Angel Reese (born 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Louisiana State University Tigers (LSU) of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). At Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, she was ranked the number two player nationally in the class of 2020 by ESPN. Reese joined the Maryland Terrapins as the highest-ranked recruit in program history, and was named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press as a sophomore. In her junior season, Reese transferred to LSU and was a unanimous first-team All-American selection. She led LSU to its first national championship, where she was Most Outstanding Player. Reese set the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) single-season record in double-doubles and the SEC single-season record in rebounds. At the international level, Reese helped the United States win a silver medal at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. She is estimated to be one of the top earners among college athletes from name, image and likeness deals.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1967:
The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra-Rock_Dance
1991:
The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji
2013:
Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCAT_Airlines_Flight_760
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
beauty sleep: 1. (uncountable) Originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now (chiefly humorous), sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; (countable) an instance of such sleep. 2. (uncountable, chiefly humorous) Extra sleep; also (generally), any sleep; (countable) an instance of this; an extra nap. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beauty_sleep
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Despicable means used to achieve laudable goals render the goals themselves despicable. --Anton Chekhov https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov