Need new material when you yell at a ref? How about what ex-Celtic Cedric Maxwell used about Violet Palmer (the NBA's only female ref) during a recent broadcast: "Get back in the kitchen! Get back in the kitchen and fix me some bacon and eggs!"

Sports, Media and Society blogger Marie Hardin commented on recent gaffes by sports broadcasters back in December:

I think these incidents demonstrate the need for sports broadcasters to get far more than training in how to call play-by-play or in the fine art of trying to convince viewers that a lopsided game is still worth watching. They need an education in critical thinking about their own (unspoken unless under pressure) stereotypes color their thinking about race, ethnicity and gender, among other things.