|
|
| ESPN Network: ESPN | NBA.com | NHL.com | ABC | Radio | EXPN | Insider | Shop | Fantasy |
![]() | |
![]() |
| Thursday, June 6 Updated: June 19, 12:36 PM ET Gavora, Curry added to Town Meeting panel ESPN |
||||||||||
|
Organizers recently announced two new panelists for "On the Basis of Sex: An ESPN Town Meeting," which will take place Saturday, June 22 from 9-10 p.m. ET at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts' Belding Theater in Hartford, Conn.
ESPN will televise live the open-to-the-public roundtable discussion and question-and-answer session as part of the network's Women and Sports Weekend, which will recognize the 30th anniversary of Title IX and its dramatic influence on the history of American sports. Previously announced participants include Geno Auriemma, head women's basketball coach at the University of Connecticut, and Nancy Hogshead, Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer, former Women's Sports Foundation President and Title IX expert/attorney. Other panelists will be announced at a later time. ESPN's Bob Ley will moderate the discussion and along with each panelist will take questions from the audience and from ESPN.com users as part of the program.
Some of the discussion topics will include: The ESPN Town Meeting will be immediately preceded on ESPN by an hour-long documentary, "On the Basis of Sex: The Battle of Title IX," beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The program will trace the evolution and fallout of Title IX, the progress, change and controversy it has caused and the issues related to gender equity in sports that still remain.
ESPN's Women and Sports Weekend (June 21-23)
|
|
|||||||||
|
|