The Root; Published By: Noah A. McGee
Instead of celebrating the LSU women’s basketball team for all of their accomplishments on the floor, people not even involved in the game are doing all they can to make it about everything but, even the First Lady.
A day after LSU’s 102-85 victory over Iowa to claim the women’s college basketball national championship, Jill Biden thought it would be good for both teams to make a trip to the White House.
During her visit to the Colorado State Capitol, Biden, who attended the game said “I know we’ll have the champions come to the White House; we always do. So, we hope LSU will come. But, you know, I’m going to tell Joe I think Iowa should come too because they played such a good game.”
Jill, how about you keep that to yourself?
Since when did college athletics give out participation trophies? When was the last time the White House invited both the winner and loser of a championship game for a visit? When do runner-ups enjoy the spoils of a champion? Read more
