Neat story. No impact on the game, but still neat.
The same crap sports fans are always saying, now with added sexism! I thought it was a nice gesture though, a way of showing respect without affecting the result 
Mind you humans, I was not referring to the one that mentioned mens' basketball and implying that few people care about womens' basketball.
That wasn't my main complaint either, just a little something on top. I like sports the most when it becomes about something more than merely getting points, so I think it's a load of BS when people act like a respectful gesture (which doesn't even affect the score) is somehow bad for the game.
One of my favourite parts of the Tour de France (and about the only episode I bothered to see from start to finish) was a time when Laurent Jalabert, nearing the end of his career, rode off by himself, even though it was tactically unsound. Everybody, including himself, knew the rest of the field would catch up with him before the finish line, but he still did it, probably just to see how far he could go. Not only was it more interesting with him up front for most of the stage, but as he was nearing the finish line, the riders just behind him started to go slower to give him a better position, clapping and pointing him out for the audience. Because they knew that he'd done a better job cycling that they had, even if he ended up bringing in less points for his team, and they respected that by holding back, instead of using his exhaustion to score cheap points.
Imo, sport becomes uninteresting when it becomes too tactical. I'd rather see someone fail spectacularly than win boringly. And I don't mind athletes honouring each other, even if means letting get some points they wouldn't otherwise get, it just proves that not all of them are a waste of space. Games don't have integrity, humans have. The only way to honour or respect a game is by showing that it's played by good people.