BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Kim Mulkey on Saturday threatened legal action against the Washington Post, which spent two years pursuing a “hit story” about her and last week. He said he gave her a deadline to answer the questions. The defending national champion Tigers were preparing for the women's NCAA Tournament.
Although he didn't name him, Mulkey said of award-winning Post reporter Kent Babb, “It's amazing how hard he worked to put together a hit piece.” “He has been trying to get me to sit in on an interview for two years, and on Tuesday, as we were preparing for the first round of this tournament, he contacted LSU to ask me about a dozen questions and answer them by Thursday. Before I was scheduled to report it. Are you kidding me?
“This was a ridiculous deadline that LSU and I could never meet, and the reporters knew it. It was simply an attempt to prevent me from commenting and distract us from this tournament. That was an attempt. It's not going to work, buddy.'' ”
Babb confirmed to The Associated Press that he was reviewing Mulkey's profile, but declined to comment further. The paper also declined to comment.
Babb has worked at the Washington Post for 14 years. His traits have been named the best in the nation three times by the Associated Press sports editors. Babb has also written two of his books: Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City and Not A Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson.
Mulkey is in his third season at LSU on a 10-year, $36 million extension after winning his fourth national title as coach last season. She also won her three medals at Baylor University, and as an athlete at Louisiana Tech University she won two, and at the 1984 Olympics she won a gold medal as an athlete on the USA team. Obtained.
Mulkey said he told Babb two years ago that he would not interview Babb because he “didn't like” the hit piece he wrote about current LSU and former Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly. Ta.
“A hit?” Babu wrote on social media on Saturday.parallel with link to the story.
“I'm sick of it. I'm not going to let the Washington Post attack this university, my amazing young women's team, and me without a fight,” Mulkey added. “I have hired the best defamation law firm in the country, and I will sue the Washington Post if they publish a false story about me.
“Not many people are in a position to hold journalists like this accountable, but I am and I will take responsibility.”
Mulkey accused Babb of trying to trick former assistant coaches into talking to him by giving the false impression that Mulkey had agreed to an interview.
“When my former coaches talked to him and found out I wasn't talking to reporters, they were just distraught and felt completely misunderstood,” Mulkey said.
Mulkey added that former players have told her that the Post “contacted them that if they were going to say anything negative about me, they would do so anonymously and in the article.”
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
