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New idea or totally sexist?
The CBC is planning some counter-programming for female non-hockey fans as the Stanley Cup final begins next week, but faced a backlash on Twitter as a slew of posts denounced the idea as sexist.
Viewers can go online to listen to an alternate commentary from Lena Sutherland and Jules Mancuso, who run WhileTheMenWatch.com. They describe their site as a sports talk show for women, “Sex and the City” meets ESPN, with banter “from a woman’s point of view.”
“One afternoon while (our husbands) were both watching the same game on TV Jules and I were on the phone and we started just making comments to each other like, ’Did you see that guy’s hair?’ and ’What’s going on with that coach wearing the suit four sizes too big for him?”’ said Sutherland of their web show’s inspiration.
“And we kind of thought, ’Wow, this is funny, wouldn’t it be great if we could tune into an alternative version of the commentary from a female perspective?’ And that was kind of where we got the idea.”
Not everyone was happy with CBC’s decision.
“Seriously #CBC? While the Men Watch? I’m a serious sports fan and can go toe to toe with any male fan. Thanks for the patronizing insult,” wrote Laurie Kempton.
![Mary (Bonnie) Baker rarely spoke of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, at least until 1992 when the Hollywood film A League of Their Own brought wartime women back to the field.“She just said she played professional baseball in the [United] States during the war years, and that was kind of it,” her daughter Maureen said. “Until this movie came out, and all hell broke lose. People started asking, and people started bringing her things [memorabilia from her career].”Now nine years since her passing in 2003, and 60 years since her last professional ballgame, Baker’s winsome eyes are once again peering through her rickety catcher’s mask at The SPORT Gallery in Toronto’s Distillery District, as part of the Women of SPORT exhibit, running until May 31.Baker’s likeness, part of an exhibit that includes tennis icon Althea Gibson and LPGA charter member Marlene Bauer Hagge, has been crafted into a canvas print-acrylic painting, in the “Covers that Never Were” collection.“It’s a way of giving these women the covers that history never gave them,” gallery manager Cayleigh Parrish said.Many, including Maureen, believe Baker’s life and career provided at least part of the foundation for A League of Their Own’s protagonist Dottie Hinson, played by actress Geena Davis. (Photo courtesy of the SPORTS Gallery)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44glumi981r1thtao1_1280.jpg)
Mary (Bonnie) Baker rarely spoke of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, at least until 1992 when the Hollywood film A League of Their Own brought wartime women back to the field.
“She just said she played professional baseball in the [United] States during the war years, and that was kind of it,” her daughter Maureen said. “Until this movie came out, and all hell broke lose. People started asking, and people started bringing her things [memorabilia from her career].”
Now nine years since her passing in 2003, and 60 years since her last professional ballgame, Baker’s winsome eyes are once again peering through her rickety catcher’s mask at The SPORT Gallery in Toronto’s Distillery District, as part of the Women of SPORT exhibit, running until May 31.
Baker’s likeness, part of an exhibit that includes tennis icon Althea Gibson and LPGA charter member Marlene Bauer Hagge, has been crafted into a canvas print-acrylic painting, in the “Covers that Never Were” collection.
“It’s a way of giving these women the covers that history never gave them,” gallery manager Cayleigh Parrish said.
Many, including Maureen, believe Baker’s life and career provided at least part of the foundation for A League of Their Own’s protagonist Dottie Hinson, played by actress Geena Davis. (Photo courtesy of the SPORTS Gallery)
