10 All-Star Female Sports Reporters

Charissa Thompson

Charissa Thompson, who will anchor Fox Sports 1's signature nightly news and highlights show, Fox Sports Live, says women's restrooms are hard to come by in her line of work.

"Any woman who goes on the road with an NFL team or is on the sidelines will tell you that you'll be putting on your mascara next to a urinal in the men's bathroom [because there won't be a women's room on the field]," she says.

VIDEO: Fox Sports' Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson Cut Loose

Hannah Storm

"I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan. I was young and didn't really like going into the locker room. But of course I did because I had to make deadline," says Storm, host of ESPN's SportsCenter. "And he treated me, the only woman covering the franchise, with such dignity. The fans weren't as accepting. They sent me hate mail.

"I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan. I was young and didn't really like going into the locker room. But of course I did because I had to make deadline," says Storm, host of ESPN's SportsCenter. "And he treated me, the only woman covering the franchise, with such dignity. When Michael Jordan, a guy whom everybody looks up to, basically says I'm going to treat this young lady who is just doing her job with respect, well, he set the tone, I think, for the entire NBA."