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Angel Reese on Double Standards, Making History and the Future of Women’s Basketball

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In April, when Louisiana State University (LSU) and the University of Iowa played for the NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship,

 

 

 

, the world witnessed a title match that became so much more than just a final game. In many ways, it was s\ymbolic of the compelling state of women’s sports, and the decades of work and advocacy that it has taken to get to a place of respect and interest. The game drew a record-breaking average of 9.9 million viewers (peaking at 12.6); a handful of the young players had inked NIL (name, image, and likeness) deals and spent the season stacking their bank accounts; and the trash talk on the court sent so many spectators and pundits into a tizzy that it became the subject of tweets, online debates, and think pieces for weeks to follow. If you compare the moment to a storm, there’s no debating which player was in the eye of it all: LSU’s standout forward and the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player, Angel Reese.

When I talk to Reese via Zoom in July, the 21-year-old rising senior is in the midst of a whirlwind summer. “I never know what’s going on,” she tells me, laughing. “I’m just here to get in the car and go.”

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