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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Reese>
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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>
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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>
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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>