Marquise Francis is a correspondent for 'Stay Tuned.'
Play-by-play broadcasters seemingly jinxing what happens on a baseball field is a nightly occurrence. Normally, it’s just brushed off with a laugh. But when Jenny Cavnar did it on May 30, the new voice of the Oakland A’s faced unrelenting criticism online. Playing off Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Jose Siri’s last name, Cavnar said, “Hey Siri, it’s not your night” after he swung and missed a pitch. Moments later, in the bottom of the ninth inning, he crushed a game-tying home run.
In the NBA this year, ESPN's Doris Burke was a commentator for the Finals between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks. It marked the first time a woman served as a game analyst on television for a championship final in one of the four major professional U.S. sports leagues. Yet despite progress in pockets of the industry, data shows that women don’t often get the same respect as men for doing the same job.
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