Ace Pedraza 🏳️🌈🇵🇷
@candacepedraza.bsky.social
Candace Pedraza is the site editor for SideLion Report and a semi-regular WNBA.com contributor. Previously: Winsidr, The Knicks Wall, Secret Base.
Like Kyle Van Noy, she attended Unc University.
For professional inquiries: candace.pedraza18@gmail.com
Like Kyle Van Noy, she attended Unc University.
For professional inquiries: candace.pedraza18@gmail.com
folks are fabulously dressed for the Gunna concert on my train into the city
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
folks are fabulously dressed for the Gunna concert on my train into the city
good morning. go bats.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
good morning. go bats.
somewhat clear to me that he only sucked up to Mamdani because his popularity is in the absolute gutter, whereas Mamdani’s is high and continuing to climb. would have been a huge blow to what little popularity he has left to be outwardly hostile. still, it’s funny.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
somewhat clear to me that he only sucked up to Mamdani because his popularity is in the absolute gutter, whereas Mamdani’s is high and continuing to climb. would have been a huge blow to what little popularity he has left to be outwardly hostile. still, it’s funny.
he’s been out-aura’d
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
he’s been out-aura’d
as a reward for suffering thru the dentist I’m going to a Gotham-Spirit watch party tmrw :)
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
as a reward for suffering thru the dentist I’m going to a Gotham-Spirit watch party tmrw :)
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For SI, I spoke exclusively with #GothamFC’s star striker Esther about her injury, the “deja vu” feeling from ‘23, and wether she agrees with the sentiment of “underdog, my ass” going into tomorrow’s #NWSL final against rivals Washington Spirit.
www.si.com/soccer/esthe...
www.si.com/soccer/esthe...
Esther González and Gotham FC Look to Recreate Magic of 2023 in NWSL Championship
While there are some similarities with their inaugural title run, this Gotham FC side feels confident and refreshed heading into the 2025 NWSL final.
www.si.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
For SI, I spoke exclusively with #GothamFC’s star striker Esther about her injury, the “deja vu” feeling from ‘23, and wether she agrees with the sentiment of “underdog, my ass” going into tomorrow’s #NWSL final against rivals Washington Spirit.
www.si.com/soccer/esthe...
www.si.com/soccer/esthe...
no comment.
actually one comment.
hire Black women.
actually one comment.
hire Black women.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
no comment.
actually one comment.
hire Black women.
actually one comment.
hire Black women.
top 3 moments of my visit so far:
hour long wait for a cleaning
the xray machine making me gag
all the dentists sound mad i’m here
hour long wait for a cleaning
the xray machine making me gag
all the dentists sound mad i’m here
at the dentist and good news it still sucks
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
top 3 moments of my visit so far:
hour long wait for a cleaning
the xray machine making me gag
all the dentists sound mad i’m here
hour long wait for a cleaning
the xray machine making me gag
all the dentists sound mad i’m here
at the dentist and good news it still sucks
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
at the dentist and good news it still sucks
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Politico is calling Mamdani a transplant and if you lived and went to high school in NYC you're not a transplant, even if you weren't born here.
That isn't how this works. Even (most) immigrants are not transplants.
That isn't how this works. Even (most) immigrants are not transplants.
Mr. Mamdani goes to Washington
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s highly anticipated meeting with President Donald Trump is the biggest test yet for the inexperienced 34-year-old democratic socialist who was barely a blip o...
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Politico is calling Mamdani a transplant and if you lived and went to high school in NYC you're not a transplant, even if you weren't born here.
That isn't how this works. Even (most) immigrants are not transplants.
That isn't how this works. Even (most) immigrants are not transplants.
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on this trans remembrance day i remember my friend, troy, who was one of the brightest lights in a lot of people’s lives and mine included. i miss them especially today. and i hope wherever they are, they have so much anime at their disposal to consume.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
on this trans remembrance day i remember my friend, troy, who was one of the brightest lights in a lot of people’s lives and mine included. i miss them especially today. and i hope wherever they are, they have so much anime at their disposal to consume.
man. just saw a clip of parents furiously trying to get their kids off a school bus in SC because ICE had planned to stage kidnappings there. that's just ghoulish and horrifying stuff to watch and that's just how I feel watching it happen.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
man. just saw a clip of parents furiously trying to get their kids off a school bus in SC because ICE had planned to stage kidnappings there. that's just ghoulish and horrifying stuff to watch and that's just how I feel watching it happen.
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
me to myself trying to finish sunrise on the reaping so i can watch this trailer
a group of people are walking down a street with the words let 's go lesbians
Alt: a group of people are walking down a street with the words let 's go lesbians
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
me to myself trying to finish sunrise on the reaping so i can watch this trailer
my cat just fell off a couch cushion in his sleep and immediately started hunting...the cushion. for wronging him.
poor guy.
poor guy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
my cat just fell off a couch cushion in his sleep and immediately started hunting...the cushion. for wronging him.
poor guy.
poor guy.
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
pretty exciting thursday ahead of me (hitting my tattoo artist up with 2 new ideas)
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
pretty exciting thursday ahead of me (hitting my tattoo artist up with 2 new ideas)
I'm extremely sat for this.
First look at Ralph Fiennes as President Snow in ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.’ Out November 20, 2026.
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm extremely sat for this.
my group chat was so negative about the knicks game i didn't catch last night I assumed they got blown out lmao
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
my group chat was so negative about the knicks game i didn't catch last night I assumed they got blown out lmao
no one:
absolutely no one:
my baby girl cat: did you know that i’m actually so pretty?
absolutely no one:
my baby girl cat: did you know that i’m actually so pretty?
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
no one:
absolutely no one:
my baby girl cat: did you know that i’m actually so pretty?
absolutely no one:
my baby girl cat: did you know that i’m actually so pretty?
this album deserves so much more love.
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
this album deserves so much more love.
espn making me side with PRIME is a special kind of evil.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
espn making me side with PRIME is a special kind of evil.