The basketball court is Angel Reese’s playground.
But beyond the LSU star dominating on the hardwood, backed by her competitive nature and dominant performances, Reese has emerged as one of the faces of women making her debut as a model for Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit 2023 Issue.
In April, Reese commanded the Tigers to their first national championship in program history as LSU defeated Iowa, 102-85, while also receiving the women’s NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player in the process. But in recent weeks following LSU’s national title, a game that was viewed by a record 9.
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A familiar face is back in SI’s swimsuit issue for 2023.
Model and television personality Camille Kostek is set to make her sixth appearance in the Swimsuit Issue. Kostek, who debuted in the magazine after winning Sports Illustrated Swim Search in the spring of 2018, appeared on the cover of the issue in 2019.
In her six years appearing in the Swimsuit Issue, Kostek has branched out into fashion, film and television. She has released jewelry, swimsuit and loungewear collections for Dune Jewelry and Swimsuits for All. In 2021, she appeared in Free Guy alongside Ryan Reynolds.
There are a number of returning models for the 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, including Katie Austin, who is back for another appearance after making her debut in 2022.
The daughter of renowned fitness instructor Denise Austin, Katie decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps after her Division I lacrosse career at USC. A certified fitness trainer, health coach, blogger, author, host and entrepreneur, Austin has garnered more than 1.8 million followers across social media platforms, including more than 380,000 on Instagram.
D’Angelo Russell tried to sneak in a promotion of a sports drink he’s partnered with after the Los Angeles Lakers’ win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. It didn’t go as planned, as the drink was quickly snatched off of the table.
Rusell, who was dressed in his finest weekend attire, sat down to begin his press conference and placed a bottle of Coco5 on the table. The bottle wasn’t on the table for more than two seconds before a woman on the Lakers’ media team snatched the bottle.
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F1 heads to northern Italy for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and here are the biggest storylines
The Formula One world shifts to northern Italy this week, for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. This Grand Prix was added to the F1 calendar during the COVID-shortened 2020 season, originally intended to be a stop-gap replacement for that season. However, as additional races were canceled in 2021 it remained on the calendar, and in March of 2022 F1 added the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as a permanent fixture until at least the 2025 season.
Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant’s off-court behavior made one ESPN pundit hit a boiling point. So much so that Morant’s signature Nike shoe is BANNED from being worn in this man’s house.
“Pardon The Interruption” and “NBA Countdown’s” Michael Wilbon voiced a hard stance against Morant on Sunday, sharing that he banned his son from buying or wearing Ja Morant sneakers under his roof.
Morant Is Making The SAME Mistakes
The woes with Morant continue.
Natalie Ryan, a transgender disc golfer, has been banned from competing in the women’s division on a California tour after a last-minute court rule change.
The Professional Disc Golf Association announced in December 2022 that transgender players will effectively be banned from playing in the women’s division. Under the new rule, trans women were only allowed to compete against biological women if they began medical transition during Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later. The player must also continuously maintain a total testosterone level in serum below 2.0 nmol/L.
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The stars are always coming up short in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia 76ers are going to be haunted by their Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics in the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs for a long, long time. The Sixers opened the game strong on the road against Boston, but choked away the lead in the second and third quarters for a humiliating 112-88 defeat at the hands of the Celtics to end their season.
The Sixers’ two superstars let them down in the biggest game of the year.
Florida State athletic director Michael Alford has zero interest in keeping things equal in the ACC.
Clemson and FSU have both had officials make it clear the ACC needs to embrace an uneven revenue split model. The logic is the two programs drive the conference and deserve more money.
Anyone thinking the Seminoles would drop the subject are in for a reality check because Alford is pushing for it hard.
Florida State has been pushing for an uneven revenue split in the ACC. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
FSU wants to cash in.
PAC-12 officials will meet Monday in Seattle, but no decision will come on a new media deal.
The west coast conference has been hunting for a new media deal since 2022, but so far, nothing has happened. Not only has no deal been finalized, it’s not even clear there’s a significant one on the table.
The longer the conference goes without a deal, the worse the situation gets. Big 12 officials would love nothing more than for the PAC-12’s media debacle to drag on.
Well, PAC-12 officials will meet today, but no media rights decision is expected, according to Jon Wilner.