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Los Angeles Times writer Ben Bolch has issued an apology about a column previewing the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/ncaa/lsu-tigers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU women’s basketball</a> team ahead of their Sweet 16 matchup against UCLA after Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey ripped the piece for being "sexist," "awful" and "wrong."Bloch posted a lengthy apology on X days after <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/louisiana-gov-jeff-landry-calls-policy-change-lsu-womens-basketball-misses-national-anthem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mulkey’s press conference</a> in which she called out the column for "attacking" her players. Bloch described players as "villains" and "dirty debutantes" in his writing. "You can criticize coaches all you want," she told reporters, via ESPN. "That's our business. You can come at us and say, 'You're the worst coach in America. I hate you. I hate everything about you.' We expect that. It comes with the territory.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</a>"But the one thing I'm not going to let you do, I'm not going to let you attack young people, and there were some things in this commentary that you should be offended by as women. It was so sexist. It was good versus evil in that game today. Evil? Called us dirty debutantes? Are you kidding me?"<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsus-kim-mulkey-shrugs-off-piece-released-ahead-of-sweet-16-profiling-rifts-during-career-havent-read-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mulkey’s criticisms</a> followed her previous remarks about The Washington Post. On Monday, Bloch penned an apology to both programs, noting that he was not asked by the LA Times to issue one.  <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsus-kim-mulkey-shreds-la-times-column-describing-players-dirty-debutantes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU'S KIM MULKEY SHREDS LA TIMES OVER COLUMN DESCRIBING PLAYERS AS 'DIRTY DEBUTANTES'</a>"Words matter. As a journalist, no one should know this more than me. Yet I have failed miserably in my choice of words. In my column previewing the LSU-UCLA women's basketball game, I tried to be clever in my phrasing about one team's attitude, using alliteration while not understanding the deeply offensive connotation or associations. I also used metaphors that were not appropriate. Our society has had to deal with so many layers of misogyny, racism and negativity that I can now see why the words I used were wrong. It was not my intent to be hurtful, but I now understand that I terribly missed the mark."He continued, "I sincerely apologize to the LSU and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/ncaa/ucla-bruins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UCLA basketball</a> teams and to our readers. UCLA, a school I have covered for nearly a decade, champions diversity and is known as a leader in inclusivity. However, I have not upheld that standard in what I wrote and I will do much better. I am deeply sorry." The LA Times updated the column with an editor’s note on Monday that said it was "edited to remove language that was inappropriate and offensive" after finding that the original version "did not meet Times editorial standards.""We apologize to the LSU basketball program and to our readers," the note added. Follow Fox News Digital’s <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sports coverage on X</a>, and subscribe to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</a>.

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content: Los Angeles Times writer Ben Bolch has issued an apology about a column
 previewing the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/ncaa/lsu-tigers"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU women’s basketball</a> team ahead of their
 Sweet 16 matchup against UCLA after Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey ripped the piece
 for being "sexist," "awful" and "wrong."Bloch posted a lengthy apology on
 X days after <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/louisiana-gov-jeff-landry-calls-policy-change-lsu-womens-basketball-misses-national-anthem"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mulkey’s press conference</a> in which she
 called out the column for "attacking" her players. Bloch described players as "villains"
 and "dirty debutantes" in his writing. "You can criticize coaches all you
 want," she told reporters, via ESPN. "That's our business. You can come at us and
 say, 'You're the worst coach in America. I hate you. I hate everything about you.'
 We expect that. It comes with the territory.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON
 FOXNEWS.COM</a>"But the one thing I'm not going to let you do,
 I'm not going to let you attack young people, and there were some things in this
 commentary that you should be offended by as women. It was so sexist. It was good
 versus evil in that game today. Evil? Called us dirty debutantes? Are you kidding
 me?"<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsus-kim-mulkey-shrugs-off-piece-released-ahead-of-sweet-16-profiling-rifts-during-career-havent-read-it"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mulkey’s criticisms</a> followed her previous
 remarks about The Washington Post. On Monday, Bloch penned an apology to
 both programs, noting that he was not asked by the LA Times to issue one.  <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsus-kim-mulkey-shreds-la-times-column-describing-players-dirty-debutantes"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU'S KIM MULKEY SHREDS LA TIMES OVER
 COLUMN DESCRIBING PLAYERS AS 'DIRTY DEBUTANTES'</a>"Words matter.
 As a journalist, no one should know this more than me. Yet I have failed miserably
 in my choice of words. In my column previewing the LSU-UCLA women's basketball game,
 I tried to be clever in my phrasing about one team's attitude, using alliteration
 while not understanding the deeply offensive connotation or associations. I also
 used metaphors that were not appropriate. Our society has had to deal with so many
 layers of misogyny, racism and negativity that I can now see why the words I used
 were wrong. It was not my intent to be hurtful, but I now understand that I terribly
 missed the mark."He continued, "I sincerely apologize to the LSU and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/ncaa/ucla-bruins"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">UCLA basketball</a> teams and to our readers.
 UCLA, a school I have covered for nearly a decade, champions diversity and is known
 as a leader in inclusivity. However, I have not upheld that standard in what I wrote
 and I will do much better. I am deeply sorry." The LA Times updated the column
 with an editor’s note on Monday that said it was "edited to remove language that
 was inappropriate and offensive" after finding that the original version "did not
 meet Times editorial standards.""We apologize to the LSU basketball program
 and to our readers," the note added. Follow Fox News Digital’s
 <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sports
 coverage on X</a>, and subscribe to <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the
 Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</a>.
summary: Los Angeles Times writer Ben Bolch issued an apology Monday for his controversial
 column previewing the LSU vs. UCLA Sweet 16 game.
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