University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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WOMEN WASH OUT POST It all began on Wednesday evening. March 26. 1980 when the Denver Post hit the stands. When the dust had finally settled from scores of Post sports sections sent flying across rooms everywhere by angry women, especially women athletes. the reasons for the indignation became clear. The women had been insulted by Post sports columnist Steve Cameron's Candid Cameron column that evening. in which he stated. tiGirls make lousy basketball players The crowning blow came when Cameron made reference to the Colorado girls basketball championship game which he had witnessed. saying T'As for the high schoolers. well, I think any backyard pickup team of five fat guys could beat the state champions handilyf' On Thursday evening. April 11. in response to Cameron's column. Barras. Wendt and a few others from the DU athletic department went to the Post sports department and issued a challenge to Cameron and the Post. The challenge. given by Miss Piggy of Eastern Onion Telegram Service. was for a game between the DU women's basketball team and the fullstime Denver Post sports staff tfive fat guys perhaps?i. The challenge was accepted and the game was played on April 21 before a screaming throng of about 750 in the DU Fieldhouse, 26 The Pioneers outran the gasping Post players and even a late appearance by Bick HSkywalkerH Lucas couldn't prevent DU from racing to a 73-59 win. Cameron was forced to eat his own words in a sense. scoring but six points. After the challenge was announced. Cameron stated in a column that ittheir team tthe DU womeni has everything in the world to lost and not a thing to gain. On the contrary. the game probably did more for DU womens athletics than anything ever has, providing much publicity and public exposure to the DU women hoopsters. D', L. J c E m w k 0 Greenburg