{"id":118220,"date":"2021-03-23T21:55:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=118220"},"modified":"2021-03-23T21:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:55:41","slug":"toronto-raptors-to-have-all-female-broadcast-team-for-wednesdays-nba-game-vs-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/toronto-raptors-to-have-all-female-broadcast-team-for-wednesdays-nba-game-vs-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors to have all-female broadcast team for Wednesday’s NBA game vs. Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"
As gender barriers continue to fall in sports broadcasting, the Toronto Raptors will have the NBA's first all-female broadcasting team call their game Wednesday night against the Denver Nuggets. <\/p>\n
The TSN production will have Meghan McPeak on the play-by-play with Canadian National Team and WNBA guard Kia Nurse of the Phoenix Mercury doing the analysis. Also contributing: TSN's Kayla Gray with courtside reporting and Kate Beirness and Amy Audibert in the studio.<\/p>\n
"We wanted to highlight the contributions that women make individually — across so many broadcasts — by bringing them all together," John Wiggins, Raptors vice-president of organizational diversity and inclusion, said in a statement as the team announced its broadcast plans in conjunction with National Women's Day earlier this month. <\/p>\n
March 24th, 2021, we watch history. #InternationalWomensDay | #WeTheNorthpic.twitter.com\/fhJyT3dqQx<\/p>\n
Wiggins said he hopes girls who watch the game on TV will notice the many roles women can play in pro sports and recognize there's a place for them. <\/p>\n
Nurse sees the event as something potentially bigger — similar to the social activism she experienced as a WNBA player this past season. <\/p>\n
"I think people are starting to see how much of an impact we're having," Nurse recently told CBC Sports. "I mean, we helped flip the (U.S.) Senate." <\/p>\n