3. I think I am so pleased that Lisa Olson of The Athletic
wrote about the #MeToo experiences of some female sports journalists in an excellent column. I am also pleased Olson is still writing about sports, and bringing up the seamy side as well as the sunny. I covered the incident 27 years ago when Olson was harassed in the Patriots’ locker room by three players.
It is branded on my brain how the owner of the team at the time, Victor Kiam, said the Boston Herald
, which assigned Olson to cover the Patriots at the time, was “asking for trouble” by assigning a woman to cover the team—and Kiam said he didn’t disagree with the abuse the players heaped on Olson. Lord, what a horrible environment the Patriots were then.
4. I think sports, and the sports media, have made progress in the treatment of women who cover and are a part of the games. Just not enough.