For this weeks Friday Link(s) I will start off with Jessie Diggins. The Olympic Cross Country skier was a guest on my radio show today (https://soundcloud.com/user-587903571/jessie-diggins-matt-mcneil-show-03062020) as she has a book, 'Brave Enough,' coming out next week. The book is great, but not as great as this run at the 2018 Olympics.
She goes to the outside TWICE, cuts between the two racers and then wins the sprint to the finish. In 100 years, people will remember that moment. Here's the call:
For the other video's this week, let me first make a point about the male dominated sports industry. When you hear the play call on the Diggins win, it's great. It's not just a great moment for women's skiing, it's a great sports moment, period! It's a far cry from the days (20 plus years ago) when sports networks would rather go with Australian Rules Football than show any women's sports.
This is why the next video is pretty funny. It plays off the 1990's sports networks taking their third level sports play by play team and making them cover a women's sport neither of the testosteroned announcers had ever seen. It was insulting to women, but also insulting to the networks who didn't even care enough to get people who knew the sports to announce them.
That's why this is one of the more underrated bits they did on Saturday Night Live. It's Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink on ESPN Classic, covering women's sports. The promotional ads are what make this bit work, but it was also its downfall. Going to the well too many times beat this bit into submission. When it did work, it was great.
Finally this week, Any Dem Will Do! Thanks Randy Rainbow!
Have a great weekend everyone!
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