy about giving interviews in various stages of undress. Bill, how did Michele do on our quiz? NFL Network Airs Interview With Naked Players In Background. She has also authored six books and was the first Texas Rangers ball girl. What does it really matter if the rest of the world knows? Answer (1 of 4): After reading Carrie Rickey's answer, I have to say that no one ever gets this story right. First Female Reporter In Nfl Locker Room. Kids at the tanning salon want to know if I date the players. So I went about my business. Whats more, players are increasingly media empires in and of themselves, lessening their incentive to cooperate with journalists. Donna doesn't like newspapers either. SAGAL: I thought I'd bring you on and see what you had. Pearlman is a household name when it comes to sportswriters, and Long is one of the most beloved Philadelphia athletes in recent memory. But I couldn't back out. I was 22 years old and the first woman ever to cover sports for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. I can't understand the idiots who call the sports department and want to talk to a man on the phone instead of meor some guy who goes out of his way to spit Niblets on me. 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. I was down there to see the guy turn off the lights for the last day game. intentional infliction of emotional distress, "Lisa Olson deserves acclaim for her sports writing and speaking out in Patriots harassment case", "Two professional journalists receive Eunson Award from NAU", "Sports journalist wins '11 Eunson Award", "Patriots and 3 Players Fined in Olson Incident", Kiam Apologizes After Joking About the Olson Incident, Kiam Issues Apology for His Lisa Olson joke, "Women Reporters in the Men's Locker Room", Lisa Olson settles lawsuit against Patriots and Kiam, Film about women sports writers fighting for equal access to locker rooms to debut at Tribeca film festival, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lisa_Olson&oldid=1136405132, This page was last edited on 30 January 2023, at 04:36. TAFOYA: Yeah, I used to much more so in the NBA, and that's quite something. [2][3], In 2013, the Association for Women in Sports Media, at its 25th convention, awarded Olson its Mary Garber Pioneer Award. You take a right turn before you have to walk straight into the naked men and the soap. think men are going to tend to turn and look and want to say something Hey, this is pretty cool, I thought. And that gives coaches and players less control over the story., Still, for most mainstream sports journalists, venturing into locker rooms remains a basic necessity to stay competitive. 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. Acceptance will be given if you represent your profession in the highest degree. "Do you think I am a prostitute?" It reminds me of a debutante waking up in last night's party dress, reeking of beer. Host virtual events and webinars to increase engagement and generate leads. July 27, 1997 Seven years ago, Zeke Mowatt flashed himself at Lisa Olson, who was then a reporter for the Boston Herald, and the great locker room debate erupted. The next day, another player told Eskenazi it was a joke. Oh sure, little stuff happened, like the time one of the Oakland A's made a big point of standing next to me naked in the middle of the clubhouse or one of the Los Angeles Raiders chucked a set of shoulder pads at my butt. Covering major league baseball fulltime is my goal. They see how (or if) players interact; get some idea as to who's happy, who's not, and maybe find out why or why not. We were a middle-class family of four with one kid just a few years from college and another a few years from kindergarten. Cindy, who is dabbing brown goop on my roots, figures this is like when the seniors get all reactionary and vote in the ugliest girl for homecoming queen, and it just might happen on a bigger scale. As Orwell said, Everyone's equal, but some are more equal than others. About 1987, I got crossways with the sports editor. I pushed open the door and gazed into the visitors' locker room, a big square chamber with locker cubicles lining its perimeter and tables and chairs scattered around the center. "The locker room is the place where us guys, us football players, we dress, we shower, we're naked, we're walking around and we're bombarded by media," he told NBC Chicago. The Liberty Line is owned and operated by TLL Sports LLC. The reasoning behind this policy is that players are more likely to be relaxed and open with reporters after they have had a chance to cool down and take a shower. Cripes, maybe I should just wait til they all get dressed before talking to them? They gave me all the weird stories. I had started wandering longingly over to the sports department, just to talk about baseball. He shook his head and said, "No, I didn't say that.". first female sports columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald, where she covered rugby union, Australian rules football, cricket and rugby league. We lived in Arlington, about five miles from the ball park. Lisa Olson is an American sports journalist. SAGAL: And is this something you always wanted to do? They've both seen Patriot missiles up close." I always won the big awards in elementary school, went to football games, and performed in talent shows. I wonder how these female reporters and staff would feel showering and changing with men in their locker room? And it was my first failure covering sports. Eskenazi recalls an episode from the New York Jets locker room in 1988, when defensive end Mark Gastineau pulled down his pants to show Eskenazi a tattoo on his hind quarters reading Gitte, short for then-girlfriend Brigitte Nielsen. In no other workplace in America are you expected to be putting your clothes on, and somebodys going to talk to you. It is the sports leagues and teams that decided interviews were to be 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. People were calling from all over about the piece. The guys are much more formal in talking. "That's possible," he replied. Female sports reporters reveal the dark side to sport locker rooms FEMALE sports reporters reveal the dark side of reporting on male-dominated sports. 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. 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. He said he was 16. She has covered sports stories in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Japan, China, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. Like other working people, professional athletes want to leave the office when their shift ends, so they waste no time stripping down to hit the showers. But I can understand the athletes being naturally uncertain what to make of women, of me. ), "Hey, if you know so much about sports," he continues, "let's see if you can answer this question: Who was the last NFL running back to also play quarterback in an even-numbered Super Bowl? He said he chose to run this piece in tandem with Roger Angell's piece because, all else aside, they were stories by a couple of kids who grew up loving baseball. He had leis, candles, and the whole altar thing going on in his locker. Ken Dryden of the Montreal Canadiens talks to reporters in the locker room circa 1975 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I understand that uniformsunless they say, "Eb, your man who wears the star" on the lapelare a great aphrodisiac in contemporary culture. About two yards down, I see legs behind the batting cage. And I didn't want to go back to putting up full-time with condescending high school and college coaches and jerks guarding locker room doors. I have complained little through the years because the last thing I ever wanted to do was to single myself out from the guys. Or maybe into public relations. And blocked by virtue of being a woman Melissa Ludtke's landmark. 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. when she asked if he'd like brown gravy or cream. I wasn't afraid of naked men. He was home and reading stuff on the wire, as we called it at the time. And you know, they all say that word so well. The immediate response is curiosity: Do I get to go in the locker room? ADAM FELBER: Welcome back to You Disgust Me with Michele Tafoya. SAGAL: I got to ask you about the 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. We've invited Tafoya to play a game called "Enter at your own risk!" 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 . He might not understand that I meant its thickness and shine were enviable. I talk to the coaches at halftime as they walk in or out of the locker room, and that's always a load of fun especially the losing coach. 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. The Lisa Olson Incident, 20 Years Later: Today is the 20th anniversary of the Lisa Olson incident in the New England Patriots locker room, when the female Boston Herald sportswriter was sexually harassed by players Zeke Mowatt, Robert Perryman and Michael Timpson. Top photo illustration by Jim Cooke; original photo by Scogin Mayo. I asked one more time interrupting. On Sept. 25, 1978, a judge ruled that women should be allowed to enter locker rooms. Steam Food Of Industry. Well, first of all, so now SAGAL: Describe your job. It's not a place for socialising. While all this was going on, I began helping out with Dallas Cowboys sidebar articles and weekend coverage of the Rangers. I said, "Well, you better get used to it now, because there are women all over clubhouses in the big leagues. Indeed, athletes are increasingly coached on what to say to reporters in interviewsand what not to say. Or at least that's what I thought I said. Immediately, reporters started asking me, Are you going to do it? What kind of a goob would they take me for if they knew? And theres going to be cameras. All rights reserved. Briggs first said women journalists should be barred from locker rooms during an interview with Peggy Kusinski of NBCChicago.com on Wednesday, the same day the NFL issued a memo that said women . I had enough natural talent, I felt certain, that with one high heel in the door, I could work my way into a writer's jobmaybe even someday cover baseball. Still, most professional athletes also realize that allowing journalists into their sanctuary is a part of the job. She was assigned to cover the Boston Bruins, the 1990 Super Bowl, and, beginning in the fall of 1990, the New England Patriots. One even said, "You know you don't have to do this work," in a tone that sounded like Sting telling Roxanne she didn't have to put on the red light. But this was something else. The first time I saw The Best American Sports Writing, I wasn't anywhere near good enough a writer to gain entry into that elite company. I began experiencing panic attacks and became practically addicted to the antianxiety drug Xanax, buying it from bartenders and acquaintances when my prescriptions ran dry. The players were roaming around in towels or standing by their lockers speaking into digital recordersno one was smacking towels on butts, no one was making soap jokes. In 1978, Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke won the right to practice journalism in the locker room of the New York Yankees, securing equal access to cover the same sports teams and. "Can I talk to you for a minute," I said. Other interviews are illuminating for the answers they dont elicit. Its a symbiotic relationship. Like the other night when I was interviewing Kenny Rogers after the game, and I just happened to notice he had really healthy-looking hair. Once, after they'd let me try my hand at writing for a year or so, editors told me I'd never make a writer. At the same time, my marriage began taking ugly, unspeakable turns. They were reporters and looked young enough to remind me of my old daysexcept they weren't wearing white flats. Originally published June 4, 1992, in the Dallas Observer. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. I'm a general assignment sports reporter now, which means I do whatever they ask of me. By then, I had become accustomed to the nudity and byplay of the locker room. 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. You get a really honest reaction, and thats what makes stories good., Some of the best locker room reporting comes when the unthinkable happens, reminding us that these gods between the lines are just men and women outside of them. Half the cost of the team's fine was to defray instructional materials the league could send to all teams and players, and Tagliabue wrote a letter to Kiam expressing his belief that the incident had "damaged" the league. From a New York Times obit by Richard Sandomir headlined "Robin Herman, Who Pried Open Doors in the NHL, Dies at 70":. [4] The Herald's then owner, News Corporation, offered to transfer her to Sydney, Australia, where she worked for The Daily Telegraph and the Sydney Morning Herald. Some summers we went to 20 games; others we went to about 56. I helped cover the team for the Associated Press. The telephone poll conducted this week among 1,026 randomly selected adults nationwide found 59 percent of 556 women and 47 percent of 470 men said female reporters should be banned from NFL . Career ladders are never cushy for anybody, man or woman, unless of course your dad is president of GM or GE or whatever Nation's Bank is called this week. New York Times hockey reporter Robin Herman was a trailblazer, breaking down gender barriers by becoming the first female journalist to interview players inside a men's professional sports locker room in the U.S. On Tuesday, her husband former Times editor Paul Horvitz told the newspaper that she passed away from ovarian cancer. SAGAL: I thought, you know, when you turned around, he'd have the towel around his head to cover up his big eyes. I got in the car. Oh sure, at first they think it's pretty cool that you're the only person at a party who can remember Neil Lomax's name or that you can name all the Rangers managers in 18 secondswith a shot in your mouth. [6] The general manager of the team was fired. Before The Best American Sports Writing for that year was in bookstores, I went on a Thelma and Louise-type journey with a girlfriend. God, I can't believe someone didn't warn me, I thought. Olson later wrote a column apologizing to Wells for coming to his house during what was such an emotional time. TAFOYA: Let me tell you about my first time. Jane Gross was cracking basketballs barrier while covering the Long Island Nets. That did it; now they were ready to call the police. Reporters dont wait for senators in the bathroom after important votes, or quiz the conductor of the New York Philharmonic as he puts on his cummerbund. Locker room interviews that take place after professional sports . Franchises are increasingly fielding their own media teams to produce game stories and video interviewsmeaning more softball questionsjust as metro newspapers are cutting back. I feel like because we get paid so much money, and were such macho dudes that everybody is like, fuck em.. ", OK, so game over and time to head back down to the clubhouse. I wanted to know these 4 things: 1. He kept muttering. It doesn't make me angry anymore; it just seems silly and absurd. Now almost everyone had stopped watching football and was watching me and Reggie. I dropped my plans to go to the University of Texas and study broadcasting. Report", Jackie MacMullan reported that the fines were never actually collected from the players. When the day finally came that she would break down a huge professional barrier, Robin Herman did not have much time to prepare. My dad was a buyer for Better Monkey Grip Rubber Company, and I'm not complaining. Sometimes I take a seat in the dugout, where a few of the guys are filtering in, grabbing bats and bubble gum. No less than two or three times a home stand, the feeling hits againalmost always as I walk down that tunnel from the upper deck that spits you out in back of home plate. SAGAL: Do you do that because I've wondered about that? He said this about three times. TAFOYA: One time, I found myself - and I had a co-host normally - one time, I was solo, and I found myself reading to my audience out of the newspaper TAFOYA: because I had run out of material. I did not want to smell the entire ride home, so I decided to take a shower. instantly became the news and television cameras swung to them. TAFOYA: a player sitting next to him says, ma'am, could you just turn around and let the man put a towel on? Those years were perhaps the most trying. TAFOYA: No, it is, but the emotional rollercoaster of being a fan, it's just not worth it. A male usher stopped three female journalists from entering the Jaguars locker room after their loss to the Colts because they were women, asking other men if it was OK before finally allowing . Specific. All she wanted was to be afforded the . It's been 46 years since the first women entered a professional locker room when two female reporters were allowed to conduct after-game interviews in the locker rooms at the 1975 N.H.L. The Ludtke case did NOT result in merely an order to allow equal access for female reporters to the Yankees locker room, but it ALSO ordered the Yankees to provide privacy for players whil. Referring to the United States military's use of Patriot missiles during the then-ongoing Gulf War, Kiam said to the audience: "What do the Iraqis have in common with Lisa Olson? I checked out Rey Maualugas locker, which resembles something out of that voodoo-worshipping slugger from the movie Major League. "A sportswriter, huh? My understanding was the brat later had a good talkin'-to with the manager and the GM, and as far as I know, the closest he would ever get to the bigs was buying a ticket. [4] In 1985, the NFL enacted an equal access policy of its own. 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