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USA Today’s Brennan on Tribune, “Chrissy”

USA Today’s Brennan on Tribune, “Chrissy”

The Chicago Tribune’s already infamous Chrissy Pronger poster drew the ire of USA Today’s Christine Brennan.
Writes Brennan:
“In 2010, when millions of girls and women are playing sports in this country and around the world, how is it acceptable for a newspaper to resort to tired old sexist comparisons of this sort, trying to [...]

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Did Trib go too far with “Chrissy” Pronger?

Did Trib go too far with “Chrissy” Pronger?

The Chicago Tribune created a Chrissy Pronger poster to poke fun at the Philadelphia Flyers’ Chris Pronger. It got them attention, but was it the right kind of attention?

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