Friend Encounters is a weekly series featuring friends who have met celebrities.
Today, I feature a former boss with a celeb who represented the reason I knew him. If that isn't confusinbg enough, let me tell you a story.
Henry ran Global Women's Sports Radio, a website focused on women's sports. Despite it's name, it had nothing to do with radio. It didn't even have audio or video, at least until I got on board. Henry courted me for a while, but I was pretty busy at the time. Eventually, I did sign on, because I liked what he was doing and I am a big supporter of women's sports.
I brought a lot of women's wrestling to GWSR. I also brought a bunch of interviews with women athletes. Henry liked what I did and made me Senior Writer. Eventually, I was pretty much running the day-to-day stuff. Along with writing, I trained other writers and edited their work. It was a lot of work, but it was fun and I thought GWSR was rolling.
Unfortunately, apparently Henry did not think so. One day with no notice, he ended the site. A couple of us tried talking him out of it, but he didn't change his mind.
I understand his decision, because women's sports are not huge drawing cards. I imagine he struggled getting sponsors to keep things going. I know he believed in the objective, but at some point, the money needs to roll in to keep things afloat.
Henry has been a supporter of women's sports before GWSR started. He attended games and met many athletes, like Jamie Ruden, former star player for Arizona State.
I don't sit around and lament the loss of GWSD daily. I do dislike how it ended and wish it could have been more successful. Either way, we did some good work and had fun while it lasted.
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