The women’s basketball rivalry between South Carolina and Mizzou took a slightly positive turn yesterday, after on-court rivalries spilled into the courtroom earlier this year.
Jim Sterk apologized to Coach Dawn Staley for comments he made about Staley and the atmosphere in the South Carolina game, which suggested she may have encouraged the hostility.
“Following a very spirited and intense game I attended in late January between the nationally ranked Missouri and South Carolina women’s basketball teams, I made comments in a local radio interview that were construed to suggest that Coach Staley promoted the negative experiences of racial epithets and spitting,” Sterk said.