Angel Reese has returned to the public eye for the first time since her absence from LSU’s game against Southeastern Louisiana on Friday night.
Reese has remained quiet about the reason for her absence. Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey has also not disclosed the nature of Reese’s nonattendance of team events.
“Angel is a part of this basketball team and we hope to see her sooner than later. … That’s all y’all need to know,” Mulkey said in a press conference after Friday’s 73-50 win.
In LSU’s previous game, a 109-79 win against Kent State, Reese did not play in the second half due to what Mulkey called “a coach’s decision.” Despite rampant speculation surrounding Reese’s status, including questions of her academic eligibility, there is no evidence to support the social media furor.
After two days of relative silence on social media from Reese, she returned to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share a message seemingly directed at the online chatter.
She said only this: “Please don’t believe everything you read.”
Reese remains a question mark in the Tigers’ lineup ahead their game against Texas Southern at 8 p.m. ET Monday.
The 2024/25 Champions League quarterfinals are officially set, with UEFA drawing the remaining eight teams into the field early Friday morning.
The annual season-long competition pits Europe’s top leagues against each other. This season, 72 clubs across 50 different leagues qualified for the contest. From the UK to Ukraine, all teams have been vying for the continent’s top-dog status amidst a cutthroat atmosphere and a growing sense of parity in the sport.
Two qualifying rounds narrowed the initial teams down to the 16 contending in the tournament’s official group stage. Each played six group-stage matches from October through December to determine the eight clubs that advanced to Friday’s final draw.
All remaining clubs are now eyeing the May 24th final in Lisbon, Portugal, and Friday’s draw mapped each team’s path to that championship match. The 2024/25 quarterfinals will feature four former champions and four seeking a first-ever trophy, with both familiar fights and rarely tested toss-ups on deck.
Both the March quarterfinals and April semifinals employ a two-leg format, offering teams who suffer narrow first losses a shot at second-match redemption.
Friday’s draw determined that WSL contenders Arsenal will kick off the tournament’s quarterfinals against Real Madrid on March 18th, with Germany’s Bayern Munich taking on France’s 2024 UWCL runners-up Olympique Lyonnais shortly afterwards.
The following day, Bayern’s Frauen-Bundesliga foes Wolfsburg will face Spain’s 2024 UWCL champs FC Barcelona. Closing out the initial tilts is a WSL standoff between Manchester City and the UK league’s undefeated titans Chelsea FC.
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