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Former <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL linebacker-</a>turned-television sports analyst Emmanuel Acho faced some backlash due to recent comments about college basketball star Angel Reese.During Tuesday's edition of the Fox Sports show "Speak," Acho and the panel began discussing Reese's emotional press conference when the All-American opened up about some of the criticism she dealt with over the past year."I’ve been through so much," Reese said. "I’ve seen so much. I’ve been attacked so many times, death threats. I’ve been sexualized. I’ve been threatened. I’ve been so many things, and I’ve stood strong every single time," <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsu-star-angel-reese-laments-increased-scrutiny-national-title-win-havent-had-peace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reese said</a> after LSU lost 94-87 to the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Elite Eight."I just try to stand strong for my teammates because I don’t want them to see me down and not be there for them. I’m still a human. All this has happened since I won the national championship. I haven’t had peace since then."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" id="OWAf6c5c263-e13c-683a-7fc7-ddeedfa65589" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</a>Acho prefaced his comments by saying he was sharing a "gender-neutral, racially indifferent take" on Reese and her remarks. "You can’t be the big, bad wolf but then cry like Courage the Cowardly Dog," he said, referencing the Cartoon Network character.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsus-kim-mulkey-posts-proud-message-to-angel-reese-after-reese-declares-for-wnba-draft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU'S KIM MULKEY POSTS PROUD MESSAGE FOR ANGEL REESE AFTER REESE DECLARES FOR WNBA DRAFT</a>Acho suggested Reese should have handled the defeat differently."If you want to act grown, which she has; if you want to get paid like you’re grown, which you are; if you want to talk to grown folks like you’re grown, which you did ... then postgame when you take an ‘L,’ you’ve just got to take it on the chin," he said."What frustrated me is when you want to be the villain, but you want to hope for sympathy like a hero," he added. Reese has spoken out about being labeled a villain for her competitive conduct on the court.<a href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelAcho/status/1775282717745431032" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VIEW MOMENT ON X</a>"Speak" co-hosts LeSean McCoy and James Jones seemed to agree with Acho's take. But Acho faced his share of detractors, including his other co-host, Joy Taylor, who questioned why Reese had become publicly known as the "villian.""She didn’t make herself the villain. She showed up unapologetically herself in the same way that men do all the time," she said, later adding that what Reese "experiences is not the same thing as what everyone is experiencing."Acho appeared to take the backlash in stride and took to social media to thank those who he said "respectfully reprimanded" him."I do not stand on a hill saying that I am right and you are wrong," he said. "I simply stand on a place saying: ‘Hey, this is what I believe. What do you believe? Let’s listen to one another and construct our collective beliefs.’"<a href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelAcho/status/1775938944003375377" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VIEW MOMENT ON X</a>Earlier this week, Reese confirmed she plans to leave LSU and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsu-star-angel-reese-declares-wnba-draft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enter the WNBA Draft</a>. She is projected to be a top-10 pick.Reese averaged 18.6 points and 13.4 rebounds over 33 games this season.Follow Fox News Digital’s<a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> sports coverage on X</a>, and subscribe to<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</a>.

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title: Emmanuel Acho responds to critics who 'respectfully reprimanded' him over his
 Angel Reese comments
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 after he appeared to defend some of the criticism directed at LSU star Angel Reese.
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content: 'Former <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">NFL linebacker-</a>turned-television sports analyst Emmanuel Acho
 faced some backlash due to recent comments about college basketball star Angel Reese.During
 Tuesday''s edition of the Fox Sports show "Speak," Acho and the panel began discussing
 Reese''s emotional press conference when the All-American opened up about some of
 the criticism she dealt with over the past year."I’ve been through so much,"
 Reese said. "I’ve seen so much. I’ve been attacked so many times, death threats.
 I’ve been sexualized. I’ve been threatened. I’ve been so many things, and I’ve stood
 strong every single time," <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsu-star-angel-reese-laments-increased-scrutiny-national-title-win-havent-had-peace"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reese said</a> after LSU lost 94-87 to the Iowa Hawkeyes
 in the Elite Eight."I just try to stand strong for my teammates because I
 don’t want them to see me down and not be there for them. I’m still a human. All
 this has happened since I won the national championship. I haven’t had peace since
 then."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" id="OWAf6c5c263-e13c-683a-7fc7-ddeedfa65589"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON
 FOXNEWS.COM</a>Acho prefaced his comments by saying he was sharing
 a "gender-neutral, racially indifferent take" on Reese and her remarks. "You
 can’t be the big, bad wolf but then cry like Courage the Cowardly Dog," he said,
 referencing the Cartoon Network character.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsus-kim-mulkey-posts-proud-message-to-angel-reese-after-reese-declares-for-wnba-draft"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU''S KIM MULKEY POSTS PROUD MESSAGE FOR
 ANGEL REESE AFTER REESE DECLARES FOR WNBA DRAFT</a>Acho suggested
 Reese should have handled the defeat differently."If you want to act grown,
 which she has; if you want to get paid like you’re grown, which you are; if you
 want to talk to grown folks like you’re grown, which you did ... then postgame when
 you take an ‘L,’ you’ve just got to take it on the chin," he said."What frustrated
 me is when you want to be the villain, but you want to hope for sympathy like a
 hero," he added. Reese has spoken out about being labeled a villain for her competitive
 conduct on the court.<a href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelAcho/status/1775282717745431032"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VIEW MOMENT ON X</a>"Speak"
 co-hosts LeSean McCoy and James Jones seemed to agree with Acho''s take. But Acho
 faced his share of detractors, including his other co-host, Joy Taylor, who questioned
 why Reese had become publicly known as the "villian.""She didn’t make herself
 the villain. She showed up unapologetically herself in the same way that men do
 all the time," she said, later adding that what Reese "experiences is not the same
 thing as what everyone is experiencing."Acho appeared to take the backlash
 in stride and took to social media to thank those who he said "respectfully reprimanded"
 him."I do not stand on a hill saying that I am right and you are wrong,"
 he said. "I simply stand on a place saying: ‘Hey, this is what I believe. What do
 you believe? Let’s listen to one another and construct our collective beliefs.’"<a
 href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelAcho/status/1775938944003375377" target="_blank"
 rel="nofollow noopener">VIEW MOMENT ON X</a>Earlier this
 week, Reese confirmed she plans to leave LSU and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsu-star-angel-reese-declares-wnba-draft"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">enter the WNBA Draft</a>. She is projected to be
 a top-10 pick.Reese averaged 18.6 points and 13.4 rebounds over 33 games
 this season.Follow Fox News Digital’s<a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener"> sports coverage on X</a>,
 and subscribe to<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</a>.'
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