Women are sports fans… too! That’s the notion behind Fantoo, featuring a blog and downloadable podcast (mp3 via iTunes here). A far cry from the Italian women “sports journalists” that are sported on television programs (“il calcio”) in Italy, Fantoo is for serious sports fans. Launched and operated by Robin McConaughty and Carol Doroba, there is plenty of interesting [and at times quirky] commentary that, as Robin mentions in the videoclip below, is enjoyed by guys as well as girls.
Being based in Philadelphia, Robin covers my dear Flyers. And here [podcast stopped] you can follow the Podcast, interview and on-ice throw-down with Flyers’ enforcer Riley Cote! If you are interested in how the hockey goons start a fight, you can hear it from Riley in this clip. As Robin said to me, “…things always go better when you ‘ask in a nice way’.
With the Philadelphia Flyers heading into the first game of the first round tonight (of the Stanley Cup 2009, that is) with our Keystone rivals, Pittsburgh, I can only imagine that Riley will have his hands full more than a few times.
And kudos to Robin and Carol for their fantoo.
