The choices that are made by sports editors can be fascinating. For instance, the decision by the LA Times to publish a poorly written piece by a big ole poophead, and then to publish not one, but three pieces in response to the original is... well, I don't really get it, but I'm intrigued.

The latest salvo adds some analysis and numbers to the unpicking of Rohlin's piece de poop, and offers delightful, "tsk, tsk" to the Times:

The column writer stated that the WNBA is “virtually absent from the media,” and in this she is not entirely wrong. Coverage of the league in the L.A. Times is usually relegated to small articles on the bottoms of pages buried far back inside the sports section. [which made Helen ask, what happened to Mike Terry? He loved the game!]

But the San Antonio Express-News has its own page for the Silver Stars; the Seattle Times assigns a reporter to travel with the Storm and cover games, and she also writes a daily blog about the team. The Sacramento Bee, the Hartford Courant, the New York Daily News and New York Post, among other newspapers, also regularly cover their respective WNBA teams. Nationally, WNBA coverage can be found often in USA Today, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.

Just to say, once again, if you don't speak up, the kind of the coverage of women's basketball gets will. not. change. As the arena song says, "Let's get loud!"

Read the LA Times stuff and respond:

sports@latimes.com

randy.harvey@latimes.com

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