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Los Angeles Times Columnist Apologizes For “Deeply Offensive” Descriptions Of LSU Women’s Team – Update
A column was updated in the Los Angeles Times after a complain by the LSU women's basketball coach.
Bloch says that he “failed miserably in my choice of words,” admitting that he “tried to be clever in my phrasing about one team’s attitude, using alliteration while not understanding the deeply offensive connotation or associations.” (See LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey ‘s point on that below.) PREVIOUSLY on Sunday: A Los Angeles Times column criticized as “sexist” by LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey was changed online by the newspaper early this morning because it “did not meet Times editorial standards.” LSU beat UCLA 78-69 on Saturday to advance in the Women’s NCAA tournament.
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