If you have not done so already, read what you can about Pokey Chatman’s resignation as head coach of the women’s basketball program at LSU. Chatman was, until she announced her immediate resignation yesterday, the head coach of one of the top programs in the nation, a program that trounced powerhouse Tennessee in the SEC tournament and was expected to go to the Final Four this year. A former LSU player and the protege of Sue Gunter, one of the true greats in women’ basketball, Chatman is considered by many to be the best women’s basketball brain, and the finest recruiter, in the nation.

And now she has resigned to “pursue other career options.” This phrase sets off the homophobia alarm for me: it’s equivalent to the sentence that politicians toss out when they have been defeated for re-election: “I’m looking forward to spending more time with my family.” Uh-huh. Sure.

Actually,…

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