Florence Grindall is a sports enthusiast and member of the Huddersfield Feminst Collective Although the recent comments made by two male Sky commentators regarding a female assistant referee were entirely obnoxious, they have offered up an opportunity to debate sexism within sport. This is an under explored topic, presumably owing to the absence of a female [...]
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Women? In Sports? Do Me a Favour…
Posted: January 28, 2011 by ifyoutoleratethis45 in Culture and Society, Feminism, Football, SportTags: Andy Gray, England women's cricket team, FIFA Women's World Cup, Lingerie Football League, Richard Keys
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Men Don’t Understand Irony, Somebody Better Get Down There And Explain It To Them
Posted: January 24, 2011 by ifyoutoleratethis45 in Feminism, Football, SportTags: Andy Gray, Karren Brady, Offside (association football), Richard Keys, Wendy Toms
Andy Gray and Richard Keys, footballs best attempt to match the levels of boredom reached in cricket games, have been suspended from commentating on tonight’s Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea match due to sexist comments they made (assuming that they were not on microphone) about lines-woman Sian Massey during the Liverpool v Wolves game on Saturday. [...]
Sporting Culture And The Pakistan Cricket Scandal
Posted: September 21, 2010 by ifyoutoleratethis45 in Culture and Society, SportTags: Cricket, Ijaz Butt, Match fixing, Mohammad Asif, Pakistan Cricket Board, Pakistan national cricket team
There was a point in the one-day international between England and Pakistan on Monday when Andrew Strauss was at the crease. Shoaib Akhtar, the veteran fast bowler, came cantering in, and duly delivered a peach of a ball. Strauss wafted a bat outside off stump, got a top edge to the ball and could only [...]
