As a woman pursuing a career in the male-dominated world of sports journalism, I often feel isolated. With that isolation comes a feeling of vulnerability, and that’s when the imposter syndrome sets...
Lily Shimbashi grew up wanting to be the next Erin Andrews, currently a Fox Sports sideline reporter who has become one of the most popular women sportscasters in the U.S.
After graduating from Brigham...
Before she was the first woman journalist to cover a Major League Baseball beat, Claire Smith was a Penn State college student unsure of what she wanted to do.
During the nearly three years she was...
Kathy Garvin ’75 recalled a sign on a St. Joe’s campus bathroom with the letters “WO” taped in front of the word “men.”
Garvin, who enrolled at St. Joe’s in 1971, one year after the university...
Last year, over Winter Break, I met up with Alex Coffey, the Philadelphia Phillies beat writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Coffey is my favorite writer, and has been for many years, so I was thrilled...
Inequality in sports isn’t always reflected in something as large as pay disparity, a lack of media coverage or inadequate facilities and resources. Sometimes, it comes down to a single word: “women’s.”
In...
Women’s basketball came to play last March and made history. For the first time ever, the women’s March Madness tournament drew more viewers to the televised games than the men’s tournament.
Caitlin...
When Alex Hargrave ’20 took her spot among other members of the press at her first St. Joe’s men’s basketball game as sports editor of The Hawk, she immediately realized she was the only woman...
