Kim Mulkey Blasts 'Sexist' LA Times, Then Talks 'Devotion' & 'Prayer' Ahead Of Easter Sunday

ALBANY, NY – As her press conferences usually are, Kim Mulkey's postgame press conference after her LSU Tigers beat the UCLA Bruins in the Sweet 16 was nothing short of very entertaining. 

She addressed the Washington Post column prior to the game, but didn't have much to say about it. She did, however, have a lot to say about a recent article in the Los Angeles Times. 

"I saw an article -- I didn't see it, someone sent it to me," Mulkey said in response to a question about whether her team has an "Us against the world" mentality. "It was a commentary from the LA Times." 

The article to which Mulkey was referring is titled, "UCLA-LSU is America’s sweethearts vs. its basketball villains" and it was posted on the LA Times website on Friday. 

"This isn’t just a basketball game, it’s a reckoning. Picking sides goes well beyond school allegiance," the writer begins. "Do you prefer America’s sweethearts or its dirty debutantes? Milk and cookies or Louisiana hot sauce?"

Head coach Kim Mulkey of the LSU Tigers reacts after a call by a referee during a game against the UCLA Bruins during the Sweet Sixteen of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

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Mulkey took strong offense to that commentary. 

"The one thing I'm not going to let you do, I'm not going to let you attack young people, and there were some things in this commentary, guys, that you should be offended by as women. It was so sexist, and they don't even know it.

"It was good versus evil in that game today. Evil? Called us dirty debutantes? Take your phone out right now and Google dirty debutantes and tell me what it says. Dirty debutantes? Are you kidding me?"

I did what she asked and Googled it, because I really didn't know either. Let's just say