Sharlene Wells left her reign as Miss America off her resume when she applied for a sports reporter job at ESPN almost 40 years ago. The Utahn didn’t want to be defined by her pageant celebrity when ...

As with breaking into any male-dominated field, women who’ve aspired to become sportscasters have been forced to endure sexism, chauvinism, and a glass ceiling that has prevented many of them from ...

Dee Kantner has seen and called it all. The 65-year-old has been calling women’s college basketball games since 1984. Over that time, she’s officiated 26 Final Fours and 16 national championships, as ...

Kennedy – who broke ground as the first Black woman crowned Miss Ohio in 1970 and blazed trails eight years later as a correspondent on CBS’s “The NFL Today” – told CNN in a recent interview that in ...

NBA analyst Doris Burke has been demoted from ESPN's NBA Finals team, according to a report. The Hall-of-Fame analyst made history in 2024 as the first female sportscaster to call the NBA Finals and ...

ESPN women's basketball broadcaster Ryan Ruocco delivers one of the best calls in all of sports when he excitedly exclaims "You bet!" at a thrilling 3-point shot. Much like Mike Breen's beloved "Bang!

(CNN) — Jayne Kennedy can thank Oprah Winfrey in part for her new memoir, “Plain Jayne.” Kennedy – who broke ground as the first Black woman crowned Miss Ohio in 1970 and blazed trails eight years ...