LSU athlete Angel Reese has caused quite a stir lately, after having two moments on the court go viral this year amidst her team winning the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. In January she served up a savage block during a game while trying to put her shoe back on, and her taunting of the University of Iowa’s star at the end of the title game had everybody weighing in on the roles gender and race play in our opinions of athletes. Now Reese can add a third moment to her banner year, as the LSU forward is going viral in her bikini pics for Sports Illustrated.
Angel Reese, aka Bayou Barbie, was a SportsCenter highlight reel regular during the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. However, she became a controversial figure, when she trolled Iowa guard Caitlin Clark — who is also known to taunt opposing players — by tapping her ring finger in the waning moments of their game to indicate that she was about to win the championship ring. Reese leaned into that shining moment when she posed for Sports Illustrated in an LSU-purple bikini. The magazine shared the photo on Instagram with the caption:
