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LSU’s Kim Mulkey rips LA Times over a column that characterized her team as ‘dirty debutantes’

Kim Mulkey, the women’s basketball coach at the University of Los Angeles, went wild after a column in the Los Angeles Times called some of the show’s players “villains” and “dirty debutantes.” fox news digital.

Mulkey first came into the spotlight after it was revealed that the Washington Post was prepared to publish a profile on the coach. The film was released on Saturday and its title is “Kim Mulkey’s method. ”

she exploded LA Times column Describing it as “sexist” and “terrible”, he added:[y]You can criticize the coach all you want. ”

“That’s our job. You can come at us and say you’re the worst coach in America. I hate you, I hate all of you. That’s what we expect. It comes with the territory.”

“But the one thing I’m not going to let you guys do is I’m not going to let you attack young people. And there were some things in this comment that I, as a woman, should be offended by. It was very sexist. Today’s match was good versus evil. Evil? Did you call us dirty debutantes? Are you kidding me?

“We’re not going to have kids talking about 18- to 21-year-olds in that tone.”

LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese was one of the players who defended Mulkey regarding the LA Times article. She said her team is “good villains” who are doing a lot to push women’s basketball in the right direction.

“That’s what we’re concerned about,” Reese said. “Just having teammates that are rooting for you, having teammates and coaches, that means we can always support each other. I don’t care what outsiders think. Locker room I know what’s going on.”

Despite Mulkey’s insistence that things are on the right side, an LA Times column states:

There’s little debate as to which side Tigers coach Kim Mulkey is on. Long after Mulkey reportedly failed to support Brittney Greiner and essentially told the gay star to keep his sexual orientation to himself, a profile about the veteran coach in the Washington Post As it approached, I stumbled again.

Mulkey last week labeled the paper a “hit piece” without knowing the content of the story and threatened to sue. She did not name her reporter, but she described the Post’s Kent Babb as “sleazy.” While she slammed the paper for giving her a deadline to respond to her questions, she also revealed that she had refused requests to participate in interviews going back two years.

“As a mother, as a grandmother, as a youth leader, I can’t sit here and let someone say that to me, because, folks, it’s wrong. I see and read sexism,” Mulkey said. “You’ll understand if you do. That’s what it was.” terrible. “

The LA Times later edited the article, removing language such as “dirty debutante” and claiming the article did not meet its editorial standards.

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