Clare is all excited because a
clever White Sox tweet of hers netted two tickets to SoxFest three weeks from
today. Two tickets, father and daughter,
no spouses. We’ll go looking for Daniel
Palka, and, who knows, maybe run into Bryce Harper or Manny Machado.
Not to sound too preachy here, but
this is a perfect example of how sports and women interact in America; it’s
almost all one-sided. My daughter can
root for her baseball team and come over today to root for the Bears in their
playoff game against the Eagles. She’ll
see all sorts of women during the game—in the stands and in commercials.
They’re the ones—sitting or
standing next to guys busy, of course—wearing, drinking and/or eating
NFL-approved stuff. Maybe the NFL will
have one of its female referees working the game. There are a handful of female assistant
coaches in the NFL, but don’t expect any at Soldier Field on Sunday. I wonder how many times the camera will find
Bears’ owner Virginia McCaskey?
Of course, the NFL isn’t the only sport of
interest. Right now, we’re smack dab in
the middle of the college basketball season, and hockey, too. I think women play those sports, though I
couldn’t find any evidence of that in the sports’ pages today or local sports
on TV yesterday. But I’m sure something
will turn up. It can’t be all-Bears (and
all guy athletes) all the time. Can it?
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