美国国家公共电台 NPR--LSU is the women's NCAA basketball champion, men's winner decided tonight

LSU is the women's NCAA basketball champion, men's winner decided¹ tonight

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NPR's A Martinez talks to Washington Post columnist³ Kevin Blackistone, who appears regularly on ESPN, about the women's and men's college basketball tournaments, and the growth of women's sports.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Louisiana State University won the women's college basketball championship yesterday, cutting down the net on a season for the ages. LSU's win came over Iowa and Caitlin Clark, the Hawkeye guard who had a record-setting tournament performance and was the highest scorer in Sunday's final. Here to talk about last night's women's final is Kevin Blackistone, a Washington Post columnist who appears regularly on ESPN. Kevin, how did the LSU-Iowa game compare to previous championship games?

KEVIN BLACKISTONE: Well, it was exciting, to say the least. And it - you know, it obviously featured the player of the year in Caitlin Clark against one of the greatest women's coaches of all time at LSU in Kim Mulkey. And it was a punishing game on the eyes for one reason because the officiating was so abhorrent⁴, but also because it was a physical game in some respects. And - but it was much anticipated because of Caitlin Clark, as well as because of Angel Reese, who transferred from the University of Maryland, where she was their highest recruit ever and goes right to LSU to play for Kim Mulkey, who went there after two years at Baylor, where she had won a couple of championships, and she fit right in. And she was a double-double queen this year, meaning she was putting up double-digit points and double-digit rebounds⁵ back to back to back to back all season long, and was a star in this game as well.

MART?NEZ: Yeah, there were some odd calls and no calls, but, you know...

BLACKISTONE: Right.

MART?NEZ: ...That's the refs and sometimes that happens. And I wanted to get into, though, Caitlin Clark using the you-can't-see-me John Cena wave earlier in the tournament. She used it without any criticism - at least, I don't remember seeing anybody criticize her. But then Angel Reese of LSU does it, and it seems like it just blows up. What did you make of all that?

BLACKISTONE: Well, you know, we in the public, because so much of this was social media, we've been conditioned into judging similar, if not the same behavior by white athletes and Black athletes differently. And this was another anecdote⁶ to go along with that qualitative⁷ evidence. And I've been talking about it and writing about it for years. You can go all the way back to the way that Jack⁸ Johnson, as the first Black heavyweight champion in the world, was talked about.

If you see Ken⁹ Burns' "Unforgiveable Blackness," it is pointed¹⁰ out that his defensive¹¹ style of boxing, which was similar to the style of boxing of some very good white fighters, was dismissed as him being a coward. Whereas in other - in the white fighters, it was praised as being - as them being able to use their guile¹². And so you see that with these two athletes. They did the exact same thing on the exact same stage. And in fact, a national newspaper in this country praised Caitlin Clark when she did that earlier, which was kind of stunning¹³ to me. But when Angel Reese did it via social media, she was panned, and not just panned but with vile¹⁴. And it was really ugly to see.

MART?NEZ: Now the women's Final Four got 4.5 million viewers in average. I mean, that's a big increase - 66% - from last year. I mean, what do you think's behind all that?

BLACKISTONE: I think maybe a few things. One is that the talent is just so good now with the women. The competition is so good. There's no - there's never any one team anymore that you can just pick out and say that they're that great. And I also think that the - in the last few years, when we've had the focus on the inequalities between men and women's game that people finally tuned¹⁵ in to the women's game to see for themselves and to cheer these women on. And I think that's part of the attraction.

MART?NEZ: All right. That's Kevin Blackistone. Kevin, thanks a lot.

BLACKISTONE: Thank you.

MART?NEZ: And tonight's final pits UConn, the most dominant¹⁶ team in the tournament, against San Diego State, which has had a charmed run through the field.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

4 abhorrent   

adj.可恶的，可恨的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• He is so abhorrent,saying such bullshit to confuse people.他这样乱说，妖言惑众，真是太可恶了。
• The idea of killing animals for food is abhorrent to many people.许多人想到杀生取食就感到憎恶。

5 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。

6 anecdote   

n.轶事，趣闻，短故事

参考例句：

• He departed from the text to tell an anecdote.他偏离课文讲起了一则轶事。
• It had never been more than a family anecdote.那不过是个家庭趣谈罢了。

7 qualitative   

adj.性质上的，质的，定性的

参考例句：

• There are qualitative differences in the way children and adults think.孩子和成年人的思维方式有质的不同。
• Arms races have a quantitative and a qualitative aspects.军备竞赛具有数量和质量两个方面。

8 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

9 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

10 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

11 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

12 guile   

n.诈术

参考例句：

• He is full of guile.他非常狡诈。
• A swindler uses guile;a robber uses force.骗子用诈术；强盗用武力。

13 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

14 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

15 tuned   

adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。
• The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。