locker room
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LA Sparks' GM Penny Toler Fired After Using the 'N-Word' in Locker Room Speech
Penny Toler’s long and storied career with the Los Angeles Sparks came to an abrupt end last Friday after reports that she had used the “n-word” in a post-game speech last month. Toler, who is black, was the team’s executive vice president and general manager, serving in the latter role for 20 seasons. The team…
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Expletive-Laced Locker Room ‘Pep Talk’ Has LA Sparks GM Penny Toler in WNBA’s Sights
The WNBA is looking into what was reportedly an expletive- and epithet-laden locker room “pep talk” given by Los Angeles Sparks general manager Penny Toler to her losing team during Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs. “We understand the heat of the moment and that the Sparks lost in the semifinals, but we don’t condone…
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Locker Room Talk (And Why "Grab Them By The Pussy" Doesn't Qualify), Explained
After being roundly criticized for leaked footage that revealed him bragging about grabbing anonymous women “by the pussy,” Donald Trump kinda, sorta apologized for it. But then dismissed it as typical “locker room talk.” What exactly is this “locker room talk?” Locker room talk refers to unfiltered conversations men sometimes have with each other in locker…