The award for the most ridiculous, self-absorbed, overzealous all sports entertainment network in the world goes to...
ESPN, for the 10th year running.
They have once again proven that outside the 4 major sports, Tiger Woods, and the Williams sisters, you're really not much of an athlete. Unless you count token consideration of Cael Sanderson and -ahem- Sarah Hughes (don't even get me started on figure skating).
No offense to college athlete of the year Sue Bird (UConn BB) but a certain swimmer from Cal who set at least 6 AR and 1 WR over the short course season would have had my vote.
Anyone else? Natalie Coughlin, female college athlete of the year as awarded by the USMS discussion crew?
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There are a lot of fans of sports that have people that have never participated in that sport. Figure skating and Gymnastics that have big fan followings among women are two such sports. Anyways, even figure skating had to be tape delayed because of Hockey and this was the nationals where over 18,000 people watched girls and ladies skated in Los Angeles before the olympics. Most sports coverage are geared to demogrpahics of 18 to 49 year old males. So sometimes even women popular sports don't get coverage as well as more male popualr sports. Swimming is a sport that public does not have much interest. To change that I don't know, gymnastics didn't come popular until the 1970's.
There are a lot of fans of sports that have people that have never participated in that sport. Figure skating and Gymnastics that have big fan followings among women are two such sports. Anyways, even figure skating had to be tape delayed because of Hockey and this was the nationals where over 18,000 people watched girls and ladies skated in Los Angeles before the olympics. Most sports coverage are geared to demogrpahics of 18 to 49 year old males. So sometimes even women popular sports don't get coverage as well as more male popualr sports. Swimming is a sport that public does not have much interest. To change that I don't know, gymnastics didn't come popular until the 1970's.
