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RandySF

(71,149 posts)
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 12:35 AM Jun 2024

Greenberg: Angel Reese walks the walk in Sky's rivalry win over Caitlin Clark, Fever

CHICAGO — With 43.4 seconds left and the clock stopped after a foul, Angel Reese walked by herself toward the faraway Chicago Sky basket, smiling and clapping with that familiar look on her face.

Forget Vogue and the Met Gala, this was a proper runway.

After two losses to the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis, Reese and the Sky were in the lead, in control, and Reese knew it.

While the remaining basketball after that moment was, to put it nicely, a little frenzied, Reese and the Sky held on for an 88-87 victory over Caitlin Clark and the Fever on Sunday at a raucous, packed Wintrust Arena.

Round 3 goes to Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky.


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5585671/2024/06/23/angel-reese-sky-caitlin-clark-greenberg/





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Greenberg: Angel Reese walks the walk in Sky's rivalry win over Caitlin Clark, Fever (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2024 OP
hey. they're both hellish good basketball players! stopdiggin Jun 2024 #1
Real bball fans agree with you. RandySF Jun 2024 #2
I'm just glad Clark is staying out of the fray. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #6
yes. I am aware. (but I just don't want to play those games) stopdiggin Jun 2024 #7
It's frustrating that the games are not televised on free tv questionseverything Jun 2024 #3
It's a catch-22 for the networks and the league. RandySF Jun 2024 #4
Right now the wnba is hotter than the nba, I don't think commercial sales would of been a problem questionseverything Jun 2024 #5

stopdiggin

(13,008 posts)
1. hey. they're both hellish good basketball players!
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 12:50 AM
Jun 2024

why would anyone need to paint a different portrait?

RandySF

(71,149 posts)
2. Real bball fans agree with you.
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 01:04 AM
Jun 2024

The rookies are finding their grooves after some tentativeness. It’s a shame Brink isn’t around to show what she can do. However, NAGA is still trying attach itself to Clark as a symbol of white victimhood and Reese as the metaphor for the ‘angry Black woman’.

jimfields33

(19,314 posts)
6. I'm just glad Clark is staying out of the fray.
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 07:20 AM
Jun 2024

I think it’s smart of her to just play ball and off court deal with her endorsements. She’s pretty brilliant.

stopdiggin

(13,008 posts)
7. yes. I am aware. (but I just don't want to play those games)
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 10:26 AM
Jun 2024

the only elements that profit off of this - are the cynical and the base.

questionseverything

(10,298 posts)
3. It's frustrating that the games are not televised on free tv
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 04:06 AM
Jun 2024

They can’t expect to grow the sport if regular people can’t see the games

RandySF

(71,149 posts)
4. It's a catch-22 for the networks and the league.
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 06:10 AM
Jun 2024

The WNBA does need more exposure on broadcast television, but I imagine the networks don't see the ad revenue to make it worth production costs. But how does the league generate interest without exposure?Some games are on CBS and ABC, though.

questionseverything

(10,298 posts)
5. Right now the wnba is hotter than the nba, I don't think commercial sales would of been a problem
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 06:16 AM
Jun 2024
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