A Man's World ... Of Trouble

Cedric Maxwell's comments about Violet Palmer showed not only a lack of sensitivity, but also a lack of appreciation for the trouble other men found themselves in after making similar sexist comments. It's a long list:

KEITH HERNANDEZ, 2006: "Who is the girl in the dugout, with the long hair? What's going on here? You have got to be kidding me. Only player personnel in the dugout."
The Mets announcer and former player on Padres massage therapist Kelly Calabrese

BERNIE ECCLESTONE, 2005: "Women should be all dressed in white like all other domestic appliances."

The Formula One boss objecting to Danica Patrick's participation in the Indianapolis 500

JOE NAMATH, 2003: "I want to kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling. What we know is that we can improve. Chad Pennington, our quarterback, missed the first part of the season and we struggled. We're looking to next season. ... And I want to kiss you."

The former Jets quarterback to ESPN's Suzy Kolber during a sideline interview. Soon after, Namath went into counseling for alcohol abuse.


ANDY ROONEY, 2002: "I'm not a sexist person, but a woman has no business being down there trying to make some comment about a football game."

The CBS commentator on the "Boomer Esiason Show" on the MSG Network. Later that year on "60 Minutes", Rooney said it was "a derogatory remark I would have been better off not having made," but he didn't change his mind on the subject.

BEN WRIGHT, 1995: "Let's face facts here. Lesbians in the sport hurts women's golf. When it gets to the corporate level, that's not going to fly. They're going to a butch game, and that furthers the bad image of the game. ... Women are handicapped by having boobs. It's not easy for them to keep their left arm straight, and that's one of the tenets of the game. Their boobs get in the way."
The former CBS analyst in comments to the Wilmington (Del.) News Journal in 1995 that got him fired

JACK MORRIS, 1990: "I don't talk to women when I'm naked unless they're on top of me or I'm on top of them."
The former Tigers pitcher, speaking to a female reporter from the Detroit Free Press


BOB KNIGHT, 1988: "I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it."
Knight, then at Indiana, explaining how he handled stress in an interview with Connie Chung