A hand gesture dominated the title game of the NCAA

“What I’m talking about” is “not” an idiot for disrespecting players: “You can’t see me” says Reese

Reese accused Clark of disrespecting members of her team as well as South Carolina players at a previous game. Morris had criticized the Iowa defense for being disrespectful toward South Carolina, saying she would take it personally if they beat the Gamecocks in the final.

Reese moved her open hand in front of Clark’s face and pointed her finger at the place her newly-acquired championship ring might sit in a nod to the meaning of the phrase “you can’t see me”.

Many athletes, commentators and fans are calling the people who criticized Reese out, questioning why they did not object to the gesture when Clark did it.

Sports journalist Jose de Jesus Ortiz called Reese’s actions “classless,” while former ESPN host Keith Olbermann called Reese an “idiot” for the gesture.

I am not in the box that you want me to be in. I’m too ghetto, I’m too hood. You told me that all year. But when other people do it, y’all don’t say nothing,” Reese said. This is for the girls that look as if I do, that would be interested in speaking up on their beliefs. It’s unapologetically you. It was bigger than I was tonight.

This is for the girls who look like me. For people that would like to speak up for what they believe in. It’s unapologetically you. That is what I did tonight. It was larger than me tonight. And Twitter is going to go into a rage every time.

“(LSU head coach) Kim Mulkey did a great job with them. She is one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time. She only said kind things to me, and I am very grateful for that.

“I was just trying to spend the last few moments on the court with especially the five people that I’ve started 93 games with, and relishing every second of that,” Clark added.

The hate hate hate: How to celebrate Angelreese, Clark, and the Iowa player that won the tournament MVP in March Madness

There are people who hate on Angel Reese. Unapologetically confident young women should be celebrated NOT hated. Get used to it,” Rowe wrote on Twitter.

Reese said negative reaction on social media helped fuel her excellent season, having finished averaging 23.0 points and 15.2 rebound in her first season with LSU.

“Twitter can say what they want to say,” she said. I like to read the comments. I have all of the things that people have said about me. What are you going to say?

In a game full of historic firsts and dramatic moments Louisiana State University beat the University of Iowa in the NCAA tournament final on Sunday.

One of the most talked about moves late in the game involved two stars and involved a social media frenzy.

Reese, 20, was named Most Outstanding player on Sunday, while Clark, 21, was named 2023 Player of the Year by several associations, after both players excelled at March Madness. The woman finished with the most points in a single NCAA tournament.

Both players have made the same gesture in front of their faces, with Clark making it two games ago when Iowa beat Louisville to reach the Final Four.

What Tony Yayo Did to “The Time Is Now” with John Cena and Jimmy Fallon, and How Reese Learned to ‘Don’t Tell Me’

Kevin Blackistone, a sports columnist for the Washington Post and also an expert on sports on TV, told Morning Edition on Monday that this is not the only time that has happened.

For example: Jack Johnson, who became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion early in the 20th century, was called cowardly for the same defensive style of boxing that earned white fighters praise for using their guile. Blackistone later tweeted that NFL halfback Joe Lilliard was “a standout in the league in the early 1930s and just as cantankerous as many white players back then, but was castigated for being so.”

John Cena may have popularized the gesture, but he didn’t make it himself. He claims that G-Unit member Tony Yayo did it first in his 2005 music video with 50 Cent.

He told Jimmy Fallon last year that when he was working on his 2005 album, his younger brother Sean was “always our litmus test” and never satisfied with any of the songs. But when Sean heard “The Time is Now,” he says, he offered a seal of approval in the form of Tony Yayo’s move — bobbing his head in front of his open hand.

He says he went out there on a dare and figured it was not visible enough. “So I wanted to do this, and the term ‘you can’t see me’ is like, ‘Well, you’re not even on my level.'”

Clark said at a postgame briefing that she had “no idea” that Reese was taunting her, adding that she was “just trying to get to the handshake line and shake hands and be grateful that my team was in that position.”

Reese doubled down at the press conference after the game, saying that she had faced personal attacks all year for not fitting the narrative.

The Iowa head coach said at that conference that she could only control what she could, adding that they were all different people and had different ways of showing their emotions.