Scott was always going to have an uphill climb simply for the fact that she was replacing a local legend. There was some uber-nasty shit said when she took the job. Good to hear the Twitter troll stuff has died down a bit. And again, they hurt because I love to interact with people on social media, so in order to be able to interact with people who are kind and want to know about me or want to interact at least in a civil way, I have to read the bad message and tweets in order to interact with the good or interested ones as well. ‘We don’t want a woman calling sports, what the fuck do you know about men’s basketball with your vagina?’ Things like that. So, pardon my language, but, ya know, ‘hey you cunt faggot bitch, go back to California and be gay on the coast,’ things like that (were said). ![]() We feel so emboldened these days, to be really mean about our dislike for somebody we don’t know whatsoever. “Well the good news is that it has dissipated considerably, much quicker than I actually expected… it is not a Philly thing… it’s a society thing. ![]() It was a good discussion, honest and candid, and the most interesting portion was Scott talking about replacing Zoo as the Sixers play-by-play announcer and dealing with the intense negative reaction that came with it: ![]() Kate Scott was the first guest on Marc Zumoff’s new Fresh 24 YouTube show and podcast.
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