I don’t like bullies. Never did. Doesn’t matter if they’re Mike Francesa, Rex Ryan, LaVar Ball, Chris Christie, Bobby Knight or Popeye’s nemesis, Bluto.
Blame my parents. That’s how they raised me, invoking the old “Treat others as you’d have them treat you” thing. Shame on them, I suppose.
And though the TV folks regularly kiss his fanny and pretend they don’t see what can’t be missed, Geno Auriemma is a consistent, remorseless bully.
He’s women’s college basketball’s version of Vlad the Impaler. And he’s here to punish you — stomp you when you’re already thoroughly beaten — in the names of the University of Connecticut and NCAA student-athletics.