For my event, I watched the commentary for the San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings Stadium Series game. Having attended the event, I was curious to see what the stadium looked like on TV, as well as what the players and commentators were saying about the first outdoor hockey game in Northern California.
The Sharks broadcasting team is made up of San Jose Shark and National Hockey League Alumni. Lead by Jamie Baker, a nine year vet within the organization he is one of the main faces of Comcast SportsNet California. Baker's main role is the television color commander. Stanley Cup winner and 17 year NHL Vetran Bret Hedican joins the team as an analyst and former Shark Curtis Brown also makes up the Sharks Pregame and Postgame Live shows, serving alongside Hedican as an analyst.
Hockey is considered a men's sport, with an emphasis on fighting, speed and force. Being passed NHL players, they are able to offer insight into the game that regular fans may not have picked up on. In addition, their keys to the game are explained in a way that can be understood by any normal viewer, especially one who is not familiar with the Kings or the Sharks. Because of the type of event, there was not too much about gender/racialized sterotypes, other than the fact that nearly every face on television was a generally easy on the eyes mid-aged white male.
Nikki do you think that there could ever be a female reporter for ice hockey given that it is considered a men's sport?
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Why do you think there is a trend that sports broadcasters tend to be middle aged white males? What social messages does that send to young people watching these programs?
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You did a good job describing the event and the analyst. I think you could have done a little more as far as connecting this to some research and analyzing it that way.
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