{"id":812960,"date":"2026-07-19T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812960\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:21:10","slug":"angel-reese-accepts-toronto-coach-sandy-brondellos-apology-for-inappropriate-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812960\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese accepts Toronto coach Sandy Brondello\u2019s apology for inappropriate comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784499670_680_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello reacts during second half WNBA basketball action against the Atlanta Dream in Toronto, on Sunday, June 14, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sammy Kogan<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 19, 2026 | 3:01 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Angel Reese has accepted Toronto Tempo coach Sandy Brondello\u2019s apology for an inappropriate comment about the Atlanta Dream star.<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sandy-brondello-suspension-angel-reese-wnba-09bd4e35dc9920da71b426ca7e456b1a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suspended Brondello<\/a> one game for being overheard calling Reese a \u201cprotected species\u201d during <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dream-tempo-score-2be84f2dd46b1408617d147077ae1c02\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Dream\u2019s 111-92 win<\/a> over the Tempo on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, I appreciate Sandy\u2019s apology, but I also appreciate the love and support that I\u2019ve had for the last 48 hours,\u201d Reese said before the Dream played the Chicago Sky on Sunday. \u201cIt has been very overwhelming with a lot of love and also other things. But I am grateful that the league did take action.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Brondello\u2019s comment about Reese was picked up by the broadcast after Toronto player Nyara Sabally went down with an injury and was called for a foul following contact with Reese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello reacts during second half WNBA basketball action against the Atlanta Dream in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-812960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812960","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=812960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}