Sports Journalism's Beauty Curse

Sports Journalism's Beauty Curse
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 05: Erin Andrews attends the the after party for the 2013 Fox Sports Media Group Upfront at Roseland Ballroom on March 5, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 05: Erin Andrews attends the the after party for the 2013 Fox Sports Media Group Upfront at Roseland Ballroom on March 5, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/FilmMagic)

It was not without some trepidation that Jennifer Gish submitted her weekly sports column for the Albany Times-Union back in September 2011. The Buffalo Bills had started their season 2-0, and fans in Albany inundated the newspaper with requests for more coverage--just as they did every time the Bills started on a winning streak. So Gish decided to pen a humorous column warning Bills fans not to get ahead of themselves.

Before the piece went to press, Gish sat down in her editor's office to talk the piece through. "You're really stirring the pot here," she recalls him saying. Gish expected that some readers would disagree with her or miss her playful tone. But blowback was part of being a sports columnist. In the end, they decided to go ahead and publish.

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