And i think we re now finally seeing that leads to problems in a major way. want to touch on the inequity here but elsewhere in sports. we saw the ncaa was called out for having fewer amenities and weights in the women s room for march madness, they received backlash during a softball college world series, women were forced to play in a smaller window and had subpar facilities. the wnba consistently highlighted a pay gap here. is anything being done to address the differences? what needs to change across the board? so i think part of what i just said about the structures, right? women s sports have never really been given the space and room to grow. men s sports are the things that have existed for centuries in this country, plus. and so now i think we re finally starting to see, okay, are things being given the
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Jessie Harper and the Arizona Wildcats play No. 3 seed Alabama in the opening round of the Women s College World Series on Thursday night. (Christopher Boan/Patch)
TUCSON, AZ The Arizona Wildcats are making their 24th appearance in the Women s Softball College World Series this weekend.
The Wildcats qualified for the eight-team event after beating No. 5 seed Arkansas twice in the best-of-three super regional round last weekend, 10-4 and 4-1.
Arizona last made the event in 2019, with the WCWS being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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The Wildcats open WCWS play against Alabama on Thursday night, playing the third-seeded Crimson Tide at 4 p.m. MST (6 p.m. in Oklahoma City).
Pat Hughes, Beth Mowins, and Chris Myers Will Fill in on Cubs Broadcasts When Boog Sciambi is Out
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Pat Hughes, Beth Mowins, and Chris Myers Will Fill in on Cubs Broadcasts When Boog Sciambi is Out
As part of the agreement to bring on Boog Sciambi as the Cubs’ new play-by-play man on Marquee, all understood that he would periodically be absent to do some of his national broadcasting work on ESPN. We knew that would mean some fill-in work for other play-by-play folks, and today, Marquee announced a trio of broadcasters who will carry that load: ESPN’s Beth Mowins, FOX’s Chris Myers, and legendary Cubs radio play-by-play man, Pat Hughes.