L.A. Times reporter apologizes for LSU column

L.A. Times reporter Ben Bolch has "apologized for a column he wrote that called LSU women's basketball players 'dirty debutantes' and described the UCLA-LSU matchup as 'good versus evil.'" The apology came two days after LSU coach Kim Mulkey "condemned the column." Bolch on X wrote that he was "not asked by anyone at the Times to publicly address the column but he wanted to express himself 'so that I can own up to my mistake.'" Bolch: "Words matter. As a journalist, no one should know this more than me. Yet I have failed miserably in my choice of words. ... I sincerely apologize to the LSU and UCLA basketball teams and to our readers" (USA TODAY, 4/1).