It's hard enough to convince sports editors to cover the WNBA, so it gets one's attention when they spend the money and space on people like Melissa Rohlin, "Special to The LA Times."

Honestly, I have no desire to publish a direct link to her "commentary," "Why this woman is a fan of basketball, but not the WNBA." But I do agree that if writing like this is not called out, it simply gets regurgitated -- in the fullest sense of the word.

Check out Ms. Rohlin and the rebkellian response to her piece and, if you feel inspired and want to encourage quality coverage of the W, drop sports editor Randy Harvey a note: sports@latimes.com. I kinda liked Carol Anne's:

I've been a fervent fan of women's basketball, both college and professional, for more than 20 years. In that time, I've read hundreds of articles and columns about the sport.

Melissa Rohlin's opinion piece, "Why this woman is a fan of basketball, but not the WNBA," is among the worst I've ever encountered. Full of prejudice--the paragraph basically endorsing homophobic attitudes is appalling--and empty of evidence, beyond her personal opinion. Oh, I'm wrong: she spoke to two high school players--who split 50/50 about the league.

Lack of media coverage comparable to the NBA's doesn't make women's basketball inferior. If people don't know when WNBA games are, the mainstream media is partly to blame.