Basketball coach resigns, anti-gay allegations

[Ben Varkentine]

Rene Portland turned Penn State into one of the top programs in women's college basketball.

In the end, her highly successful 27-year tenure as Lady Lions head coach may be remembered just as much for allegations that she may have discriminated against lesbian players.

Penn State announced Portland's resignation Thursday, more than a month after the coach and university settled a lawsuit from a former player who claimed Portland had a "no-lesbian" policy on her team.

Portland was criticized in the past for comments regarding homosexuality. In 1986, she told the Chicago Sun-Times she didn't allow lesbians to play on her team. In a 1991 story in The Philadelphia Inquirer, several former players, recruits and colleagues of Portland said the coach did not tolerate homosexuality among her players.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaw/news?slug ... &type=lgns

[summer fairy]

That lady needs to open her eyes, no-one cares for her thoughts on homosexuality, if she doesn't like it then go else were. I am glad people won't tolerate her arrogence..

[Ben Varkentine]

To be honest what killed me about this is the notion that you can keep lesbians out of women's sports.

That's like a choreographer trying to keep male gays out of dance...