Sports Broadcaster Bonnie-Jill Laflin Says Women in Sportscasting Create Own Barriers
Popular sports broadcaster, Bonnie-Jill Laflin, talks to men’s interest portal Xposed.com about the barriers faced by women in sports journalism and how celebrities guard their public image.
(PRWEB) July 1, 2005 -- Popular sports broadcaster Bonnie-Jill Laflin talks
to men’s interest portal Xposed.com about the barriers faced by women in sports
journalism and how celebrities must guard their public image.
San
Francisco-born Laflin refers to former Monday Night Football sideline
correspondent Lisa Guerrero in an Xposed celebrity feature this week, as well as
comedian/MNF vet Dennis Miller and actress Tara Reid.
“You have to be on
top of your game or you lose your credibility and you’re done,” she says, citing
Guerrero, who lasted only one season on MNF.
Like Guerrero, Laflin is a
former NFL cheerleader, model and actress. She hosts ESPN2’s “Speed World” and
the “Cold Pizza” morning show, while also doing sideline reporting for CBS
Sports.
“(Female sports broadcasters) still jump over hurdles now
because there are females who make it hard for people like me because they use
their sexy ways and don’t know sports. Girls like that won’t make it long. I
want longevity. I don’t want to be a flash in the pan.”
Laflin would love
to one day sit in the big seat at Monday Night Football.
“When Dennis
Miller was on there, I had to put my TV on mute. I couldn’t even listen to him.
He drove me nuts,” she says. “He didn’t know football, and I don’t think he’s
funny.”
When it comes to posing for sexy photos or playing the hot girl
roles, she said she’s game -- to a certain point.
“I’m not guarded about
doing anything sexual. I just think now, with the line of work I’m in with the
broadcasting, you have to be careful what you do. Credibility is everything. You
can’t be doing some things because then you are perceived a certain way, even
though you may not be that way. Some girls show too much and it gets them in
trouble, like Tara Reid. She’s out there partying too much and sleeping around.
She isn’t even considered an actress anymore. She’s a party girl.”
In the
Xposed.com interview and non-nude pictorial, Laflin also talks about her
experiences as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and dating Joey Gilbert, one of the
boxers from the NBC show “The Contender”. To read the interview, see http://www.xposed.com/xposed_girls/bonnie-jill_laflin_-_not_sidelined_for_long.aspx.
About
Xposed:
Xposed.com received 5.1 million unique visits in May and 38.6 million
page views. It is ranked at 2,093 this week on the industry-watched Alexa.com
rankings, and is a Google News Directory provider. Xposed.com was recently
ranked third by Hitwise in the "Lifestyle - Men's Sites" sector.
The
success is attributed to positive word-of-mouth among users who enjoy the online
portal for its streaming news, sport and entertainment every 15 mins 24.7, daily
features on entertainment, sports, women, dating, celebrities, fashion, health,
sexuality, games, gadgets, rides, careers, money, odd stories, humor and
continuously updated headlines from around the globe.
The web site
contains pictorials on some of the world's most beautiful and talented young
women in tasteful, non-nude photos. Featured models have included
Supermodel/Actress Amber Smith and Model/Actresses Nikki Ziering, Gabrielle
Tuite, Jennifer Walcott, Bobbi Sue Luther, Camille Anderson, Linda O'Neil,
Chanel Ryan, Karen McDougal, Rachel Sterling, and Tamie Sheffield. The privately
held company has its headquarters in Northern California, with offices across
the U.S.
Contact:
Steven Stiefel, Editor or Teri Sawers, Marketing
Director
Xposed Magazine (Tri-Media Corp.)
Phone: (1) 888 293 9539 or
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Source: Xposed.com
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