Cindy Brunson Paves the Way for Black Women in Sports
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 1, 2025
Second of two partsBrunson, left, with WNBA legend and HOF Seimone Augustus Credit: Photo courtesy of X
Black females historically have been underrepresented in sports broadcasting. But Cindy Brunson as a youngster found a Black woman who would serve as an inspiration for her to eventually go into broadcasting herself.
“The first person I saw that looked like me on TV talking about sports was Jayne Kennedy,” recalled Brunson of Kennedy (now Overton), the first Black woman to host a national sports broadcast, CBS NFL Today in 1975. “I just thought she was stunning. Oh my gosh . . .