‘Preach’: Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese sounds of on ‘hate speech’ in WNBA amid investigation

The Chicago Sky don’t have much time to feel sorry for themselves after a 93-58 beatdown by the Indiana Fever Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Sky are set to host the defending champion New York Liberty (who beat A’Ja Wilson nd Las Vegas Aces Saturday) at Wintrust Arena on Thursday night.

Following Tuesday’s practice, Angel Reese addressed the WNBA’s investigation into an allegation of a “racial” incident from a fan at the Fever game directed at the second-year power forward.

Angel Reese: Hate speech has no place in the WNBA

Per Jason Lieser with the Chicago Sun-Times, Reese said the Sky and the league have been communicating with Reese about the investigation. The league considers the incident to be a “priority.”

“They preach no hate speech, and the women in this league know that and know there’s no space for that,” Reese said. “Every player in this league deserves to be treated with respect and want to come to work and have a great environment to work at. They’ve done a great job putting that out and are obviously just going to respond as needed.”

Fever point guard Caitlin Clark told the media on Monday that even though she didn’t hear any racial comments at the game, that doesn’t mean the incident didn’t occur. Clark said those comments have no place in the WNBA.

The Chicago Sky have been supportive

Reese said hearing hate speech during games is “tough,” but said she feels supported by the people around her and God.

“It’s tough, but I have a great support system,” Reese said. “I’m loved by so many people. In the moment it’s hard to hear, but my support system is great. God has protected me in so many different ways. I’ve gone through so many different things in the past couple years of my life, but having the support and love and being part of an organization that really supports me and loves me is (important).”

The atmosphere for Reese should be more favorable for the Sky’s home opener on Thursday. Hopefully, Chicago can focus just on basketball when they play the Liberty.

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