Angel Reese’s record-setting rookie season is over two weeks before anyone expected.

The Chicago Sky forward announced she will miss the rest of the season due to an injury on Saturday. Her team later announced the issue is a wrist injury from Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks.

Reese’s full announcement:

“What a year. I never would have imagined the last bucket of my rookie season would be a 3 but maybe that was God saying give them a taste of what they will be seeing more of in Year 2 lol🥲Through it all, I have showed that I belong in this league even when no one else believed. All I have ever wanted was to come into the W and make an impact. I can confidently say I have done that and will strive to keep doing so. I’m filled with emotions right now that I have a season ending injury, but also filled with so much gratitude for what is next. Although this is God’s timing and not mine, I am finally able to give myself a physical and mental break. “God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.”

“You’ll still see me being the biggest cheerleader on the sideline! And Unrivaled league, see you soon! 💞😇”

Despite missing the final six games of the Sky’s regular-season schedule, Reese will still finish her rookie season with the most single-season rebounds by an WNBA player — not rookie, player — in history, unless Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson catches her. Reese currently has 446 on the season, while Wilson sits at 406 with six games to go.

Reese has also set the WNBA record for consecutive double-doubles (10) and the rookie record for total double-doubles (26). Had she played a few more games, she could have also broken Alyssa Thomas’ record of 28.

In any other season, that productivity would have made Reese the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year, but it seems all it will do this year is cement her as a rival for Caitlin Clark, who is making her own history. The race between Clark and Reese might be the most competitive in the league’s history, but many thought the award was the Indiana Fever star’s to lose, and the extra games will only help her.

Regardless, Reese’s season has been an enormous success in its own right. Many questioned if the former LSU star would be able to adjust to the WNBA level, with concerns about her offensive game and size at 6-foot-3 resulting in her falling to No. 7 overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft.

It took very few games for Reese to erase, or at least mitigate, those concerns through elite rebounding and defensive tenacity. It’s not hyperbole to say she is now the face of the Sky, who are currently 12-22.

Where does Notre Dame’s stunning loss fall among the biggest upsets in college football history?

It’s bad, but not among the 10 worst

Northern Illinois went into South Bend as 28.5-point underdogs for its Week 2 matchup versus Notre Dame. A rout seemed like a near-certainty for the No. 5 team in the nation coming off a season-opening victory over Texas A&M.

However, the Huskies flipped that script by stunning the Fighting Irish in a 16-14 upset on a field goal by Kanon Woodill with 31 seconds remaining in the game.

Northern Illinois’ win was certainly impressive when taking the rankings into consideration. And a program from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) defeating one of college football’s traditional powers is notable. But how impressive was the Huskies’ win in terms of point spread?

Surprisingly, a 28.5-point upset isn’t even among the top 10 biggest point spread upsets of all time. But it is among the top 15 biggest point spread upsets of the past 45 years. Three previous teams have won as 28.5-point underdogs, according to Action Network:

Illinois over Wisconsin (2019)
Pitt over West Virginia (2007)
Nicholls State over Western Michigan (2013)

Two of those might not seem quite as impressive since they were conference matchups. But FCS Nicholls State out of the Southland Conference defeating MAC program Western Michigan is worth circling.

The biggest point-spread upset in college football history is Howard defeating UNLV, 43-40, in 2017. The Bison were 45.5-point underdogs in that matchup. In 2007, Stanford upset USC, 24-23, as 40.5-point underdogs. (No, that wasn’t the “What’s your deal?” game, which happened two years later.)

Syracuse beat Louisville (2007) and Texas State defeated Houston (2012) as 36.5-point underdogs. UTEP upset BYU in 1985 and Temple beat Virginia Tech in 1998 as 36-point underdogs. And to finish out the top five, Central Michigan defeated Western Michigan as 35.5-point underdogs in 2000.

Not being among the top five — or even top 10 — biggest point-spread upsets in college football probably isn’t much consolation to Notre Dame fans. But at least Fighting Irish fans can say there were worse upsets

Jamal Murray agrees to four-year, $208 million max extension to stay with Denver Nuggets

Murray will receive $244 million guaranteed over the next five years as part of the deal

Jamal Murray is staying in Colorado long-term. The star point guard has agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension to stay with the Denver Nuggets, per multiple reports.

Under the new extension, Murray will reportedly receive $244 million guaranteed over the next five years. The 27-year-old guard signed a five-year, $170 million extension with Denver in 2019.

Per Adrian Wojnarowski and Bobby Marks of ESPN, Murray’s contract breaks down to include increasing amounts annually starting in 2025, plus $36 million from the final year of his current deal. The deal will culminate in $57.5 million in the 2028-2029 season.

Murray was drafted by Denver in 2016, and has been a key player for the Nuggets for the past several seasons. He has been a starter since 2019.

This season, Murray averaged a career-high 21.2 points per game, the second-highest total on the team behind reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić, 4.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists.

Jamal Murray

PG – DEN – #27

2023 – 2024 season

21.2
Pts

4.1
Reb

6.5
Ast

1
Stl

31:33
Min

Murray missed the 2021-22 season while recovering from an ACL tear. Upon returning to play in 2022-23, the Canadian guard helped lead the team to an NBA championship. Murray was clutch in several games during the Nuggets’ 4-1 series victory over the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, including a 30-point triple-double in Game 3.