I have previously made mention of Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland and the allegations that she is anti-gay. More and more solid evidence continues to surface regarding this, and there are many links at http://www.womenshoops.blogspot.com/, which is a good general blog on women's hoops that I just came across today.

I have other reasons for disliking Portland, such as her whiney entitlement complex that has her complaining to the officials even when Penn State has a game well in hand. That sort of thing I can at least deal with as just another manifestation of bad sportsmanship. But outright bigotry is something I as a political progressive cannot tolerate, and Penn State needs to deal with this issue immediately and strongly.

Whether they will of course remains to be seen. All too often in sports, bad behavior is tolerated as long as the team is winning. Perfect case in point being Bobby Knight at Indiana, who got away with way more than he should have because the Hoosiers kept winning.

Penn State's women's team had (last I checked) only nine players and most of them were frosh. Basically what Michigan had to contend with last year and the Wolverines only won five games. So, it could be that Penn State is in for a steep and rapid decline in the record of it's women's b-ball team. Which, along with the negative publicity that Rene and her loyalists can no longer keep under wraps, will lead to fewer recruits wanting to come to PSU.

Rene Portland will end up "hoisted by her own petard" as they say...she will end up being brought down by her own bigotry and will drag down the once-successful Penn State program with her. Just like Bobby Knight, just like Woody Hayes, just like Richard Nixon. All people who thought they were invincible in their high and mighty positions, until their negative actions caught up with them and they were forced to retreat in disgrace.

You really do reap what you sow, even if it sometimes takes a while for the reaping to happen.