Oh Hell Yes, Doris Burke Is Finally Doing The NBA Analysis She Deserves
by Lyndsey D'Arcangelo from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#35HP7)
On Valentine's Day in 1988, Leandra Reilly Lardner became the first woman to serve as a play-by-play commentator on an NBA game. It was a live telecast between the New Jersey Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers on SportsChannel, she recalled recently for the Chicago Tribune. It was a key moment-followed by decades more of"