In 1990, while working at the Boston Herald, she alleged that she was sexually harassed by New England Patriots football players in the team's locker room. I won't even look in their eyes. But then Donna likes the men she meets at Baja. She demanded the same access that male reporters had. Michele Tafoya is the Emmy award-winning reporter for NBC's Sunday Night Football, but she's spent time on basketball courts, softball diamonds, gymnastics mats and now public radio quiz show game grids. Ill never forget the first time I entered that forbidden place called the players locker room. 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. Sure.. I did not want to smell the entire ride home, so I decided to take a shower. I cant really think of something else thats similar to this, Bailey said. I seriously considered taking a job as a researcher for a law firm. I have complained little through the years because the last thing I ever wanted to do was to single myself out from the guys. Suddenly it all made sense: the way the numbers went across in a line on a scoreboard, what the three numbers at the end of the nine meant, even why the shortstop didn't have a bag. But the reality was, a newspaper did not have space for the words or freedom on the finer nuances of body-part language. SALIE: Do you have a minute for me, coach? Please enter valid email address to continue. You know when the line has been crossed because you know about the culture that youve entered . SAGAL: The club was famed for its beverage known as Fish House Punch, which according to legend was so potent, it knocked George Washington out of commission for three days. He might not understand that I meant its thickness and shine were enviable. "Jenn," he asked, "do you want to be treated like an 18-year-old kid or a woman?". he demanded. [4], On April 25, 1991, Olson filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts state court against the Patriots, Kiam, Sullivan, Oldham, and the three players (Mowatt, Timpson, and Perryman), alleging violations of her civil rights, sexual harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and intentional damage to her professional reputation. My most innocent comments were greeted with sexual innuendo. I explained again that I was a sportswriter waiting for Grant Teaff and pointed out other reporters, all men, around the lobby. 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. Answer (1 of 4): After reading Carrie Rickey's answer, I have to say that no one ever gets this story right. I somehow persuaded them to open it and sell the book to me. The Mavericks were a delight to be around even when pissed off. The only way a female reporter can do her job in a locker room is if the players dont look at her as a chick. So what? A, Revolutionary officers hid inside from British pursuers who wouldn't enter because they were not members. It was also the Bear's last season. I wrote about civil rights issues and roamed through abandoned warehouses alone in search of skinheads. I was in some pretty heavy company. I have one of the few jobs where the first thing people ask about is penises. Writing this the other night, tears filled my eyes, and I got that precry phlegm in my throat. To begin, I want to point out that female reporters have every right to be in the locker room as male reporters do. TAFOYA: But still, tune in each Sunday night. There are a lot of times I want to compliment a player or make a personal observation, just because it's my nature, but my nature has to change for a moment because I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression about my intentions. I'd actually never been in an NBA locker room until last winter. When I interviewed players, I found I had a much more personal relationship with them if I could sit next to them at their locker, says Gerald Eskenazi, an occasional CJR contributor who spent more than 40 years writing for The New York Times. OK, so now it was home to take a run and try to clear my head of concerns about just what might be waiting for me at the ballpark. Donna is a good argument for euthanasia. It was important to be bold. So I stepped down the tunnel from the dugout to the clubhouse and peered around the open door. Long goes on to mention how most reporters would brush his concerns aside, which would honestly drive me nuts. 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. So you've been in the Mavericks locker room? "I don't think women should be in the locker room," he said. The Major League Baseball season counts nearly twice as many, while the shorter NFL campaign sees much more focused media attention. So everyone's kind of shuffling around. But the most moving were the ones who said something along the lines of, "Well, I just want you to know, if I ever had anything to do with any of that, I'm sorry. Those years were perhaps the most trying. The biggest cultural difference between reporting on sport in the UK and across the pond is that everyone here is allowed into the locker-room. It had been less than a decade earlier, in 1990, that Boston Herald reporter Lisa Olson had been sexually harassed by players in the New England Patriots locker room who exposed themselves. At the same time, my marriage began taking ugly, unspeakable turns. . As usual, several radio guys lined up behind me. I got nothing left. So you've got all these big-haired babes who think the electoral college is a beauty school, ready to hoist their miniskirts for the first athlete who comes along. It was the lonely thread that tied me to my game. Why? And theyre very conscious that everything they say could get out.. 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. 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. 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. As I steamed over this, I took a shot of courage (a cold Starbucks Caf Latte) and pondered my circumstances. I told her I hadn't heard about it, but would let her know, assuring her I would be the last to know if I had been fired. Television. Now that is underrated, and the goal of every reporterits what keeps us focused. I've known one veteran NFL player for more than 20 years -- since he was in college -- and he tolerates women in the locker room but honestly believes we, including me, are there to look at naked . We laughed and remembered when Desmond Reed finally scored a touchdown and he lit up telling me, I couldnt even enjoy it. Here's your last question. I have no idea why, except that Nolan Ryan and my daddy are my heroes, and I just have no need of seeing either one of their white heinies. Other summer nights we sat on the back porch and listened to the Rangers on the radio. Then there was the occasion Rangers manager Doug Rader spat corn on me after I asked a dumb question. Perhaps the most meaningful were the calls from fellow sportswriters. I was trying to work and didn't feel I had the time for petty bullshit. [6] Sullivan observed Olson and determined that she was acting professionally, interviewing Maurice Hurst, but took no other action. Portis said he thinks a female reporter who has the access to see male football players naked is bound to get turned on. She was assigned to cover the Boston Bruins, the 1990 Super Bowl, and, beginning in the fall of 1990, the New England Patriots. In the arbitrary world of newspaper politics, the arrival of a new sports editor breathed life into my career. You know, it was like, "So-and-so from The Beaumont Enterprise, many so-and-so's from The Dallas Morning News.". 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. Former Eagles defensive lineman and Super Bowl LII champion Chris Long made an appearance on Jeff Pearlmans podcastTwo Writers Slinging Yang. David Cone, Wells's teammate, gave Olson and Marchiano Wells's address. After criticism, Kiam apologized for the joke two days after he had told it. 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. TAFOYA: Yeah, I used to much more so in the NBA, and that's quite something. Hell, why do these guys need to come into the locker room to ask questions anyway? I began investigating the pay-for-play scandals of the Southwest Conference. 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. SAGAL: Or C, Benjamin Franklin became the first and only member thrown out because of his horrible morals? You can listen to the whole thing here. He said he would have me thrown out physically. I began to cry. When a guy is naked, hes probably more honest than not.. The latter are supposed to be more humorous than the former, though adulthood has taught me different. When the coveted Rangers beat came open, I was passed over. The reporters were covering the team's loss to the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. I dont think you need to be in there when the athletes are down to their skivvies. I noted being in the middle of the room when a player came out of the shower, spotted me, and turned around and went back in. The NFL also sent a memo to all 32 teams in the league Thursday reminding them of its equal access and conduct policy toward the media. And in no mood to take shit anymore. Another superior had his assistant let me off early so he could be waiting for me in the parking lot. From anyone. from NPR. Or at least that's what I thought I said. I knew they had accepted me when at a press conference after the Washington Huskies game, Pete Carroll walked into the press conference, made eye contact with a few reporters he knew, then looked at me and gave me a wink and a smile. A three-part series on Ruth Ryan, spouse of Nolan, turned into a delightful three-week chore that included stops at the Ryans' ranch in Alvin and the stadium. When you've got dirt on them, all the condescending good-ol'-boy stuff goes out the window. Still, most professional athletes also realize that allowing journalists into their sanctuary is a part of the job. But of course that wasnt the case. Jenny Kellner. 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. 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. 1950) is an American sportscaster who worked for ESPN and NBC Sports beginning in 1987 until 1993. 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. 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. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Maybe I'd never fit in. agree wrote: If a male reporter went into the womens locker room, all hell would break loose. She lives with three dogs in her happy bungalow in Texas. Oh, Lord. Locker rooms are overrated. 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. Sometimes I will request an interview at someone's house, and my peers act as though it's weird. He was really mouthing off at me. I don't have a radio talk show yet, but I now make my living writing about sportsat the moment, mostly the Texas Rangers. TAFOYA: Yes, on-field commentary, pre-game interviews, post-game interviews. He remembered me. And what if someone saw me in this state of trepidation? But there are still places out there where they believe in cooties,. It would be the last day ever for those white shoesand my first of many covering professional sports. She had few female colleagues in sports media to lean on. One day, she went unannounced to see an editor of the Boston Herald and asked for a job. 2 min read Independent media will not have access to locker rooms during the upcoming NFL. Then there was the time we had a story about an SWC coach paying players, and I appeared one morning at the school where he was an assistant. Even in the relatively overlooked NHL, the New York Islanders draw about 30 journalists a game. I was in the visiting clubhouse waiting to interview one of the Oakland A's this year when one of the players called, "Here, pussy"as though he were calling a cat. SAGAL: That's an interesting message for somebody who works for "Sunday Night Football" to send. Gayle had heard the Fort Worth Star-Telegram higher-ups had had a meeting that morning regarding my continuedor discontinuedemployment. I said, "Well, you better get used to it now, because there are women all over clubhouses in the big leagues. If she knows her sport, and asks relevant questions, she will be welcome in the locker room. 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. So do you know about sports?" She described the language used by players as "rude" and says she was "discomforted.". But a little girl with blonde pin curls somehow slipped into the line of succession. 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. Last night's trash still blows, even though people are sweeping all over the place. If you, as a grown man or woman, want to peep another adults private square, it doesnt need to be under the guise of a free and independent press. Follow us on Twitter, @DeadspinStacks, or email us at thestacks@deadspin.com. We understood the importance this held.. Vikings fans got to agree with that. Originally published June 4, 1992, in the Dallas Observer. Friends at Bible study ask if the players are mean to me. The rest is all overrated. It's the way we measure all people, the Homo sapiens equivalent of sniffing butts by the fire hydrant. Apparently a guy has to be awfully secure not to be intimidated by my frequent trips into locker rooms (as though I'm doing comparative shopping) or by my knowing a good bit about sports. It is funny. I didn't give it a whole lot of thought as I went into the office that day. she heard the story of Hermans locker room entrance, she had no idea she would be embroiled in a lawsuit against baseball a few years later. If he's uneasy, it's time to get out of the stirrups. For years I was hopelessly mired in phone answering and score taking, watching as others in similar positions moved up and on. I ran out of material 10 minutes ago. I ended up covering minor events full time, even doing the dreaded office score-taking work again. It was critical no one smelled fear or I'd lose respect from the get-go. (She had tried to do the same thing at the Boston Globe, but could not get past security.) TAFOYA: There's another joke there, but (unintelligible). Its all weve ever known, right wing Josh Bailey, wearing a blue Islanders shirt, skin-tight compression shorts, and knee-high athletic socks, told me after a practice last week. or "You haven't written any good stones in the last month. Near the field, I can see it is Al Newman and somebody. I asked one more time interrupting. Fugitive in $18 million COVID fraud scheme extradited to U.S. Hunter who killed, skinned pet dogs says he thought they were coyotes, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege. I was unknowingly standing next to the shower exit and of course, two linemen cruised by me with nothing on. One night in the stands, I had my Helen-Keller-at-the-well experience. "May I talk to you?" 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. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Players mostly accept that strangers will see them au naturel. During this phase of courtship, most men would be reassuring Lassie that her role as a dog star doesn't matter that they just like her nice, shiny coat. Mike called me into his office and told me he was now "into it" for passing on the piece. There are postgame press conferences and media availability throughout the week. A few minutes later he came back out wearing a towel. But I couldn't back out. Raffy said, "Hey, he wants to talk to you," pointing to Kenny Rogers. Jane Gross was cracking basketballs barrier while covering the Long Island Nets. The Boston Herald offered her a transfer to Australia, where she would work for the Daily Telegraph in Sydney, which Olson accepted. Now Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris and linebacker Lance Briggs are the latest to chime-in. Its my fault, Walsh said, his eyes still glistening. Alabama Phenix. So I remain cautious, probably overly cautious, about appearances. Ines Sainz: NFL Investigates Jets Or at least made me feel that way. 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 -. The interview format is believed to have been popularized around mid-century by Dick Young, a New York Daily News sportswriter. 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. Had all that I'd put up with just been for nothing? It is one thing not to look at your notepad, but another not to be able to look straight ahead without a big clothesline of boy parts. Am I right? At first, I thought he meant on the job. SAGAL: The job of the NFL sideline reporter is three parts glamour, four parts grit and 10 parts fending off the advances of a randy Hall of Fame quarterback. 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. The other night, there were two girls in the clubhouse after the game. Graduate. He sure wished he'd taken it, he said in hindsight. Thank you for visiting Slap Shot. I had started wandering longingly over to the sports department, just to talk about baseball. We're going to ask you about famous men's only clubs. But I learned to do news as well. But I had a deadline. 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. Definite double standard here . Create and promote branded videos, host live events and webinars, and more. The only way a female reporter can do her job in a locker room is if the players don't look at her as a chick. Tipped off to my presence, the coach broke into a near run when I headed toward him in the hall. By then, I had become accustomed to the nudity and byplay of the locker room. And I gained 40 pounds. 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. (I'm serious, they really ask this. TAFOYA: So I went to Charlotte, North Carolina, and I did five hours of sports talk radio every day, and that was my SAGAL: That is the hardest job in the world. I'd had enough. I walked over to him and asked how old he was. About 1987, I got crossways with the sports editor. But there's a strange sort of comfort in feeling that if they think I'm an idiot, it's probably not because I'm a woman but because I'm just acting like an idiot. Two Sundays ago, for example, Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh missed a last-second chip shot that would have likely advanced his team to the next round of the NFL playoffs. At the same time, though, I dont think getting a glimpse at a players brat and potatoes is included in the information-gathering process. She was a travel writer and at the end of a marriage, and we were traipsing around the Four Corners area. Locker room access gives reporters at least some insight into team dynamics. But I was humbled by the honor. Yes, I was that excited. It was at height of the womens movement, Herman said. 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. TAFOYA: No, it is, but the emotional rollercoaster of being a fan, it's just not worth it. 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. TAFOYA: And so if they come up with any other days of the week, I'll be happy to try those, as well. Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they. I think how cool it is to watch a stadium yawn to life. A, while he was gone, the club had viewed the classic Monty Python Dead Parrot sketch and decided Mr. Palin was too vulgar to be readmitted to the premises; B, he got back to London but couldn't be readmitted because he was poorly dressed; or C, he tried to drive himself to the club in central London but got lost? The Stacks is Deadspin's living archive of great journalism, curated by Bronx Banter's Alex Belth. 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. SAGAL: Did somebody drop some profanity on you? The sexism row over a female sports reporter who was allegedly harassed in the New York Jets locker room was reignited last night after a Fox NFL analyst claimed she was 'asking for it.' Check out some of our favorites so far. And surely the Observer's reader demographics did not include most ballplayers and some stadium employees. And it had just started to become something that women could do, and I thought I can do this. Industrial-size hampers, home to growing mounds of moist practice jerseys, sit on each side of the cramped chamber in its Syosset, New York, training facility. Complete Coverage of Ines Sainz on Crimesider. Man, did I ever realize how my attitude and courage level had changed. NFL Network Airs Interview With Naked Players In Background. Or maybe into public relations. Donna doesn't like politics, so she asks what it is I do for the paper again. Family trips in an egg-shell-white Impala to see the cousins in Plainview took fewer rough turns. "Are you going to talk to me or not?" Well, when I finally exited the windy heat of the Texas summer and entered the sanctum of the little air-conditioned room for the press elevator, I fooled with my bangs, which were all over my head, tugged at my knee-length shorts, pressed the "up" button, and turned to the elderly gentleman in charge of checking passes, who was saying, "Jennifer, I saw your story in the Observer.". 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. Like a son telling his mom, Way to go, you made me proud.. Others, including Michael Timpson, made jokes and egged each other on. 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. 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