« I’m fed up and I’m not gonna let the Washington Post attack this university, this awesome team of young women I have, or me, without a fight. »
LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey has reportedly threatened to sue the . On Friday, Sports Illustrated college sports reporter Pat Forde posted on X that the is working on a « big » story about Mulkey. A day later, Mulkey took a preemptive stance, strongly criticizing the potential story and the reporter behind it.
Mulkey then threatened to take legal action against the outlet if they published what she labeled a « hit piece. » The 61-year-old addressed the rumors during her press conference on Saturday and condemned what she referred to as the « sleazy tactics » employed by the media. Mulkey has not named the reporter who wrote the story.
Mulkey Goes Furious
« When my former coaches spoke to him and found out that I wasn’t talking with the reporter, they were just distraught and they felt completely misled, » Mulkey said. « Former players have told me that the has contacted them and offered them to be anonymous in a story if they’ll say negative things about me.
