Women In...
A podcast that celebrates women in all walks of life and careers and the people in their lives who are lifting them up. You will hear from women AND men about what they are passionate about, what motivates them, how they spend their day-to-day lives, and how and why they lift women up. This is a space to be disruptive, forward-thinking, and change agents for humankind. It is uncensored, fun, and curiosity-driven.
Women In...
Women In... Episode 113: Anne Montgomery - Ahead of Her Time: Anne Montgomery on Leading in a Male-Dominated Sports World
Anne Butler Montgomery has worked as a television sportscaster, newspaper and magazine
writer, teacher, author, and amateur sports official. She worked for five TV stations, including
ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut, where she anchored the Emmy and ACE award-winning
SportsCenter. She finished her on-camera broadcasting career with a two-year stint as the
studio host for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns. Montgomery was a freelance and/or staff reporter for
six publications, writing sports, features, movie reviews, and archeological pieces. Her novels
include Your Forgotten Sons, The Castle, A Light in the Desert, Wild Horses on the Salt, The
Scent of Rain, and Wolf Catcher. Montgomery taught journalism and communications skills in a
Title I high school for 20 years and was an amateur sports official for four decades, a time
during which she called baseball, ice hockey, soccer, and basketball games and served as a high
school football referee and crew chief. Montgomery is a foster mom to three sons and a
daughter. When she can, she indulges in her passions: rock collecting, scuba diving, and playing
her guitar. She splits her time between Phoenix, Arizona and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
