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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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After Winning Their 4th Championship in 7 Seasons, the Minnesota Lynx Are the Greatest WNBA Franchise
On Wednesday the Minnesota Lynx held off a scrappy late-fourth-quarter effort by the Los Angeles Sparks to clinch their fourth title in the last seven seasons, thus solidifying their place as the greatest WNBA franchise in the history of the WNBA. Don’t @ me, bro. In Game 5, the Lynx controlled what turned out to…