Kim Mulkey rips L.A. Times for 'awful' portrayal of LSU vs. UCLA - ESPN

ALBANY, N.Y. — LSU coach Kim Mulkey ripped a Los Angeles Times article that portrayed her team's matchup against UCLA as a «reckoning» between good versus evil, calling it «sexist,» «awful» and «wrong.»

During her postgame news conference following a 78-69 victory Saturday, Mulkey was asked a question about her team embracing an 'us-against the world mentality' and whether she's told her players to 'enjoy having the black hat on.'

In response, she said she was sent an article in the LA Times that described her team as «dirty debutantes» and UCLA as «milk and cookies.» In addition, the article portrayed the matchup as «good versus evil. Right versus wrong. Inclusive versus divisive.»

«You can criticize coaches all you want,» Mulkey said. «That's our business. You can come at us and say you're the worst coach in America. I hate you, I hate everything about you. We expect that. It comes with the territory.

»But 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 that you should be offended by as women. It was so sexist. It was good versus evil in that game today. Evil? Called us dirty debutantes? Are you kidding me?

«I'm not going to let you talk about 18- to 21-year-old kids in that tone.»

Earlier in the day, a long anticipated Washington Post profile on Mulkey published, an article she described as a «hit piece» in a statement she made last week anticipating its publication. Mulkey has repeatedly said she is not afraid to speak up and speak out against what she sees as something that is wrong.

In her view, the L.A. Times article crossed a line.

«I'm not going to let sexism continue,» Mulkey said. «And if you don't think that's sexism, then