Angel Reese, Chicago Sky players react to being 'harassed' outside team hotel in Washington, D.C.

Multiple Chicago Sky players say they were “harassed” by a man outside the team hotel in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. The man allegedly came up to the bus with a camera and targeted Chennedy Carter, according to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Annie Costabile.

Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca told the Sun-Times team security quickly de-escalated the situation, which took place as Chicago arrived for Thursday’s game against the Washington Mystics. Angel Reese was among the players to react to the incident afterward.

“Finding out our teams hotel to pull with a camera as we get off the bus and put it in my teammates face & HARASS her is NASTY WORK,” Reese wrote. “This really is outta control and needs to STOP.”

Carter has been at the center of the conversation around the WNBA after a hard foul on Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark last week. The WNBA upgraded it to a Flagrant 1 upon review, and the conversation intensified about the physicality of the league compared to what Clark deals with as a rookie. It’s unclear if the man’s actions were related to that situation and how he located the Sky’s hotel.

Guard Isabelle Harrison also reacted via social media, thanking the security team for their efforts.

“WOW!!! Thank GOD for security,” Harrison wrote. “My teammate being harassed at our hotel is insane! Couldn’t even step off the bus!!!”

Forward Brianna Turner also posted a passionate thread on X, calling out the “absurd headlines” that she said led to the incident amid the efforts to “grow the game.”

“I wasn’t present for the interaction from earlier, but what occurred isn’t acceptable,” Turner wrote. “Didn’t realize that when we said ‘grow the game’ that would be interpreted as harassing players at hotels. You are free to have your own opinion but consider if this happened to someone u know. Yes we (thankfully) travel with security, but the absurd headlines recently has certainly created an unstable environment for our safety. I’ve been called every racial slur imaginable lately and my teammates have had it even worse.

“No. I will not accept racism as ‘part of the game’. No I’m not sensitive. And no I won’t simply ignore the ignorant takes I’ve seen. The majority of you commenting could care less about the success of the WNBA and are only concerned with division. It’s troubling to even speak out on bc I know half the responses will be filled with slurs and making excuses for unacceptable behavior. I know we all have different values and outlooks, but the discourse as of late is disingenuous to say the least.”