Video: The obligatory WNBA “brawl” clip
posted at 1:25 pm on July 23, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Via Debbie Schlussel, the confrontation mirrors the style of play: Sound on fundamentals but lacking that all-important “whoa!” moment. Presumably this is what brawls looked like in men’s basketball in the 1950s.
Coming soon to the Factor: O’Reilly rues the shameful prevalence of violence in sports while running this clip over and over and over…
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I had to hold in a laugh at that line.
jimmy the notable on July 23, 2008 at 1:29 PM
who cares?
Maxx on July 23, 2008 at 1:31 PM
HAHAHAHA!
Weight of Glory on July 23, 2008 at 1:31 PM
The lady across the street from me has a daughter who plays for the Detroit Shock, I wonder if she was involved?
Tony737 on July 23, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Plenette Pierson makin’ my Red Raiders proud.
/
bikermailman on July 23, 2008 at 1:33 PM
They can’t play and they cant fight either..
BORING..
(However, I have seen some girl fights in Mixed Martial Arts and those were really good.. girls basketball to me sucks, period.. )
Chakra Hammer on July 23, 2008 at 1:33 PM
So AP, what in your opinion would have been the fighting move equivalent to a dunk, that would have legitimized this “fight”?
Weight of Glory on July 23, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Taking pot shots at O’reilly out of the blue. Keith is that you ?
redrock on July 23, 2008 at 1:35 PM
(Basically i just don’t like basketball, guys or girls.. ehhh… but the girls are really lame.. like watching College basketball.. boring.. Zzzzz)
Chakra Hammer on July 23, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Those women commentators sound like men!
dc84123 on July 23, 2008 at 1:36 PM
The new standard of conservatism: No pot shots at O’Reilly out of the blue.
Allahpundit on July 23, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Basketball? They still play that?
Limerick on July 23, 2008 at 1:37 PM
And THAT, is the most RIDICULOUS item of the day.
Leopold Stotch on July 23, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Let me guess, one of the players hails from Lesbos?
ninjapirate on July 23, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Preview of the democrat convention? Can we hope?
rockhauler on July 23, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Why no shots at Bill O? He’s about as arrogant as the other BO, only he’s right some of the time.
bikermailman on July 23, 2008 at 1:40 PM
What does that have to do with Conservatism, it was just weird.
redrock on July 23, 2008 at 1:40 PM
What’s Imus have to say about this?
BowHuntingTexas on July 23, 2008 at 1:42 PM
[Insert nondescript menstrual joke here]
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 23, 2008 at 1:43 PM
I don’t see any problem decrying violence in sports and playing this clip over and over again. It’s the violence on TV spiel, playing this over and over again, that would be a problem.
progressoverpeace on July 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Cat fight!
Not so…I’ve been to a few UCONN women’s games, and believe me, those girls can play!
JetBoy on July 23, 2008 at 1:45 PM
I suppose soccer will be blamed for this too given the hooliganism.
danarchy on July 23, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Naw. They didn’t use nearly as many trite cliches.
whitetop on July 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM
absolutely right. Women can’t play basketball. One time early on someone called me and asked me what slogan would be good for the WNBA to use. I said it then and I’ll say it again. . . it should be ’sorry we can’t dunk’.
I love basketball, but you won’t be able to pay me to watch WNBA or women’s basketball.
This was a fight without punches. . . lame.
ThackerAgency on July 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Uh. Where was the pudding? Or Jell-o. Shirt Ripping? Hair pulling? Gimme somethin’ man!
lorien1973 on July 23, 2008 at 1:50 PM
50% of TV news is faux outrage.
I am shocked that players would have a scuffle in the middle of a big game. Just shocked.
faraway on July 23, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Sweet! This will give the tens or maybe hundreds of WNBA fans something to talk about.
Spirit of 1776 on July 23, 2008 at 1:52 PM
That fight reminds me of girls trying to throw a baseball overhand, but god bless ‘em, they’re trying best they can.
a capella on July 23, 2008 at 1:54 PM
OOHHH SNAP!
Weight of Glory on July 23, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Finally, sexual equality in sports. I’m sure the WNBA fans (all 23 of them) are thrilled.
TooTall on July 23, 2008 at 2:05 PM
LA Sparks: Keepin’ it real with the purple and teal…
Lee on July 23, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Didn’t deliver.
loganthompson on July 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Ninjapirate, we are all Lesbians now…
Lee on July 23, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Jesse Jackson says Nappy Headed in 1…2…3…
kirkill on July 23, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Me, I’d rather participate in a game than sit around & watch a bunch of overpaid steroid-pumped people in funny clothes play. But if you’d rather just watch, why not watch the best? Women are too short & too weak for basketball.
jgapinoy on July 23, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Really? Is it cuz most all the players were white?
Andy in Agoura Hills on July 23, 2008 at 2:20 PM
You know, between this fight and the 2005 knock-down drag-out battle between the Pacers and Pistons, both Detroit pro teams really should move their games from the Palace at Auburn Hills to the far more appropriate Joe Louis Arena downtown.
jon1979 on July 23, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Well… not quite
JetBoy on July 23, 2008 at 2:22 PM
(Suzyn Waldman voice) “GOODNESS GRACIOUS! Of all the dramatic things I’ve ever seen!”
Holy “women-with-man-voices”, Batman. I’ll be looking for those two at the next Lilith Faire…
Spanglemaker on July 23, 2008 at 2:24 PM
JetBoy on July 23, 2008 at 2:22 PM
I guarantee you that they still lose money. The only thing that makes them partly successful is the lesbian community which has been posted in an earlier comment.
This is hype. Why is the rest of the world catching up to American basketball? Because we don’t care about the game anymore. . . we only care about hype. It is succeeding because a lot of major contributors are losing a lot of money marketing and promoting the WNBA. It’s not good basketball.
ThackerAgency on July 23, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Hey, I love watching the WNBA! I stopped watching the NBA years ago because it stopped being basketball. These women are truly talented and play a very pure game. They aren’t loaded with punks, hoods and gangsters (despite this brawl) and they don’t make a great deal of money here in the states.
I started watching because I became a Lindsay Whalen fan when she was playing here at Minnesota. She is now the star with the Connecticut Sun.
sabbott on July 23, 2008 at 2:35 PM
WNBA ?
Is that womens basketball?
Pro?
They get paid?
Who, other than the parents of said players, goes to see and PAY to watch these games? Future WNBA players, prolly….
.
Never ever will I watch again. I wasted 15 minutes of my life a few years ago watching a wnba game, rain /hail /tornado /and my tv was stuck on espn 3 was the only reason I saw that much.
Boring can’t begin to describe it.
There are many womens sports I will watch;
Diving
Track
Gymnastics
Golf
a few others….
.
but not W-basketball…ever.
shooter on July 23, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Yawn. Seen better at my South Central LA junior high school(seventies).
I may or may not have been involve in one.
baldilocks on July 23, 2008 at 2:52 PM
I’m a Hoosier. I live for basketball.
rightwingprof on July 23, 2008 at 2:55 PM
LOL….I was thinking the same thing.
Though my initiation was at Brogden Junior High, NC
The Ugly American on July 23, 2008 at 3:00 PM
I don’t see how basketball players fighting will help Michelle Obama’s children . . .
NoDonkey on July 23, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Alright, Tiger, take that back!
Et tu Brute on July 23, 2008 at 3:08 PM
No, it’s all Bush’s fault!
Et tu Brute on July 23, 2008 at 3:09 PM
I was dragged to a womens college basketball game, free tickets, knew the athletic director, a few years back. Was given adequate warning about the (lack of) skill level. When asked at the end of the game what I thought and I said I would not have paid to watch that if they had been playing naked.
AndrewsDad on July 23, 2008 at 3:19 PM
They fight like girls!
iam7545 on July 23, 2008 at 3:28 PM
What the heck does that mean? When wimpy white guys were in the majority?
peacenprosperity on July 23, 2008 at 3:35 PM
They suck at B-ball and they suck at fighting.
Tim Burton on July 23, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Nothing says “brawl” quite like the arms-glued-to-your-sides walk-into-somebody-until-they-fall-over move.
Honestly, can you call it a brawl if there isn’t a single punch thrown? Maybe you can call this an “aggressive meeting” or an “unpolite rendezvous,” perhaps.
PaisleyCow on July 23, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Coming to a videogame console near you: WNBA Live 2008!
Sir Loin on July 23, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Two opposing players got their legs tangled up and one fell over the other. There was a ten-second scuffle, after which one hotheaded woman in a white jersey is held back by two of her teammates. Looks like a non-story.
Steve Z on July 23, 2008 at 4:06 PM
One more box checked on the See, We’re Just like the Boys list.
As if the sagging jeans and bass-voiced commentators weren’t enough.
Dubn8tr on July 23, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Won’t NoBody Attend
Sanjoboy on July 23, 2008 at 4:18 PM
The WBNA is a fan friendly league. The Maloofs here in Sacramento do a good job with the Monarchs (World Champs a few years ago). And the way that Kings ticket prices have gone up in the past several years, no more season tickets for me, just a few games a year – I could get WNBA season tickets for a what few Kings games would set me back.
But being the father of two girls (7 & 3) the WNBA is my fallback retirement position – the first two being the LPGA and Womens’ Tennis – that way I can spend recklessly now, and let the kids fund my golden years! Oh wait, I am not the government…
juanito on July 23, 2008 at 4:26 PM
hahaha
urbancenturion on July 23, 2008 at 4:37 PM
F*** IT!!! WE’LL DO IT LIVE!!!
F***in’ thing SUCKS!!!
Sincerely,
Bill O’Reilly
thirteen28 on July 23, 2008 at 4:40 PM
The most exciting clip to come from a WNBA game since…well, ever.
They fight like girls though. Oh, wait.
Mike D. on July 23, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Somewhere, Kermit Washington is smiling.
otcconan on July 23, 2008 at 5:22 PM
I shocked that Rick Mahorn would push someone.
jaime on July 23, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Cat Fight!
- The Cat
MirCat on July 24, 2008 at 3:03 AM
Fixed it for you.
Brilliant! Very clever. Thanks for posting that.
Captain Scarlet on July 24, 2008 at 4:08 AM
Comfortable Shoes for All!
Black Adam on July 24, 2008 at 4:20 AM
Jesus Christ!
We are Rome.
Rome is dead.
TheSitRep on July 24, 2008 at 8:11 AM
This incident aside, women’s basketball is like men’s basketball in the 1950s in one other respect, in that it is still a team sport, as opposed to hangers-on following an overpriced prima donna. That alone makes for a more interesting game, if a TEAM play is what you’re looking for.
Other than that, I can only say… meow!
manwithblackhat on July 24, 2008 at 9:56 AM
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