( CNN ) -- Online and on the air , talking about sports has almost always been a guy thing . Former athletes and coaches banter on a more-or-less equal footing with other guys who 've never played a down or never hiked a ball but have a head full of stats and an encyclopedic knowledge of the manly arts . Meshall Shuman zooms in on Hattie Lemon at a recent taping of `` Ladies in the Locker Room '' It 's almost insulting to say the obvious , but there are plenty of women who know their sports , too . And they have their own sports show , one that offers an alternative to the `` testosterone ceiling '' of the guys ' club . It 's called `` Ladies in the Locker Room , '' and TV subscribers in the Atlanta , Georgia , area have been tuning in to its unique brand of sports commentary , analysis and trivia since 2004 . Watch the 'Ladies in the Locker Room ' » . The show is the brainchild of Hattie Lemon , a prolific writer , director , producer and actor whose independent crime series `` Atlanta Homicide '' is featured on the CoLours TV network . `` Ladies in the locker room are not women who think they know everything about sports ; they just know the men who do , '' Lemon said . It 's one of the catchphrases she uses to describe the show that immediately disarms most critics who otherwise would n't respect an all-female sports show . `` It 's all women , all sports , all sexy , '' Lemon said . `` It 's a combination of my love of sports and my love of media . '' Each year for the past five years , Lemon has recruited a new group of personalities and production crew members to punch out about a half-dozen shows . The show is captured live at sports clubs and restaurants across the Atlanta metro area , with additional time in the studio to create produced segments to add to the mix . Photo gallery : Making 'Ladies in the Locker Room ' » . And for the second time in the show 's history , Lemon is traveling to the Super Bowl with a handful of her ladies and a production crew to create a version of the show featuring interviews with the celebrities and stars flocking to football 's big game . Soma Balber , a self-professed superfan of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team and one of the show 's commentators for the 2008-09 season , first got to know Lemon when she began playing a recurring role in `` Atlanta Homicide . '' They got to talking about sports , and Balber was asked to be a part of the show . `` It 's kind of nice to show the audience that women can have fun watching sports , '' Balber said . `` And we want to educate women about sports as well . '' Lemon , who describes herself as a huge fan of professional football , says she hopes her show will lead more men to understand that women love sports , too . `` When women talk about sports , sometimes men look at us as groupies , '' Lemon said . `` Men do n't think women understand sports . '' As for men who have never played sports but still know all the stats ? They get the `` man pass . '' It 's not fair , she says , but `` it is what it is . I just hope we get more women talking about sports . ''
Hattie Lemon is show to merge loves of sports and media . ` ` Ladies '' offers news , sports and interviews . Lemon and her crew are going to the Super Bowl next year .