Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Tuesday, November 27, 2007

SI's Richard Deitsch writes about "Burning Questions: The low down on the biggest issues in women's hoops."

On a SI side-note: Selena Roberts has moved from the New York Times over to SI. Leonard Shapiro writes about Roberts' move in his column, "Sportswriters Leave Publications Behind," in which he notes a growing trend amongst print writers moving to television and the internet. Roberts is an exception to the current trend, but Shaprio wonders about her role there. "I had always heard from women who had worked at the magazine," writes Shapiro, "that the place was not exactly female friendly."
So maybe with the addition of Roberts -- surely she'll go in as the staff's second senior writer -- and perhaps more talented women to come, there's some hope for a little more gender equity in the SI ranks. Then again, this also is a magazine that, sadly, hardly covers any female sports in the first place, but does do a land-office business with its annual skin-deep swimsuit issue. So maybe Roberts will just be an exception, albeit a very welcome one, and that would be a great shame.