NY Times Still Crying Sexism, Racism in Masters' Tournament Coverage

Clay Waters
November 15th, 2020 5:00 PM

As the final day of The Masters’ golf tournament commences, with Dustin Johnson atop the leaderboard, the fraught history of the New York Times’ historical coverage of the premier four-day event, hosted by the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, is again part of the story. In 2011, Times golf writer Karen Crouse took some heat from her editors after saying she did not want…

 

NYT Sports Page Bugs Athletes Suspected of Tolerating Trump

Clay Waters
February 24th, 2017 5:20 PM

Politicizing sports -- it’s not just for ESPN anymore! No longer seeing sports as a respite from politics, the New York Times has joined the game of pestering and trying to pin down athletes suspected of secret anti-Trump tendencies, while celebrating supporters of illegal immigrants and Black Lives Matter protests: "Of the 56 players polled, 50 -- or 89.3 percent -- said they would play golf…

 

New York Times Again Piles on Liberal Melodrama Over Augusta National

Clay Waters
August 21st, 2012 3:41 PM
Somewhere, former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines is smiling (or at least wearing a less-prominent scowl). The Augusta National Golf Club's surprise decision to admit two women as members made the front of Tuesday's paper: "Host to Masters Drops a Barrier With Its First 2 Female Members." As executive editor, Raines caused controversy even among the liberal media in 2003 for his…
 

NYT's Crouse Clubs Men-Only Augusta National 'Boys Club,' Doesn't Want

Clay Waters
April 6th, 2012 8:15 AM
Sorry, Masters golf tournament, you may be the most prestigious contest in the sport, but you don't meet the exacting standards of feminist activist/NYT golf writer Karen Crouse: "High-ranking players with daughters are not willing to talk about it. Somebody has to make a stand. Why not me in my own little way?” The New York Times reporter is not done with her crusade against Augusta National…
 

With Boys on Girls Swim Team, NYT's Support for Gender Equity Takes a

Clay Waters
November 21st, 2011 4:39 PM
On the eve of Saturday’s Massachusetts state swim championship at M.I.T, the front of the New York Times sports page that morning was dominated by reporter Karen Crouse’s “Boys Swimming on Girls Teams Find Success, Then Draw Jeers." The prospect of boys and girls competing on the same team and in the same contests has suddenly become controversial at the Times. But why now?