April 2, 2015

Pangos, Brown, Clean Up 3-Point Competition for a WCC Sweep, Bleacher Report goes Sexist? UPDATED

Note: Please see update below.

Your very own Kevin Pangos went lights out against the rest of the Division I mens' field, and Portland's Cassandra Brown won the Division I womens' competition.  In the Battle of the Sexes match-up between the two, Brown beat Pangos 21-20.


Congratulations to both for winning their respective contests, and to Brown for winning it all.  Congratulations also to the WCC for making a great showing at the contest.


On a separate note, was Bleacher Report's reporting on the results, and corresponding criticism of Pangos a bit sexist?  BR's Joseph Zucker:
"As if losing in the Elite Eight of the 2015 NCAA tournament weren't bad enough for Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Kevin Pangos, he lost on [sic] bragging rights as college basketball's best three-point shooter.  Although Pangos was victorious in the men's half of Thursday's college three-point shootout in Indianapolis, women's three-point winner Cassandra Brown of the Portland Pilots beat him by one point in the battle of the sexes."
As if losing in the Elite Eight weren't bad enough?  Although he was victorious in the men's half?  Where's your Elite Eight appearance and men's three-point competition title Joseph?  Care to explain why losing a three-point contest to a woman equates to losing bragging rights?

Bad reporting Bleacher Report.  Somebody needs to take down this article and try again.

Actual URL: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2418633-college-3-point-contest-2015-winner-score-results-and-twitter-reaction

UPDATE - Battle of the Twitter Lightweights: @Zagaholicdotcom (16) vs. @JosephZucker (112)

I tweeted this article to Zucker, and he defends his position.  I leave it to the reader to decide.  Am I reading into it too much, or is he backpedaling?  This chain below can be found here.


3 comments:

Eric said...

You're right, he's a punk.

Unknown said...

Bleacher Report has been a laughingstock. They have been improving recently w/ investors throwing BIG $ around. But, that doesn't necessarily make all of their reporters better. Some still suck.

Unknown said...

Just read the "update".

His comments fall flat to me. IMO, he was pissing in Pangos' Cheerios. An anti-Zag article at best.

Some, will not like that too much, myself included.

Oh well....time to get pointed to next season, which might be even better than this one. #ZagUp