Jane Gross (September 10, 1947 – November 9, 2022) was an American

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. She wrote for ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was the first woman known to have entered a

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locker room. In February 1975, as a

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for ''Newsday'' she asked

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coach

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to enter the locker room at

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, to which he agreed. In 2011 Gross authored the book ''Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents – and Ourselves''. In 2018 she was given an award by the Association for Women in Sports Media. She was the daughter of sportswriter

Milton Gross Milton Gross (February 13, 1912 – May 9, 1973) was an American sportswriter and author who wrote a nationally syndicated column for the ''New York Post''. He previously worked as the beat reporter for the New York Yankees and wrote a number ...

of the ''

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''.

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