the word “man” has generally been used roughly three times as much as the word “woman” in sports-related coverage, despite the fact that women make up some 45 percent of athletes competing.
.. female athletes received 58.5 percent of prime-time media coverage during the first half of the Games, compared with 41.5 percent for men.
.. The increased media coverage might be the reason for the increased scrutiny on why the words used to describe the women are still very different from those used to describe their male counterparts.
“We found things like men being described as fastest, strong, biggest,” Ms. Grieves said. “For women, it’s unmarried, married, references to their age.
.. Mr. Inverdale mentioned that Murray was the first person ever to win two Olympic tennis gold medals. Murray corrected him by citing the Williams sisters: “I think Venus and Serena have won about four each.”
.. journalists who are brought out every two years to cover women’s Olympic sports are out of practice because of the general lack of prime-time demand for sports that feature women: “It’s like asking an athlete to go on a field and demonstrate technique without practicing.”
What If the Olympics Were Always Held in the Same City?
do such benefits justify the Brazilian government and private investors spending somewhere between $12 billion and $20 billion—roughly the gross domestic product of Iceland—to host the Summer Olympics?
.. Do they justify shelling out all that money on an event that will probably generateonly $4 or $5 billion in revenue?