Lisa Leslie/ Racism/ Tennessee

[Sargassoc]

Interesting article about a high school incident in Tennessee (NOT Knoxville) that convinced Lisa Leslie not to look at the University. (Not sure why it's coming out now, but. . . ) http://www.knoxnews.com/sports/as-r...-no-to-tennessee-after-hearing-slurs_74310929

 

[RockyMTblue2]

The happier news about Lisa. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/leslie...vbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjAxMzBfMQRzZWMDc2M-

 

[Sargassoc]

The happier news about Lisa. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/leslie...vbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjAxMzBfMQRzZWMDc2M-

Maybe that explains the timing. . .

 

[tennparker3]

That news has been out for awhile. She had it in her book from a few years back. She has stated before that she wanted to play for Pat but the incident was a big factor in her decision to go on top of being very close with her mother (to be closer to home).