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Fox Sports host dragged for Angel Reese take, calling podium tears 'cowardly'

By Jeff NowakApr 03, 2024

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Angel Reese's and the LSU women's basketball team's season is over, but that won't stop the talking heads from having it out on the subject of the Lady Tigers.

Among the loudest of debates has been in reaction to Reese's tearful, postgame admission that she's received death threats and other harassment since the title game a year ago, answering a direct question about supportive statements shared by her teammates.

Emmanuel Acho of Fox Sports was not a fan, characterizing Reese as having painted herself as the villain, and then asking for sympathy like a hero.

"I’m about to give a gender neutral, racially indifferent take. Angel Reese, you can’t be the big, bad wolf, but then kinda cry like Courage the Cowardly Dog," Acho said. "Because if you want to act grown, which she has, if you want to get paid like you grown, which you are, if you want to talk to grown folks like you grown, which you did, postgame when you told a coach for an opposing team 'watch your mouth.' If you want to tell people ‘get your money up,’ then postgame when you take an L, you’ve just got to take it on the chin. Nobody mourns when the villain catches an L, and Angel Reese, you have self-proclaimed to be the villain."

Reese's comments came after LSU's 94-87 loss to Iowa in the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament, an event that drew the largest viewership of any basketball game in any league since the 2018 NBA playoffs. Clark went off for 41 points in a herculean effort. Reese, who dealt with an ankle injury, went for 17 points, 20 rebounds before fouling out in the losing effort.

Acho's comments were certainly not among the most questionable, with commentary including a since-edited L.A. Times column that described LSU as "dirty debutantes" and also characterized the team as the villain of women's basketball. Both the newspaper and author have since issued apologies.

But several women is sports media have pushed back strongly against Acho, including Taylor Rooks of Turner Sports Network. Rooks took Acho to task for the idea that his take was gender and race neutral in the first place.

"Your response here is actually full of opinions that indirectly (and directly) involve both race and gender," Rooks wrote. "It’s just coded to unsuccessfully soften the blow. You have to ask why Angel became the villain. You have to ask why her role as ‘villain’ has not allowed her to also be human. You have to wonder why her being asked a question and simply answering has led to this level of discourse."

Reese reposted the response from Rooks, but has otherwise not responded to those takes.

Acho did respond with evidence that he's supported Reese in the past, notably during last year's title run when she was criticized for run-ins with Clark. Last year's drama included a suggestion from First Lady Jill Biden that both teams go the White House for the traditional champions' visit. LSU players suggested they would not attend, but ultimately the Tigers did take the visit, alongside the UConn men's team.

"Please know, I always speak out on racial & gender bias," Acho wrote.
One of the few on TV to speak on it. I have also consistently publicly supported Angel through it. However, I don’t blindly support anyone. I assess every situation individually and then speak."

Reese isn't alone in criticism directed at the LSU women. Head coach Kim Mulkey was the subject of a long-form Washington Post article that dissected her career, most notably her time as the head coach at Baylor. The team's decision to be in the locker room during the National Anthem has also, puzzingly, come under fire after the practice was pointed out during the Elite Eight. Mulkey explained post-game that the team's pregame routine has them leave the court 12 minutes prior to tipoff to go over final preparations, and that has been the case all season. Many college teams do this, including both UConn and USC in the following game that night.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the practice is disrespectful and that players should be subject to losing their scholarship for not being on the court as the national anthem is being played.

It's unlikely the criticism for Reese and the LSU women will stop any time soon, but for Reese, it would have to come in the pro basketball circuit, with the LSU star announcing Wednesday that she would forgo her remaining eligibility and declare for the WNBA draft. Clark made the same announcement earlier this season.

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