The Fast Track

“Jane McManus has long been charting the growth of women’s sports with stories behind the scenes and in front of the cameras. Now, with The Fast Track, she provides the inside scoop on where we've been, where we are going, and why it matters.”-Billie Jean King “In The Fast Track, Jane McManus thoughtfully and critically helps us understand the moment we are in with women’s sports and all the financial, social, and historical implications. It is a dynamic read.”-Jemele Hill, contributing writer for The Atlantic and host of TruTv’s Above the Fold
  “With The Fast Track, Jane McManus details the ongoing struggle for equity with a forensic takedown of the cultural attitudes that have long undermined female athletes-at a time when women’s sports are receiving unprecedented attention. The eyes are watching. The moment is here, and the stakes are enormously high, for both an industry resistant to equality and a women’s sports world whose core identities are at risk as the long-awaited money finally rushes in. There is no better time for this book.”-Howard Bryant, author of The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism "McManus does an admirable job of giving an overview of the cyclical nature of support and dispelling preconceived myths. The Fast Track is a valuable, well-researched playbook that chronicles the frustrating setbacks and the momentum propelling the women’s sports industry forward."- Booklist "Fifty years of progress toward gender equity in sports is highlighted in sports media professor Jane McManus’s smart, persuasive book The Fast Track. With insights from athletes and advocates, financiers, commentators, and analysts, the book includes a wealth of affecting stories, jaw-dropping statistics, and inside analysis about women’s sports and their growing fan base.... [A] superb recent history of women’s sports and women’s sports media that makes a strong argument for giving women’s athletics the attention and funding they need."-Foreword