{"id":473320,"date":"2026-02-13T23:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/473320\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:33:19","slug":"black-history-month-player-spotlight-angel-reese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/473320\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month Player Spotlight: Angel Reese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Reese\u2019s transition from collegiate icon to professional powerhouse was defined by a seamless translation of her dominance into the WNBA. Take a look at how Reese turned rebounding, resilience, and relentless motor into a record-setting WNBA debut.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Angel Reese was selected 7th overall by the Chicago Sky, entering the league after a championship run and a record-setting collegiate career at LSU.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213377\" class=\"wp-image-213377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2217366137-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-213377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky smiles during the game against the Dallas Wings on May 31, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\">In her rookie season, she set the WNBA single-season rebounding record, earned All-Star honors, and became one of only three rookies ever to lead the league in offensive rebounding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\">Night after night, Angel delivered. Her seven consecutive double-doubles set a rookie record, showing her relentless force in the paint.\u00a0In June 2025, Angel became the league\u2019s second\u2011youngest triple\u2011double scorer and later tied Tina Charles for the most double\u2011doubles in a player\u2019s first two seasons. In 2025, Angel Reese became the 15th player in WNBA history to receive a signature shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\">Still early in her career, her influence is already clear: on the stat sheet, in the culture, and in what the next generation sees as possible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-213378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06-ANGEL.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1880\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angel Reese\u2019s transition from collegiate icon to professional powerhouse was defined by a seamless translation of her dominance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-473320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}