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Sky Suspend Angel Reese for a Half for 'Detrimental' Comments
ESPN ^ | Sep 5, 2025 | Alexa Philippou

Posted on 09/05/2025 5:15:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Chicago Sky star Angel Reese will be suspended for the first half of the team's game Sunday against the Las Vegas Aces for what the organization called "statements detrimental to the team," the Sky announced Friday.

"The Chicago Sky values the safety, respect, and well-being of every player," the team said in a prepared statement. "We are committed to accountability so our players can stay focused on playing basketball. This matter has been handled and resolved internally, and we are moving forward as a team."

Sky coach Tyler Marsh said before Friday's game against the Indiana Fever that the first-half suspension was an "organizational decision" that came from the "top down."

"Just going to handle it internally, and that's kind of what it's been," Marsh said.

Reese also will miss Friday's game to serve a one-game suspension after receiving her eighth technical of the season Wednesday in Chicago's 88-64 win over the Connecticut Sun.

Reese said Wednesday that she apologized to her teammates for her comments that appeared in a Chicago Tribune article earlier this week.

Among her remarks, Reese told the Tribune she is "not settling for the same s--- we did this year," adding that the team "[has] to get great players" this offseason or else she might consider moving on from it. The Sky entered Friday with a 10-30 record and were eliminated from playoff contention last month.

Reese also expressed concern over the Sky's point guard situation, saying, "We can't rely on Courtney [Vandersloot] to come back [from her ACL tear] at the age that she's at. I know she'll be a great asset for us, but we can't rely on that. We need someone, probably a little younger with some experience, somebody who's been playing the game and is willing to compete for a championship and has done it before."

Marsh said Friday that he has spoken with Reese but declined to give details of the conversation, reiterating that "the matter has been resolved, and we'd just like to focus on tonight."

A two-time All-Star, Reese leads the WNBA with 12.6 rebounds per game and 23 double-doubles this season. She also averages a team-high 14.7 points and is tied for first with 3.7 assists.


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1 posted on 09/05/2025 5:15:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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They should just face facts, a lot of these women just aren’t mature enough to play any organized sport. They’re foul mouthed ghetto creeps.


2 posted on 09/05/2025 5:18:34 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: nickcarraway

Who gives a rat’s hindquarters about the Lesbian Basketball Association?


3 posted on 09/05/2025 5:19:44 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: nickcarraway

“Chicago Sky star Angel Reese will be suspended for the first half of the team’s game Sunday against the Las Vegas Aces for what the organization called “statements detrimental to the team,” the Sky announced Friday.”

The team shooting percentage will leap 10 percentage points without her shooting bricks and blowing layups.


4 posted on 09/05/2025 5:19:44 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Bullish

That is a truth that cannot be acknowledged

Our society, indeed all of Western society, has become a parody of the emperor has no clothes


5 posted on 09/05/2025 5:23:31 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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To: Tallguy

Yes, but she won’t get the rebound from the missed shot, so the team will have less througput.


6 posted on 09/05/2025 5:26:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

And nobody noticed.


7 posted on 09/05/2025 5:27:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Many of these women B-ballers have never been told no. They’re spoiled rotten little brats that are nothing but trouble.


8 posted on 09/05/2025 5:36:07 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Yes, but the Empress has a penis.


9 posted on 09/05/2025 5:44:56 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: Bullish

Ordering food at McDonald’s, or bouncing a ball on the WNBA Courts, the conduct is the same.


10 posted on 09/05/2025 5:46:50 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: nickcarraway

If they subtracted the “me-bounds” from her rebound total, she wouldn’t considered at all. She’s more suited to be in the residential construction industry as a bricklayer.


11 posted on 09/05/2025 5:51:42 PM PDT by Raven6 (Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3)
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To: Bullish

These past two seasons the WNBA had a chance to advance in the public eye both financially and by reputation. Reese alone is the biggest single reason this chance was lost.


12 posted on 09/05/2025 5:52:56 PM PDT by KC Burke
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To: Bullish

That’s right.


13 posted on 09/05/2025 5:55:05 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Gay State Conservative

Free Republic has a large following of WNBA fans.


14 posted on 09/05/2025 6:01:29 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Tallguy

And IQ


15 posted on 09/05/2025 6:04:54 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: nickcarraway

If Cicago would fire Barbie, it would improve the team.


16 posted on 09/05/2025 6:43:25 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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Chicago


17 posted on 09/05/2025 6:44:44 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: GSWarrior

The WNBA is a microcosm of the American society at large. So that’s why we are talking about the WNBA.


18 posted on 09/05/2025 6:46:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nickcarraway

Get great players? You’re in the wnba.


19 posted on 09/05/2025 7:14:18 PM PDT by struggle
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To: nickcarraway

Problem child will always be a problem child.


20 posted on 09/05/2025 7:54:50 PM PDT by Racketeer
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