Pioneer R. Glenn dies

Rhonda Glenn, the first female anchor on ESPN who became a USGA historian and tireless promoter of women’s golf, died after a long illness, a longtime friend said. Glenn was 68. Barbara Romack, a former U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, said Glenn died Thursday night in a hospital in Gainesville, Florida. With an engaging smile and happy disposition, Glenn became the first woman to be a fulltime sportscaster for a national network when she sat behind the desk at Sports Center in 1981 just two years after the network was launched. Glenn worked 17 years at the USGA as a historian and author. – Associated Press