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Joan Niesen's posting, "There's an unfair bias against WNBA" is worth a read. I've commented here before on the shabby treatment the Minnesota Lynx receive from the media (here). At the moment, the Lynx are 9-0 and playing great basketball, but you would hardly know it from the sports news websites. Niesen, writing about the Lynx, makes the larger point that women's professional basketball generally is treated as a second-class enterprise that is compared unfavorably and unfairly to the NBA. She makes good points. This prejudice is particularly galling, however, when it comes to Minnesota professional sports where, right now, fans are feeling "better" about the baseball Twins because they almost don't have the worst record in the American League—almost.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The WNBA
Joan Niesen's posting, "There's an unfair bias against WNBA" is worth a read. I've commented here before on the shabby treatment the Minnesota Lynx receive from the media (here). At the moment, the Lynx are 9-0 and playing great basketball, but you would hardly know it from the sports news websites. Niesen, writing about the Lynx, makes the larger point that women's professional basketball generally is treated as a second-class enterprise that is compared unfavorably and unfairly to the NBA. She makes good points. This prejudice is particularly galling, however, when it comes to Minnesota professional sports where, right now, fans are feeling "better" about the baseball Twins because they almost don't have the worst record in the American League—almost.
