Angel Reese (Photo By Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images)
If Geno Auriemma pulls up to your high school gym, you’re not just hooping, you’re cooking. And this week, the internet got a rare reminder of just how serious Angel Reese’s game has been since day one.

A photo surfaced on X showing the UConn legend standing next to a young Reese. No fancy backdrop. No camera crew. Just Reese, holding her jacket and phone, and Geno, standing beside her like a man on a mission. That image? It wasn’t for clout. It was real. And if Auriemma showed up, it’s because the talent in front of him couldn’t be ignored.

For all the noise online, every hot take, every critic, this moment speaks louder than any tweet. Geno doesn’t just roll through for fun. He’s scouting greatness. And in 2020, Angel Reese had it written all over her game.

Geno’s Visit Wasn’t Random, It Was Respect

Geno Auriemma (Photo By Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

Reese, a Baltimore native, ranked No. 2 in her class. She had UConn, Maryland, and just about every national powerhouse in her corner. But according to the Baltimore Sun, she took UConn off her list early. In a 2018 interview with Katherine Dunn, Reese explained her decision.

“I wanted to play right away,” she said. And with UConn’s Megan Walker and Olivia Nelson-Ododa already in the mix, minutes would’ve been tough. So she stayed closer to home and signed with Maryland.

Some fans treat her LSU run like a Cinderella story. That’s just wrong. This photo is proof. Geno knew she was elite before the country did. And while Reese didn’t take the UConn path, she still left a massive mark, first at Maryland, then at LSU, and now as a WNBA All-Star.

The now-viral post said it best: “Geno doesn’t waste his time showing up for just anybody.” He went after the top two in that 2020 class, Paige Bueckers and Reese. He landed one. The other chose her own road. And she still ended up on top.

This isn’t some alternate reality. This is just a reminder. Angel Reese wasn’t a surprise. She was a sure thing. And when one of the greatest coaches in basketball shows up just to see you, there’s nothing left to prove.

Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on split from husband Jesse Wood in her first TV interview since the breakup.

Joining Lorraine Kelly on Monday’s episode of the ITV show, the TV presenter, 43, also gave an health update after having two tumours removed from jaw.

Fearne announced her split from Jesse, the son of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Ronnie Wood, in December after 10 years of marriage.

She has since made swipes at Jesse and moved on with TV director Elliot Hegarty, with the pair having been seen kissing during a recent night out.

Fearne has had a difficult few months after undergoing surgery to remove two benign tumours from her jawline, just days before her split with Jesse emerged.

She told host Lorraine: ‘It’s all very amicable and kids are doing great. I am in a very good place.’place.’

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Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on split from husband Jesse Wood in her first TV interview since the breakup

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Fearne announced her split from Jesse, the son of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Ronnie Wood , in December after 10 years of marriage (both pictured in February 2024)

Discussing her recent surgery, she added: ‘I feel very grateful to have completely recovered.

‘I feel really good. I have a lot of people reaching out who have had the same thing.’

Davina McCall, 56, announced in November she’d been diagnosed with a colloid cyst, a rare type of benign brain tumour, and has supported Fearne.

She continued: ‘Everyone needs a Davina. She’s been amazing, weird that we had the same health thing going on at the same time. She’s so calming and we speak every day. She is just the best

It comes after Fearne has seemingly made another thinly-veiled dig at her ex-husband as she gushed that she is the happiest she’s ever been in a positive update.

Speaking to Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, Fearne gushed that she is ‘really happy’ and is ‘springing out of bed in the morning ready for life’.

Scott, who has known Fearne for 25 years, said he has never seen her ‘more positive or happier’, prompting Fearne to agree and reply: ‘Yeah I feel great!’