It’s really frustrating to watch media who don’t usually cover the game show up to the big games & ask questions that don’t address the hockey & just push a particular narrative that centers being a role model over being a pro athlete.

April 12, 2026 - 02:24 UTC

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It’s sexist—the idea that women have to be role models for the next generation rather than fulfilling their own dreams by selling out TD Garden.
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yeah - loved the sign from the kid about what representation means to her. Over that being the main conversation about these leagues in the larger narrative.
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ANYWAY, the Winn brothers are still outside TD Garden meeting and taking photos with fans
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I’ve photographed women’s sports over a decade and often hear these question as opposed to the actual tactics of the game.

I get the “why,” but it’s shallow reporting to me. Athletes are geniuses at their craft. Asking about the craft inherently highlights part of what make them “role models”!
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I predict a lot of exactly that in the coverage of women’s baseball, too.
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Oh yeah their marketing is already full of the narrative about little girls watching at home, it’s gonna be brutal
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