Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Monday, May 16, 2005

Robin Roberts, rising star.
I can't hide the fact that I'm a black woman, nor do I want to hide it. When I was in sports, I thought people saw gender before race — 'Oh, man, another woman who wants to be in sports, come on' — and I don't feel that as much in the news division. I'm very proud of people before me, my family; they've been true trailblazers. It always tickled me when people thought I was a trailblazer being a sportscaster. Try being a Tuskegee Airman. That's a trailblazer.