Angel Reese launches lookalike Barbie because she didn’t have black dolls as a kid. Mattel's catalog says otherwise.



On July 24, timed to WNBA All-Star Weekend, Mattel launched Atlanta Dream All-Star forward Angel Reese’s signature Barbie doll.

Reese, ironically nicknamed the “Bayou Barbie,” now has a miniature lookalike that wears a pink basketball uniform with her No. 5, signature headband, leg sleeve, plus miniature Reebok Angel Reese 1 sneakers.

All of this is well and good, but where BlazeTV’s Sara Gonzales draws the line is Reese’s comments about the why behind her Barbie doll.

While the three-time All-Star confessed to some selfish motives — “I told [Mattel] I really wanted to have a Barbie doll one day and to have a Barbie is like you got to be iconic,” she said in a press conference — she also justified the doll as representation.

When asked what kind of dolls she played with as a child, Reese answered, “I didn't have a lot of dolls because I didn't have dolls that really looked like me much. And that's why I kind of really wanted to make sure this was super intentional.”

Sara immediately throws the flag.

Reese, she points out, was born in 2002 and is 24 years old — well after Mattel’s long push to put more than one kind of girl on the shelf.

“We looked it up and between 2002 and 2014, Mattel ... released between 250 to 350 unique black Barbie dolls,” says Sara. “So I don't know where Angel Reese was, but there were plenty of black Barbie dolls to choose from.”

“In fact, Barbie has been making black dolls since the '60s. So I guess Angel Reese would rather just play the victim ... than just play with your black dolls,” she adds.

Sara doesn’t dispute a young girl’s desire to have a doll that looks like her.

“I totally get it,” she acknowledges. “It's just that [Reese] already had them.”

“As much as they complain that they’re underrepresented ... when they do get representation, it's never good enough, or they have to erase it,” she sighs.

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Dildo tosses return to the WNBA — and Jason Whitlock says it's going to happen again



A Thursday night WNBA game between the Atlanta Dream and the Los Angeles Sparks was briefly interrupted when one fan gave the players a blast from the recent past.

Strangely enough, green dildos were thrown onto WNBA courts last season in the middle of games. Now a fan is bringing the viral trend back by launching yet another sex toy onto the court.

In a video of the incident, Sparks star Cameron Brink kicked the toy away after it dropped in front of Jihyun Park, who was in the middle of a free throw. Dream star Angel Reese then pointed out the perpetrator, who was trying to flee the scene of his crime.

Security was able to stop the man from leaving, but BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock doesn’t see the trend going away anytime soon.


“I’m saying this in all seriousness. I have a source that says that will not be the last dildo thrown in the WNBA games as we close out the regular season and that dildos may start appearing in other sports,” Whitlock says, stifling laughter.

“This is a protest of the heat that Sophie Cunningham’s been taking and the whole transgender issue,” he continues. “I’m seriously saying that, because I was told by this source yesterday ... ‘dildos will fly tonight,’ and they did,” he explains.

“And they say they’re not going away,” he adds.

Steve Kim notes that Reese was on top of it.

“I’ve seen political assassination attempts where people weren’t that adamant about pointing out the shooter,” Kim says.

“It’s really too bad she wasn’t in Dallas back in ‘63. We would have found out who killed JFK,” he adds.

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#BarbieSoWhite? Race-baiting WNBA star Angel Reese acts like she's never seen a black doll before



The WNBA's Atlanta Dream held a Barbie Night on Monday in celebration of star player Angel Reese getting her own doll, but Reese's pregame comments are what stole the show.

With her mini-me sitting on the table in front of her, Reese made a bold claim for the ages that brought more unneeded politics into a league that could sorely use a break.

'I didn't have dolls that really look like me.'

Barbie basics

Reporters were lobbing softball questions to Reese before the game, with one journalist referring to the player as "Barbie" before asking how it feels to be the first Atlanta-based athlete to have a doll modeled after her.

"It feels amazing," Reese replied. "To be at first always means a lot. Especially [since] there's a lot of women that have come before me."

Following up with another beach ball, the reporter asked, "What were some of the dolls you played with when you were little?"

Reese immediately turned to identity politics for her answer:

"Honestly, I didn't have a lot of dolls because I didn't have dolls that really look like me much," the baller claimed. "And that's why I kind of really wanted to make sure this was super intentional because, now that they have a doll that that looks like you and nails and hair, but also you can be a killer on the court as well. So that was something that was important for me when getting the doll."

Reese's baffling claim defies all known Barbie history, which launched its first black doll named Francie in 1966, billed as Barbie's cousin. Christie followed in 1968, Barbie's friend. Creator Mattel then went against its own storyline in 1980 when it released Black Barbie.

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Doll partisans

Reese was born in 2002, the same year several major doll lines featured prominent black characters. This included Bratz doll Sasha and My Scene doll Madison. My Scene released a Jamaican line of dolls in 2003 as well.

In 2005, music group Destiny's Child (which included Beyonce) had its own Barbie dolls.

These dolls are not cherry-picked; the examples are widespread.

Reese's new doll is part of the Barbie Signature lineup that is now sold at $38 each on Mattel's website. Other dolls in the same line include one modeled after singer Miley Cyrus, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, and Juneteenth activist Opal Lee.

NBA icon LeBron James even has a Barbie doll too.

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Celebrity thoughts

Reese's statement is reminiscent of bold celebrity claims in recent years that likely sounded groundbreaking during inner monologues, only to be laughable when they were verbalized.

This includes actor Jennifer Lawrence's 2022 idea that "nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie" before her "Hunger Games" films. This was debunked in seconds when viewers pointed to Sigourney Weaver in 1979's "Alien" or the many subsequent "Resident Evil" and "Underworld" movies.

In 2024, action star Lucy Liu claimed that before her film "Charlie's Angels," the media "had never before had three women on a magazine cover."

"They didn't even know how to do it. It was such a strange thing for women to collaborate and be seen as colleagues and friends," she added.

This claim ignored the history of the original "Charlie's Angels," who shared not only a 1976 cover of People magazine but also Time magazine that same year. Liu went on to make false statements about female television leads as well.

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Whitlock in full panic: Caitlin Clark 'star is dying’ while Angel Reese takes off



From her college days through her professional career with the Indiana Fever, superstar point guard Caitlin Clark has been selling out stadiums.

But the Clark mania is beginning to fizzle.

“They're selling tickets right now for Indiana Fever games in Indianapolis for just $28. The Caitlin Clark star is dying. There's no question about that,” says BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock.

Meanwhile, longtime Clark rival and Atlanta Dream power forward Angel Reese is “ascending,” he says, highlighting the Dream’s 2-0 start to the season and Reese’s undeniable role in the team’s success.

Clark’s star power fading as Reese’s swells is a nightmare scenario for him as a die-hard Clark supporter.

“If Angel Reese wins a WNBA title this year or before Caitlin Clark or at the same time that Caitlin Clark's star is diminishing, what a horrible, horrible movie that will be for me,” he confesses.

Even though Clark has given him “a million reasons to jump ship,” Whitlock vows he’s “not going to do it.”

“I'm going down with the ship. I'm going to stay loyal to Caitlin Clark, the Indiana Fever, but holy cow is this start to the season hard on me,” he sighs, alluding to the Fever’s rocky 1-1 record and Clark’s ongoing back injury.

Whitlock accuses the WNBA of lying "about her health” last season, insisting that she was fine when she was actually taking significant beatings on the court that hurt her health.

“I think they're lying again this year,” he says, “and I am legitimately concerned that Caitlin Clark physically will never be what she was when she entered the WNBA and she may be a declining star.”

Fellow sports commentator Ben Daniel says that if Whitlock is right and Clark is indeed on the decline, it’s “doom and gloom for the WNBA,” as Clark is the league’s biggest economic engine.

As for Clark’s back injury, Daniel admits that it’s suspicious. “There was no running to the trainers' table to get my back realigned when we were playing FIBA ball, but now that we're back in Indiana with this great staff, now suddenly we gotta break out the cushion,” he scoffs.

While Whitlock hopes that Clark’s injuries aren’t serious, there are several “clues” that suggest they might be.

“You have the Michael Jordan of women's basketball, and you're drafting a player at her position?” he remarks, referring to the Fever’s recent draft pick Raven Johnson, who plays point guard like Clark.

On top of that, the Fever are playing in a way that “[takes] the ball out of [Clark’s] hands,” Whitlock adds.

All things considered, it seems to him like Clark is legitimately declining.

“I'm just looking at the clues that the Indiana Fever seem to be operating like Caitlin Clark is damaged goods,” he says.

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Angel Reese TRADED — but Chicago Sky isn’t being honest about why, Jason Whitlock says



On April 6, the WNBA’s Chicago Sky announced that it traded power forward Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for two first-round draft picks.

According to the team’s statement, the reason for the trade was “roster balance.”

But BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock isn’t buying it.

On this episode of “Fearless,” he unveils the real reason Reese was chopped after just two years with the Sky.

“I find it odd that the Chicago Sky would jettison her after just two years. I think that speaks to what a headache she was in Chicago,” Whitlock tells his panel — Jay Skapinac, Steve Kim, and Maurice from “Keep the Vision.”

“Teammates didn’t want to play with her; coaches couldn’t corral her. She was out there doing her double-double routine while the Chicago Sky were actually trying to win games or run an offense, and Angel Reese was just out there chasing stats,” he continues.

He asks the panel: “Do you think Angel Reese will adjust her approach, attitude, and style of play?”

“No, no, no, and no,” is Steve Kim’s honest response.

To Reese’s new Dream teammates, he warns, “Get ready to stick your hands out like this and never get the ball because she’s going to get the rebound, get another rebound, get another rebound, another rebound, and another rebound.”

Skapinac agrees: “She can barely — barely — make a layup, and in fact, she doesn’t make layups most of the time.”

“And Jason, I’m with you,” he continues. “She is going to be the locker-room team cancer.

“There’s never been a team — at Maryland, at LSU, and the Chicago Sky — where she didn’t have some sort of locker-room problem with her teammates. People don’t enjoy playing with her,” Whitlock says.

He does believe, however, that Reese may genuinely improve her game with the Atlanta Dream because she finally has the chance to potentially dunk on Caitlin Clark.

“She’s being offered a chance to play on a team that’s a championship-caliber team, and if she can get a WNBA championship before Caitlin Clark, that’s really going to enhance her brand, give her some standing around the league,” he says, “and I think that opportunity may for a short-term bring out the best in Angel Reese.”

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Angel Reese’s mystery back pain: Legit injury or PR exit strategy?



Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese has missed the last several games due to lingering back pain. No specifics about her injury or plans to return have been shared with the public.

Jason Whitlock’s conclusion: “She’s quit on the Chicago Sky.”

“She’s been claiming a back injury basically since the All-Star break, and there’s no details. ... Every week, there’s no update on what she’s struggling with, what she’s doing — there’s nothing,” he says.

“I think she’s using her back as an excuse to sit out because she doesn’t really care about basketball,” he adds.

“I think she looks over at Caitlin Clark and says, ‘Hey, Caitlin Clark is out with a legitimate injury. I proved my point before the All-Star game when I went on a 10-game run trying to justify being on the All-Star team. ... The Chicago Sky sucked this year. Peace out,’” he says.

Jason reveals that he came to this conclusion when he watched the Indiana Fever beat the Chicago Sky 92-70 last Saturday. Not only did Reese not play, she even “declined to travel to Indianapolis,” where the match was hosted.

Chicago Sky Coach Tyler Marsh addressed her absence with some ambiguous drivel about Reese focusing on her rehab and being “day-to-day,” but that failed to quell speculation that her absence has more to do with the Sky’s poor performance than a legitimate injury.

“We’ve never had an explanation on what caused the back injury [or] what’s a time frame for her recovery. ... All we’ve heard is ‘day-to-day’ and Angel Reese has disappeared,” says Jason, who assumes that her absence is about preventing “Ls on [her] resume.”

Reese and her groupies, he argues, will likely connect the Sky’s poor record to Reese’s absence, arguing that the team’s losses are “proof of how valuable Angel Reese is.”

But the truth is evident to him: “Angel Reese doesn’t really care about basketball.”

"Angel Reese is 6'3". What else was she going to do but play a sport? ... She has the athleticism to play, but does she really love this game? I don’t think so.”

To hear more of Jason’s commentary, watch the episode above.

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The NBA’s ‘welfare league’ proven desperate, delusional, and dumb



In classic feminist fashion, WNBA players chose to wear shirts that read “pay us what we’re owed” as they took the court at their All-Star Game in Indianapolis.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock of “Fearless” isn’t surprised, noting that after showing up in their shirts, they “immediately pivoted to playing the worst All-Star Game in the history of professional all-star games.”

“They took the court in T-shirts. ‘Pay us what you owe us. We’re underpaid. This league has lost millions of dollars, but we’re underpaid,’” he says. “And then they served up a doo-doo sandwich to sports fans.”

“They got this entire thing, and the sports media has this entire thing backwards that they are owed something. This has been a charity welfare league for 30 years. Has never turned a profit. And they’re taking the court, ‘Pay us what you owe us,’” he continues.


And Whitlock isn’t kidding. The league reportedly operated at a $40 million loss last year and hasn’t been profitable since its inception in 1997.

“This is a sign of how desperate they are. This is a sign of how delusional they are. This is a sign of how dumb they are. Dumb, desperate, and delusional. Why are they that way?” Whitlock asks.

“Because they’re allowed to be that way by the sports media,” he says, explaining that ESPN’s own website reflects how little they actually care about their fans.

“Our mission: To serve sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere,” its website reads. “Our values: People are our most valuable resource, and care and respect for our employees and each other will always be at the heart of our operations. We embrace diversity to best serve all sports fans worldwide.”

“ESPN does not care one iota about sports fans,” Whitlock says, adding, “The athletes don’t care one iota about sports fans.”

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Which way, America: Scottie Scheffler or the WNBA?



Two recent developments in the sports world from over the weekend are eerily representative of the two choices American culture faces as a nation — and BlazeTV host Steve Deace hopes we choose the right one.

“They do speak broadly to where we are as a culture, and in many respects, represent the two worldviews that are literally battling for soul and dominion of America as we speak,” Deace says on the “Steve Deace Show.”

The first development is of golf pro Scottie Scheffler, who after winning the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in the United Kingdom, said at a press conference, "My faith and my family is what's most important to me,” noting they are his "greatest priorities."

"Those come first for me," he said. "Golf is third in that order."


Immediately following his win, his toddler was seen stumbling across the golf course toward him, creating the perfect image of father and son when they reached each other.

Nike took advantage of the moment, using the photo with the tagline, “You’ve already won.”

Meanwhile, across the world on an Indianapolis WNBA court for the league's All-Star game, the players all wore shirts that read, “Pay us what you owe us.”

“A league there is no market for, has never been a market for. That’s why it's generated no profit. It’s been a subsidy from the beginning. It was subsidized specifically as a political construct. That's why it was created. It is literally DEI incarnate,” Deace says.

“And you contrast that with Scottie Scheffler, married with a kid, no prolonged adolescence,” he continues, adding, “These are the worldviews that are at stake right now in the West, and only one of them is going to prevail.”

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Whitlock: Angel Reese’s BET award explains Los Angeles riots



What’s the connection between Angel Reese winning the BET Sportswoman of the Year Award for the third year in a row and the anti-ICE riots currently raging in Los Angeles?

Most would say nothing, but Jason Whitlock sees a common thread: Both reflect a calculated strategy, led by black feminist women, to antagonize white evangelical Christian conservatives and deepen cultural divides.

To explain what’s going on in California, Jason points to a 2018 Netflix documentary series titled “Wild Wild Country,” which tells the story of an Indian guru named Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh who, after experiencing government pushback, moved his “religious sex cult” out of India and into rural Oregon after reading the U.S. Constitution.

Rajneesh figured he could “pull these shenanigans in America and use the U.S. Constitution to set up [his] own little sanctuary city,” Jason explains. Over time, as the commune grew, leaders began recruiting homeless Americans, busing them in from multiple states, in order to “change the voting demographic in Oregon.”

Jason reminds that “the census doesn’t care if you’re a legal or an illegal U.S. resident” when determining how many congressional seats a state receives.

California, one of the deepest blue states on the map, is fiercely protecting their illegal aliens because millions of deportations would amount to less seats in the House and thus less legislative power. Like Rajneesh, “people on the left have read the Constitution” and have decided to “game the system.”

Rajneesh’s plot, however, didn’t end well for anyone. Pushback from locals culminated in the cult launching the largest bioterrorism attack in U.S. history. They also committed immigration fraud, attempted murder, voter suppression through busing and sedating homeless people, and wiretapping.

Violence and chaos in the streets of L.A. as ICE conducts lawful raids and deportations is the modern day equivalent, Jason says.

But what does all this have to do with Angel Reese?

“The reason why they’re getting away with [these riots] is because there is a mentality pervasive in America that black women are at the root of,” says Jason. “You could see it last night at the BET Awards.”

“Anything that trolls and/or bothers the so-called white evangelical Christian conservative man — there’s a group of people led by black women who think that’s a positive,” he explains.

Last night at the BET Awards, which were hosted in Los Angeles, California, Doechii, who won Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, used her acceptance speech to criticize President Trump for “using military forces to stop a protest.”

“I feel it’s my responsibility as an artist to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people — for black people, for Latino people, for trans people, for the people in Gaza,” she added, as the crowd erupted into “wild applause.”

Jason says Doechii’s speech was anything but authentic, as she, like many other celebrities, was likely “installed” in order to “influence the masses into idiocy.” These installed icons, who have “taken a check,” he explains, are there to influence the black community to support insidious ideologies by claiming “it’s the black thing to do.” As an added bonus, these ideologies antagonize the white conservative evangelical community, which Jason says is the supreme goal of black feminist women.

Reese — even though she can “barely make layups” and is an “embarrassment to the WNBA” — won Sportswoman of the Year for the third consecutive year precisely because she “antagonizes white Chrisian men and conservatives,” he argues. She, too, has been purposefully installed as part of the revolution against white conservatives, Whitlock claims.

Both Reese’s award and the anti-ICE L.A. riots are orchestrated to exploit racial tensions, Whitlock explains, serving a destructive agenda to undermine conservative values and American unity.

To hear more of his theory, watch the episode above.

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Did Angel Reese just end her Caitlin Clark feud?



Last Thursday, the Chicago Sky faced off against the Dallas Wings at the Sky’s home arena. Although the team ended their four-game losing streak and tallied their first win of the 2025 WNBA season, Angel Reese’s performance drew intense criticism. She finished with a mere 6 points on the board — a poor result when compared to teammates Kamilla Cardoso's 23 points and Ariel Atkins' 17 points.

In the days following the game, Reese has been lambasted for her performance that fell far short of her expected role as a star scorer, especially given her season-long shooting woes and the spotlight of facing Wings rookie Paige Bueckers, who put 15 points on the board.

Jason Whitlock, however, had a different perspective: Angel Reese just proved she's making necessary improvements — in her game and maybe even in her treatment of Caitlin Clark.

“Angel Reese actually showed true progress and self-awareness” by only taking 6 shots, he says. “She's figured out she's not an offensive player and she's more of a role player, a rebounder, a distributor, a screen setter.”

The criticism Reese has faced this season has done her a favor, he argues. Her performance on Thursday seemed to say, “Let me adjust my game; let me play in a way that befits my actual skill set."

“Why is she doing that?” Whitlock asks. “Because her critics have been heard.”

“This is why we have to allow athletes — black, white, whatever color — to be criticized. If we protect them from criticism, if we explain all criticism of them as some form of racism ... they never adjust and develop,” he explains.

He hopes that the same criticism that has helped Reese improve as a player will translate to her hatred for Indiana Fever rival Caitlin Clark. If Reese is smart, she will take seriously the disapproval from sports critics like RG3 and drop the feuding with Clark, who has never wronged her.

“The feud, the alleged rivalry with Caitlin Clark — it does not serve you. It serves content creators. It serves racial idolaters. It serves people that want to use you while pretending like they're your BFF,” says Whitlock. “It would be a big win for Angel Reese, the WNBA, Caitlin Clark, and everybody involved if Angel Reese raised the white flag on her war with Caitlin Clark.”

To hear more of his commentary and analysis, watch the episode above.

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