LSU’s Angel Reese & Flau’jae Johnson: Catalyst for Change in Culture & Women’s Sports

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Football, Society & Culture, Sports

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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FOLLOW THE PIVOT PODCAST: MERCH | https://pivotpodcast.com YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/thepivotpodcast INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/thepivot TWITTER | https://twitter.com/thepivot TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@thepivot FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/thepivotpodcast FOLLOW HAPPY DAD: https://www.instagram.com/happydad FIND HAPPY DAD: https://www.happydad.com/find After a record breaking final four weekend and being catalysts for cultural impact in women’s sports, LSU’s champions Angel Reese and Flau’jae Johnson sit with Ryan, Channing and Fred to talk about everything surrounding their historic NCAA run, controversial social remarks and unapologetic influence in the game of basketball and with black women. The two Tiger teammates share how their tight knit bond has motivated one another, held each other accountable and supported each other through the highs and lows of the past couple months while building a championship mentality every time they stepped on the court. Both women growing up in single mother households, attribute their determination and swag to their mothers who paved the way for them to have the opportunities they do. Angel took Flau, a freshman, under her wing after bumping heads early in their season and led by example to show Flau and her other teammates what it takes to have a heart of a champion. Angel, named the Most Outstanding Player Of 2023 NCAA Championship, is known for her dominant play on the court just as much for her voice off the court as well. Amassing over 1M social media followers, Angel shares how she has used her position in sports not just to be one of the best to do it but setting out to be most influential as well. She shares with the guys her thought process for some of her comments and double downed on her words being proud of the lane she has created for herself and women who look like her. Pursuing a passion of music all her life, Flau’jae was always doubted that she could be successful as a rapper and a basketball player but being named SEC freshman of the year after winning the NCAA title has proved the naysayers wrong. Flau’ said her “ahhh moment” was Sunday evening when the confetti was pouring down and she was hugging the championship trophy while her song blared through the speakers of the arena…Flau’ emotionally shared how meaningful it all was to have everything click at once and grateful to her mother for never giving up their plan and paid a special tribute to her father who was killed before she was born. Channing gets the girls laughing and asks about Coach Mulkey’s fashion style for game days asking if they get to hold her accountable for her outfit choices just as she holds them accountable for their play on the court. Tap in every Tuesday at noon eastern for our premiere episode of the Pivot and Special drops on Friday afternoons at 3:30 pm. We are your one-stop platform for all your sports and entertainment content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today, we sit with Angel Reese and Flosie Johnson,
0:03.4	whose LSU Tigers cap the March Madness
0:06.0	by beating the Iowa Hawkeyes
0:07.8	and the player of the year, Caitlin Clark.
0:10.6	The game had elite-level play and also grade A trash talk.
0:14.6	It was an epic finish to a historic women's turni,
0:18.6	but most of the talk was about Reese's celebration.
0:21.6	Clark defended Reese, even saying that women should be praised
0:25.6	for playing the game with passion.
0:28.1	Dave Portanoi took to Twitter and called Reese a classless piece of shit,
0:33.5	and Keith Overman called her a fucking idiot.
0:36.6	Think about that adult white man staring at their reflection
0:41.1	and saying these things about a young black female
0:44.8	over a basketball game?
0:47.0	Now, they're empowered by millions of followers who think like they do
0:51.9	and laws that embolden them to say things
0:55.0	that they never say to the face of black men unprotected.
0:59.6	But America had already made their choice.
1:01.9	So much so that first lady Jill Biden suggested
1:05.4	that they invite both teams to the White House
1:08.4	because the girls played a really good game.
1:11.9	She is right about this.
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