Radio Slip Reveals an Uphill Battle
Christine Brennan, USA Today

The words came tumbling out in a radio nanosecond. Searching for the proper comparison, the quick sound bite, the smooth answer to the sports world’s latest problem, a veteran sports talk show host uttered a phrase that came and went so swiftly he didn’t even remember saying it. Mike Greenberg, co-host of ESPN's popular Mike & Mike in the Morning show, was trying to make a point about how New York Mets pitcher Guillermo Mota, baseball’s latest cheater, had owned up to his steroid use in the wake of his 50-game suspension.

In the midst of what he later called “a lengthy rant,” Greenberg said: “So, in an era in which the biggest stars in the game woman up, woman down, whatever it is, when it comes to actually accepting responsibility for their actions, do we make a hero out of Guillermo Mota who broke the rules, who is a cheat, who’s cheated the game but at least mans up and acknowledges and takes accountability for what he did?”… Here we are, 34 years into Title IX, the law that has pumped millions of female athletes from the playing fields of America into our culture as successful mothers, doctors, lawyers, coaches — and yet, by and large, as a society, we often still act like women are bit players, bench-warmers, a side show, nothing more.

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