Eurosport’s Bob Ballard apologizes for sexist remark after being pulled from Olympics
"I am a massive advocate of women’s sport."
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Australian announcer blasted over remark on Matildas’ player and motherhood: ‘Take this ******* dinosaur of a commentator off the air.’
"The smile says it all from Katrina Gorry. Certainly motherhood has not blunted her competitive instincts, that’s for sure."
‘They’re all equally tall in bed’: Italy’s RAI suspends sports commentators over sexist, racist remarks
The duo also made racist comments during the women's and men's diving competitions and mimicked the way that Chinese people speak Italian.
Cara Banks tells Brandel Chamblee she was ‘offended’ by Tiger Woods’ tampon joke
"I was offended, to be totally honest with you. As a woman, I was shocked."
Buffalo sportswriter Jerry Sullivan boldly portrays his firing over a sexist remark as a loss for women’s sports
"It's sad that due to one stupid comment, many of these types of stories, which go largely ignored in local media, will go untold."
Buffalo sports columnist makes sexist remark on podcast: ‘Women really are the worst fans’
"The worst fans really are the women. They don’t get critical journalism, they all want to be cheerleaders."
Graeme Souness has no regrets after calling soccer “a man’s game” while sitting next to a female analyst
"It's a man's game all of a sudden again."
Doris Burke: “There are a lot of 60-year-old men who have wrinkles, no hair, glasses, and nobody gives a damn.”
"I promise you I'm not having plastic surgery. I'm 52. I've earned every wrinkle on my face. I actually like my wrinkles. And guess what? There are a lotta 60-year-old men who have wrinkles, no hair, glasses, and nobody gives a damn. It's about time that a woman my age or above, if she chooses to go into her 60s as an announcer, she should be allowed to do just that."
MiLB Ogden Raptors promote sexist “Hourglass Appreciation Night,” offend everyone, yank it
This promotion backfired spectacularly, and it never should have been launched.
BBC’s Peter Alliss under fire again for sexist comments on Angela Akins, Sergio Garcia’s fiancee
Alliss previously caused three separate sexism rows with his comments in 2015.