“If I didn’t start playing rugby, I don’t know who I would be.” Halle Parker is MMU’s voice of rugby, enthusiastically commentating on games from Platt Lane and sharing a lifetime of experience playing the game. Her passion for describing the action is infectious, and she is a whirlwind of preparation and research before a…
Photography: Ellie Wright “It’s amazing that I can sit here now and talk about my story so openly. I never expected to be able to say “this is who I am”. I am not afraid of it anymore,” says Tom Lamberth, aged 23, who came out as transgender at the age of 17. Tom is…
Featured image: Ellie Wright Every Wednesday, rain or shine, a dedicated team of students travel down to their studio in Fallowfield to begin a day of sports broadcasting. There’s an undeniable energy in the air as players and coaches bustle in and out of the studio in between games. Two presenters discuss their script before…
There I was, writing a piece about Kevin Keegan’s comments earlier this week on how he has “a problem” with female football pundits. Why he felt the need to say “I don’t like to listen to ladies talk about the England men’s teams at the match because I don’t think it’s the same experience.” It got me thinking about other problems women face in sport and why we are treated differently. The 72-year-old must be one of those old, castaway presenters that (to let him off lightly) holds these views because he belongs to a ‘certain’ generation. This was supposed to be an article in response to him, but things have changed.
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