Chicago Sky WNBA star Angel Reese won the BET Sportswoman of the Year award at the 2025 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California, marking the third time the 23-year-old has won the award. Women's boxing icon Claressa Shields was one of the other nominees for the award.

After Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese won the BET Sportswomen of the Year Award, Claressa Shields posted on X that she thought she should have won the award. "Still don’t know how I didn’t win the Sportswoman of the Year for the BET Awards,

Boxer Claressa Shields clears up recent comments she made about Angel Reese after winning BET's Sportswoman of the Year