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LSU head coach Kim Mulkey calls out from the bench during the first half of a first-round college basketball game against Rice in the women's NCAA Tournament in Baton Rouge, La., Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

LSU coach Kim Mulkey lashes out at Washington Post, threatens legal action

LSU coach Kim Mulkey is sharply criticizing and threatening legal action against The Washington Post

By BRETT MARTEL
Published - Mar 23, 2024, 05:20 PM ET
Last Updated - Mar 23, 2024, 05:20 PM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Kim Mulkey lashed out at and threatened legal action against The Washington Post on Saturday, saying the paper has spent two years pursuing a “hit piece” about her and that it gave her a deadline to answer questions this past week while the defending national champion Tigers were preparing for the women's NCAA Tournament.

“The lengths he has gone to try to put a hit piece together,” Mulkey said of award-winning Post reporter Kent Babb, whom she did not mention by name. “After two years of trying to get me to sit with him for an interview, he contacts LSU on Tuesday as we were getting ready for the first-round game of this tournament with more than a dozen questions, demanding a response by Thursday, right before we’re scheduled to tip off. Are you kidding me?

“This was a ridiculous deadline that LSU and I could not possibly meet, and the reporter knew it,” Mulkey continued. “It was just an attempt to prevent me from commenting and an attempt to distract us from this tournament. It ain’t going to work, buddy.”

Babb confirmed to The Associated Press that he is working on a profile of Mulkey, but declined further comment. The Post also declined comment.

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