More Cuts at ESPN

I’ll answer back with this. Roberts worked a LOT of years at Bristol. Lots of crummy shifts. She also didn’t have the benefit of sideline reporting in “leather pants”.

 

Agreed. It can't be easy to know you won't be allowed to age gracefully and to decide to play along so that the bastards don't entirely win.

 

Sort of along these lines, I've been watching the NBCSN last gasp of hockey coverage and wondering what's next for Kathryn Tappen.

 

Reading that original Deadspin piece from last year on the recording is interesting now. And I assume if they write about it again they'll have to do a 180 and turn Nichols from victim to villain (Nate Jones had a tweet about so much in the media now being like the WWF in the '80s with the need for a hero and bad guy and it's probably Nichols' turn in the grinder after pulling a Shawn Michaels and kicking Jannety). Their four minutes of audio must not have included the Taylor parts.

 

My co-anchor is similar age as well. We talk about this constantly. Neither of us drink or smoke so we might - might - be able to knock 6-8 years off our appearance.

She could easily be in a bigger market but she’s also said part of the reason she stayed is that, in a smaller market, there’s not always a hot young thing ready to push you out.

Also a reminder to try to never rip your colleagues. It’ll always get out. Happened to me this week over a producer whom I thought we had a great relationship for four years.

He sent a text ripping me to... me. And not the intended recipient.

I replied back with “Hello.”

He immediately claimed to be sick and went home for the day. So I not only got the text but then I had to write HIS 50 percent of the damn newscast.

 

She’s going to Tokyo and does Notre Dame football

 

Completely forgot about her Notre Dame football gig.

 

What's the male-female breakdown, historically? Hard to "break" new female stars if historically, females are a fraction of the overall work force, and they're employed primarily in "glamor" roles like sideline reporter and host. It's also probably not a coincidence that Linda Cohn has hung around for a long time because she wasn't ever a sex symbol, and they just put her on Sportscenter with little fan fare. You know, like they would have done for any male employee.

 

Always liked Cohn’s work. Especially on hockey as she has a real depth of knowledge.

TV news growth happens in going against type. I moved to news nearly two decades ago at the urging of news managers I respected. Fewer men to compete with.

Same with women in sports.

 

Yes, women in sports clearly have it easy.

 

They don't always have it easy. But... they do have a more explosive window of opportunities in their 20s.

I've seen women go from markets 120+ to a top 10 in sports. The only man I can think of to do this (I'm sure there were others) was Rich Eisen -- from weekends in Redding, CA to ESPN. THAT was a huge jump.