ESPN SportsCenter slammed for "GOATs" image with no women

[redheadbaker]

Same shit, different day. 

www.today.com/news/simone-biles-slams-espn-sportscenter-s-male-dominated-goat-image-t209225

In a now-deleted tweet, the sporting news show posted a graphic created by an artist on Instagram (@dayxsleep) meant to highlight the GOATs of the games. Included in the image were Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Tiger Woods and more standing in a stadium mingling with a few actual goats.

Simone Biles was quick with a reply to let them know what was missing.

“There are so many women I can think of that belong in this photo yet there are none,” she tweeted.

....

Others noted that it appeared as though one woman was in the image, if you look hard enough. Tennis great Serena Williams seems to have been squeezed into the back row on the right side of the image. An alternate version of the pic shared by the artist a few days ago didn’t feature that addition.

[raangoli]

First, fuck Tom Brady.

Now that I have that out of my system, I love Serena Williams' husband, Alexis, and this shirt he wore at the Australian Open:

For those who may not be able to see, its a t-shirt that says "Greatest female athlete" with a picture of Serena.

[Jalapeñomel]

Serena Williams is THE GOAT. Any discussion of greatest athletes of all time that don’t include her is utter sexist bullshit.

[Jalapeñomel]

Feb 17, 2021 11:33:38 GMT -5 raangoli said:

First, fuck Tom Brady.

Now that I have that out of my system, I love Serena Williams' husband, Alexis, and this shirt he wore at the Australian Open:

For those who may not be able to see, its a t-shirt that says "Greatest female athlete" with a picture of Serena.

The female is crossed out so it says Greatest Athlete

[ska]

Any time the "greatest" or most wins discussion comes up I always bring up Esther Vergeer.

"In 2013, the Dutch wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer retired with an active 10-year-long winning streak of 470 matches, including a streak of 250 consecutive sets won."

Not too shabby, huh Tom?

[raangoli]

Feb 17, 2021 11:45:50 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Feb 17, 2021 11:33:38 GMT -5 raangoli said:

First, fuck Tom Brady.

Now that I have that out of my system, I love Serena Williams' husband, Alexis, and this shirt he wore at the Australian Open:

For those who may not be able to see, its a t-shirt that says "Greatest female athlete" with a picture of Serena.

The female is crossed out so it says Greatest Athlete

Correct. Did my strike out not show in the post? It does on my end. 

[msmerymac]

Feb 17, 2021 11:45:23 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Serena Williams is THE GOAT. Any discussion of greatest athletes of all time that don’t include her is utter sexist bullshit.

Exactly. She's the best athlete in America, if not the world. 

Also, kudos to Billie Jean King and others of her generation who fought for equal prize money in tennis. As a result, Serena Williams is also the highest paid female athlete in the world, IIRC, though sadly not simply "the highest paid." 

[Jalapeñomel]

Feb 17, 2021 11:56:23 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Feb 17, 2021 11:45:50 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

The female is crossed out so it says Greatest Athlete

Correct. Did my strike out not show in the post? It does on my end. 

I can’t see it on the app!

[raangoli]

Feb 17, 2021 14:41:55 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Feb 17, 2021 11:56:23 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Correct. Did my strike out not show in the post? It does on my end. 

I can’t see it on the app!

Ahhh gotcha - I am on the browser  

[keh2oblue]

Ugh, first of all, I hate the acronym “GOAT.” Probably because I’m from Chicago and as a Cubs fan, it has a very different meaning.

Second, come ON ESPN! 🤬

[basilosaurus]

The entire US women's soccer team needs to be there. And Billie Jean King. And I'm sure numerous others my non-sports watching self doesn't know about.

I liked Brady on weekend update. Everyone hates me. Boo hoo. J/k I don't care what they think. Whiner.

[shortstax]

F them.

I saw the recent segment of Biles on 60 minutes, and even though I know she’s amazing and dominant in the sport, this shocked me:

“By the time she was 16, she won the all-around title at her first World Championships in 2013. She hasn't lost since.”

www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/simone-biles-tokyo-olympics-60-minutes-2021-02-14/

[spindle92]

I'm super biased because I am a huge WNBA fan but Maya Moore's name has been brought up many times in women's circles of being THE GOAT, but not many men's circles.
Besides Maya though, the entire league should get a shout out - they are phenomenal athletes!

[erbear]

I'm so mad about this. It's 2021. Be better, ESPN.

[loira]

Oh FFS.

This reminds me of the time I was watching BBC coverage of Olympic show jumping and the commentators kept referring to the women as "lady riders" as if it was 1950. Nevermind that it's one of the few sports where men and women compete TOGETHER. Or that there are several women who have won both Olympic medals and huge competitions like the Spruce Meadows Masters (Beezie Madden is FIERCE and I wouldn't normally cheer for the US but she is amazing).

Fuck this fucking sexiest bullshit.

[charlive]

Feb 17, 2021 19:07:49 GMT -5 shortstax said:

F them.

I saw the recent segment of Biles on 60 minutes, and even though I know she’s amazing and dominant in the sport, this shocked me:

“By the time she was 16, she won the all-around title at her first World Championships in 2013. She hasn't lost since.”

www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/simone-biles-tokyo-olympics-60-minutes-2021-02-14/

I don't know that it's possible to overstate the impact of Simone Biles on the sport.  


www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2021/02/17/simon-biles-pushing-limits-gymnastics-and-leaders-may-push-back/6784520002/

[thejen626]

This is a good place to share my husband’s comment...

I love Nancy Pelosi. I think she’s a badass and my husband knows my feelings about her.

Probably 6 months ago I mentioned something about Nancy Pelosi. He said “what did the goat say today?” I was like “what the FUCK did you just say? Goat? What the hell” and he looked at me and really slowly said “Yes. Goat. Greatest of all time” and I was like Oooohhhhhhh 😂

[wawa]

Feb 17, 2021 21:50:54 GMT -5 loira said:

Oh FFS.

This reminds me of the time I was watching BBC coverage of Olympic show jumping and the commentators kept referring to the women as "lady riders" as if it was 1950. Nevermind that it's one of the few sports where men and women compete TOGETHER. Or that there are several women who have won both Olympic medals and huge competitions like the Spruce Meadows Masters (Beezie Madden is FIERCE and I wouldn't normally cheer for the US but she is amazing).

Fuck this fucking sexiest bullshit.

Loving the beezie madden mention! I looooved watching show jumping at Devon when I was a kid. My 4-H club went. 😁.

[erbear]

Pretty soon I’m going to get kicked off the alumni basketball Facebook page from my high school because I am continually commenting on the casual sexism - why do you post 10x more about the boys, why are they referred to as “men’s” team but the females are “girls”, why do you post the score of every boys game but not girls? It’s infuriating. Tonight, someone posted a list with the heading “best basketball players from every state” (the boys player is from my high school) - I responded “* best male player” to a lot of eye rolls. It’s so irritating.

[erbear]

Feb 17, 2021 21:50:54 GMT -5 loira said:

Oh FFS.

This reminds me of the time I was watching BBC coverage of Olympic show jumping and the commentators kept referring to the women as "lady riders" as if it was 1950. Nevermind that it's one of the few sports where men and women compete TOGETHER. Or that there are several women who have won both Olympic medals and huge competitions like the Spruce Meadows Masters (Beezie Madden is FIERCE and I wouldn't normally cheer for the US but she is amazing).

Fuck this fucking sexiest bullshit.

I used to coach high school soccer. We played a team whose mascot was the Knights and the girls’ teams were the Maidens. Vomit.

[loira]

Feb 18, 2021 20:19:10 GMT -5 erbear said:

Feb 17, 2021 21:50:54 GMT -5 loira said:

Oh FFS.

This reminds me of the time I was watching BBC coverage of Olympic show jumping and the commentators kept referring to the women as "lady riders" as if it was 1950. Nevermind that it's one of the few sports where men and women compete TOGETHER. Or that there are several women who have won both Olympic medals and huge competitions like the Spruce Meadows Masters (Beezie Madden is FIERCE and I wouldn't normally cheer for the US but she is amazing).

Fuck this fucking sexiest bullshit.

I used to coach high school soccer. We played a team whose mascot was the Knights and the girls’ teams were the Maidens. Vomit.

Yikes. 😬