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(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) A few days ago I opined that if the WNBA is serious about making inroads into the American sports conscious, it would lose the More Woke Than Thou nonsense and start heavily promoting players like Sabrina Ionescu. In short, emphasize its players as athletes. A novel concept.
What the WNBA shouldn’t do is silly, childish, stuff like this … which it just did . Connecticut Sun head coach and general manager Curt Miller has been fined and suspended after his “inappropriate and offensive” comment toward Las Vegas Aces star Liz Cambage during a game on Sunday, the WNBA said. Following the Sun’s 76-65 win over the Aces, Cambage called out Miller after he complained to an WNBA official about a call, saying she weighs “300 pounds.” Cambage pointed out she’s 6 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 235 pounds, and slammed Miller for his remarks. It gets better: “I will never let a man disrespect me, ever, ever, ever, especially a little White one,” she said . It’s hard to pick a starting point among so many fertile possibilities.
One, trash talk in its many forms, including belittling an opponents weight/height/age/third grade report card has been ingrained into sports so long one suspects the real reason Cain offed Abel was one too many taunts after losing a one-on-one game in their driveway outside of the Garden of Eden. Theoretically, coaches are supposed to refrain from such exchanges. However, when a coach perceives one of his or her players being unfairly treated by an opponent using a height and/or size difference to their advantage, it is well within the realm of correctness to complain about same to the officiating crew. Cambage, whose star ability skill set apparently includes rabbit ears, should know by now that opposing coaches can and will say anything to officials they think might help steer future calls their way.
Next, Cambage just had to bring race into the picture. Because why not. One has to wonder if Cambage would have been so mortally offended had the other team’s coach been a black woman. Or, for that […]
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