Emmanuel Acho, currently a sports analyst and former professional athlete, is certainly qualified to talk about the happenings of the sports world. However, the former NFL linebacker gave a sinister view that he tried to dress up for Angel Reeseand many of Acho's peers check him out while other fans go to his well-manicured fade.
In a now-viral clip shared on social media, Emmanuel Acho, 33, appeared on the Fox Sports 1 program I SPEAK to discuss Angel Reese and LSU falling to Caitlin Clark and Iowa during the NCAA Women's Elite 8 games last Monday (April 1). While Reese did her best while reportedly nursing an injury, LSU fell to Iowa behind a scoring explosion from Clark.
At the postgame news conference, Reese, 21, tearfully explained that after her team defeated Iowa last year for the championship, the vitriol she's experienced since that epic contest was too much.
“I've been through so much,” Reese said. “I've seen so much. I have been attacked so many times. Death threats. I have been sexualized. I have been threatened. I was so many things.”
Still, Acho felt it necessary to present what he described as “gender-neutral and racially insensitive” — which makes no sense because you're discussing a women's basketball tournament contest with a black woman who's a superstar against a white woman who is considered the next great hope for the game. That alone negates the low shot Acho took at Reese's experience by comparing her tears to those of the cartoon character, Courage the Cowardly Dog.
People with much more access to Emmanuel Acho have checked him out on Angel Reese's outfit and her team's accomplishments. Others are dragging Acho's name through the mud, while others are silencing his entire name from their feeds. What's worse is that MAGA closet nuts and racists loved the shot because of course they did.
See the reactions below.
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