LSU coach Mulkey's attack on Washington Post reporter hurts women's sports

This month of March has been electrifying with brilliant basketball on both sides of the border. 

On some sites, more tickets for the Final Four of the women's NCAA tournament have been sold than the men's tournament. As a fan of women's college basketball, it's been thrilling to watch six hours a day of games that seem to be tight and so fiercely competitive. 

As we see women's sports grow in Canada and around the world, an important part of the sports landscape is journalism. If we want accountability, transparency and proper development in sports cultures, journalism is a staple of that industry. 

Recently, Kim Mulkey, Louisiana State University's polarizing and colourful-outfit-wearing coach (think Don Cherry but blonde), verbally attacked a journalist from the Washington Post (without saying his name, Kent Babb) because he is working on a profile of her that perceives to cast her in a negative light.

Mulkey is not a person who shies away from the spotlight, as long as she's happy with the rays. In this case, she said a "sleazy reporter" was working on a "hit piece" and she had already hired lawyers to prepare to sue for defamation. (As of March 27, the Washington Post hadn't published Babb's story.)

LSU coach Kim Mulkey says a Washington Post reporter has spent the past two years working on a negative story about her.<br><br>“I will sue the Washington Post if they publish a false story about me."<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/rLH4fK7SYd">pic.twitter.com/rLH4fK7SYd</a>

Mulkey doesn't seem to understand that journalism is not public relations and as much as people are interested in advocating and reporting on the women's game (essential to the growth of women's sports), not every story will be a glowing report. In