The Washington Post’s story on Kim Mulkey published Saturday, and if diehard fans were hoping for explosive revelations about the LSU women’s basketball coach, they likely didn’t get them.
The in-depth profile of Mulkey, by feature writer Kent Babb, is a thorough look at one of the best coaches in basketball, her controversies and how she got to where she is.
It’s far from a “hit piece,” which is how Mulkey described the story last weekend before it was published with other scathing and unprompted remarks during a press conference. She also threatened to sue The Washington Post if it published anything untrue, but several details in the story were already previously reported.
There's a fire rising in women's college basketball. And while America has been soaking in this storybook moment, Kim Mulkey *is* the fire — burning for 40 years, laying waste to everything (and everyone) in her path. https://t.co/ENZhf18GVP
— Kent Babb (@kentbabb) March 30, 2024
With the profile published, basketball fans predictably reacted with memes and jokes about Mulkey’s preemptive and unnecessary attack against the story, the paper and Babb. The story was thorough but didn’t seem to match the fire Mulkey insinuated it would have.
Here’s how some basketball fans reacted:
Washington Post article: "Kim Mulkey is a very accomplished and decorated figure in women's basketball but doesn't have the best track record with people"
Kim Mulkey: https://t.co/HEIYX7Cu2J pic.twitter.com/OuUzkaIOzx
— Justin Thomas/JT (@J_Thomas_24) March 30, 2024
Kim Mulkey: WaPo did a hit piece on me!
The hit: pic.twitter.com/FhL7Dnldbw
— Hard 2 Follows (@carriesmith1123) March 30, 2024
The Kim Mulkey WaPo story wasn't a hit piece as much as it was a profile that did a pretty good job of explaining why Mulkey defaults to thinking it would be a hit piece.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) March 30, 2024
The Kim Mulkey effect ;
Me after reading The Kim Mulkey article pic.twitter.com/y5Z3KyThJ5
— JAmshed IQbal (@Jamshediqbalji) March 30, 2024
Me after reading that Kim Mulkey *hit* piece. pic.twitter.com/2kg5KWQUbR
— Dr. Joy, H{DEI}IC (@smileitsjoy) March 30, 2024
Everyone reading the Kim Mulkey piece pic.twitter.com/Les4K3wLEp
— Jono Barnes (@JonoBarnes) March 30, 2024
I was promised a Kim Mulkey downfall. pic.twitter.com/9wf9WjFN77
— not matt (@PanasonicDX4500) March 30, 2024
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) March 30, 2024
The WaPo Kim Mulkey “hit piece” pic.twitter.com/CAeUblumuz
— Kevin Batiste (@KBatisteJr) March 30, 2024
Kim Mulkey caused all that commotion, threatening lawyers for information we already knew? pic.twitter.com/bRkPL4bzzh
— LSM (@iamlaurenmiles) March 30, 2024
And now me after reading the Kim Mulkey story after giving WaPo my email address https://t.co/pNEG5vsKMI pic.twitter.com/BVO7DI7KcQ
— Hard 2 Follows (@carriesmith1123) March 30, 2024
