I usually only get to indulge my broadcasting knowledge with my current positions with All Hit WUHU 107 (Mon. – Fri. 2-7) and 1340 WBGN The Ticket (co-hosting The Beatdown Sunday nights at 9 – cheap plugs #1 & 2). Nonetheless, I have answered the call and scoured the tomes of ancient sports academia to bring you the groundbreaking events that eventually led to some of our most fond(ling)ly remembered and sexiest sports heroines of today. What better way to start our excursion than the classic: Once upon a time ….

776 B.C. Since women are excluded from the Olympics, they hold their own games every four years to honor Greek goddess Hera. Pre-historic sisters are doin’ it for themselves & paving the way for many monumental (and sexy) sports moments and female Olympic athletes to come!

396 B.C.Spartan princess Kyniska wins an Olympic chariot race. Although she is barred from collecting her prize, the precedent has been set and Danica Patrick eventually carries on the tradition of making chariot/car racing sexy. Patrick’s IRL win in Japan becomes the sexiest racing win ever as she is doused with milk immediately after taking the checkered flag (OK, I may have just made that milk thing up).

In 1406, Mary, Queen of Scots coins the term “caddy” by calling her golf assistants cadets. Mary also inspires women to take up the game of golf, which will eventually cause men to watch women playing golf, especially when they are as smoking hot as Michelle Wie and Natalie Gulbis.

In 1722, British fighter Elizabeth Wilkinson entered the boxing ring, foreshadowing the in-ring exploits of Laila Ali and MMA temptress Gina Carano.

Genius Matthew Vassar opens Vassar College in 1865 with a Special School of Physical Training with classes “suitable for ladies to acquire … bodily strength and grace.” On behalf of the entire male population, thank you Mr. Vassar!

In 1874, Mary Ewing Outerbridge of Staten Island introduced tennis to the United States. Without Mary’s selfless act of generosity, we may never have know the glories of seeing (and hearing) some of the finest female tennis players to ever grace the court, such as: Sorana Cirstea (I’m ashamed I’ve never seen her play), Martina Hingis, Anna Kournikova, Venus & Serena Williams, Ashley Harkleroad, Elena Dementieva, Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova and many, many, many more.

One year later in 1875, the “Blondes” and the “Brunettes” played the first all-female baseball game in Springfield, Illinois. These women hit a home run and broke the barrier for future ball tossers Taryne Mowatt, Cat Osterman and Jennie Finch.

In 1892, Senda Berenson Abbott introduced the new game of basketball to her students at Smith College. The entire WNBA and all female basketball hotties to follow owe Miss Abbott a tremendous debt of gratitude.

Also in 1892, Hessie Donahue performed in a vaudeville act with legendary heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan. During the sparring performance, Sullivan inadvertently landed a blow on Donahue. She then retaliated and knocked Sullivan out!

One might conclude this was unofficially the first sports entertainment event to feature a female, setting the stage for WWE Divas and TNA Knockouts generations later (You can catch the Beatdown Diva of the Week at www.wbgnbeatdown.com – cheap plug #3).

In 1895, volleyball is invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts. One hundred years later, volleyball is considered the second-largest participation sport. Luckily, many of those participants are female, such as Gabrielle Reece and Misty May-Traenor.

Looking back through the annals of history, we find numerous events that still have repercussions today. Sexy m-fin’ repercussions! So the next time you’re watching sports and you think to yourself – “Damn! That’s sexy!” – just remember that the sporting events we enjoy today would not be possible (or at least be as sexy!) without the groundbreaking women from centuries ago! Game on! Listen to The Beatdown every Sunday at 9 p.m. on 1340 WBGN The Ticket! And check our blog with ROR, for other updates and fun stuff.