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we got to hear from Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Wilson on Crystal Dunn today, each of whom added nice perspective on who she was as an athlete and as a teammate
#USWNT
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#USWNT
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USWNT's versatile World Cup winner Crystal Dunn announces retirement
Dunn, a decorated player for the national team and in the NWSL, is hanging up her boots after a 12-year professional career
www.cbssports.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:08 PM
we got to hear from Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Wilson on Crystal Dunn today, each of whom added nice perspective on who she was as an athlete and as a teammate
#USWNT
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#USWNT
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The headline is annoying, but then you start reading the article and learn it's the oldest women's national team competition (50 yrs) AND YET ONLY INTRODUCED PRIZE MONEY IN 2022!!!
exclusive: the AFC won't increase prize money for this year's Women's Asian Cup despite repeated pleas from players. a public campaign is being planned calling attention to what is now the lowest-paying major women's tournament in the world.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
No increase in Women’s Asian Cup prize money despite player pleas for ‘respect’
Exclusive: Prize money at the upcoming tournament in Australia will not increase from what was offered by the AFC at the last edition four years ago
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The headline is annoying, but then you start reading the article and learn it's the oldest women's national team competition (50 yrs) AND YET ONLY INTRODUCED PRIZE MONEY IN 2022!!!
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Gotta be careful with all the Trinity Rodman is Greenland jokes. Jessica Berman may put the next NWSL team in Nuuk.
January 30, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Gotta be careful with all the Trinity Rodman is Greenland jokes. Jessica Berman may put the next NWSL team in Nuuk.
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Twice this week I’ve explained that UVA Health employees don’t have things like winter storm hazard pay because in reaction to Black UVA Health employees organizing for better working conditions, in 1947 the General Assembly made collective bargaining illegal for public sector employees in Virginia.
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Twice this week I’ve explained that UVA Health employees don’t have things like winter storm hazard pay because in reaction to Black UVA Health employees organizing for better working conditions, in 1947 the General Assembly made collective bargaining illegal for public sector employees in Virginia.
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Trinity Rodman is 5’8” but she’s 6’4” if you use Mercator Projection
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Trinity Rodman is 5’8” but she’s 6’4” if you use Mercator Projection
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“In a very real sense” is the new “ a multitude of factors” we’ve started 2026 off with a banger
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
“In a very real sense” is the new “ a multitude of factors” we’ve started 2026 off with a banger
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hey girl are you greenland, cause i want you to be my high impact player
January 30, 2026 at 1:08 AM
hey girl are you greenland, cause i want you to be my high impact player
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I collected stats for the Spirit in 2015 and it was an absolute pleasure to see Dunn channel the energy of being left off the USWNT WC squad into a dominant golden boot season.
Crystal Dunn, one of the legends in the history of the U.S. Women’s National Team and one of the few Americans to win a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, a FIFA Women’s World Cup and an Olympic gold medal, has officially announced her retirement from professional soccer.
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I collected stats for the Spirit in 2015 and it was an absolute pleasure to see Dunn channel the energy of being left off the USWNT WC squad into a dominant golden boot season.
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It’s hard to read that article as anything other than sour grapes that the WSL wasn’t able to convince Rodman to leave while the NWSL did their best to mess up the opportunity to retain her.
If Man City have to offer Bunny Shaw a big raise to keep her in the WSL will there be similar indignation?
If Man City have to offer Bunny Shaw a big raise to keep her in the WSL will there be similar indignation?
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
It’s hard to read that article as anything other than sour grapes that the WSL wasn’t able to convince Rodman to leave while the NWSL did their best to mess up the opportunity to retain her.
If Man City have to offer Bunny Shaw a big raise to keep her in the WSL will there be similar indignation?
If Man City have to offer Bunny Shaw a big raise to keep her in the WSL will there be similar indignation?
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Part of Washington’s bid to retain Rodman included doing an internal analysis on revenue she brings the club every year in order to make a fair offer, and while they didn’t disclose a number safe to say it was, a lot
Yeah, this is my biggest gripe with the Liew column. He reports on the likes of Antony, Mudryk, Sancho. He's seen £150m flushed down a toilet on individual players repeatedly.
Rodman very obviously adds $2m of combined on-pitch and commercial value to the Spirit every year.
Rodman very obviously adds $2m of combined on-pitch and commercial value to the Spirit every year.
“an unsustainable inflationary spiral” when the highest paid female soccer player in the world makes like 1/300th of the top paid man.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Part of Washington’s bid to retain Rodman included doing an internal analysis on revenue she brings the club every year in order to make a fair offer, and while they didn’t disclose a number safe to say it was, a lot
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Woah big update from a #Paris2024 controversy:
Swiss Federal Tribunal says that CAS must hear new evidence presented by Jordan Chiles and USA Gymnastics that led to CAS overturning the successful score challenge that originally gave Chiles the bronze medal in the women's Floor Exercise Final.
Swiss Federal Tribunal says that CAS must hear new evidence presented by Jordan Chiles and USA Gymnastics that led to CAS overturning the successful score challenge that originally gave Chiles the bronze medal in the women's Floor Exercise Final.
January 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Woah big update from a #Paris2024 controversy:
Swiss Federal Tribunal says that CAS must hear new evidence presented by Jordan Chiles and USA Gymnastics that led to CAS overturning the successful score challenge that originally gave Chiles the bronze medal in the women's Floor Exercise Final.
Swiss Federal Tribunal says that CAS must hear new evidence presented by Jordan Chiles and USA Gymnastics that led to CAS overturning the successful score challenge that originally gave Chiles the bronze medal in the women's Floor Exercise Final.
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
PSST: the LOVB game of the week on USA is on right now. This week's matchup features 3 players from the college championship
*which I regret to inform you was less than 6 weeks ago!!!*
Lednicky & Waak from TAMU now play for Houston
V
Hudson from KU now plays for Atlanta
*which I regret to inform you was less than 6 weeks ago!!!*
Lednicky & Waak from TAMU now play for Houston
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Hudson from KU now plays for Atlanta
January 29, 2026 at 1:39 AM
PSST: the LOVB game of the week on USA is on right now. This week's matchup features 3 players from the college championship
*which I regret to inform you was less than 6 weeks ago!!!*
Lednicky & Waak from TAMU now play for Houston
V
Hudson from KU now plays for Atlanta
*which I regret to inform you was less than 6 weeks ago!!!*
Lednicky & Waak from TAMU now play for Houston
V
Hudson from KU now plays for Atlanta
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CAF has issued sanctions on Senegal and Morocco following the AFCON final. Includes a 5 CAF match ban and $100,000 fine for Senegal coach Pape Thiaw. www.cafonline.com/news/caf-dis...
CAF Disciplinary Board imposes sanctions on the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (FSF), the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF)
CAF Disciplinary Board imposes sanctions on the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (FSF), the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) and certain players and officials for the incidents during ...
www.cafonline.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:24 AM
CAF has issued sanctions on Senegal and Morocco following the AFCON final. Includes a 5 CAF match ban and $100,000 fine for Senegal coach Pape Thiaw. www.cafonline.com/news/caf-dis...
I know people are mad/concerned about the Kynisca sponsorship of the WCC...but seriously would they rather see infinate PIF ads like in the CWCC or more time seeing FIFAs own hypocritical "unite for peace" ads?
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I know people are mad/concerned about the Kynisca sponsorship of the WCC...but seriously would they rather see infinate PIF ads like in the CWCC or more time seeing FIFAs own hypocritical "unite for peace" ads?
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NEW: I spoke to women's sports bar owners about how they are showing up as sites of resistance—including on the frontlines in Minnesota. "Sport becomes the shared language—bringing people together and fueling social change, just as it has throughout history.”
how women's sports bars are resisting ICE
"These bars are gathering places that uplift and celebrate communities that have long been underserved and undervalued."
www.thefrankiedlc.news
January 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
NEW: I spoke to women's sports bar owners about how they are showing up as sites of resistance—including on the frontlines in Minnesota. "Sport becomes the shared language—bringing people together and fueling social change, just as it has throughout history.”
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I always sit up and listen when Amira is giving a history lesson.
Brushing off the fatigue: is now the moment widespread athlete activism re-ignites?
@amirarose.bsky.social, @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social, and @brendaelsey.bsky.social examine the cycles of athletic activism amid growing Anti-🧊 protests
#athleteactivism #ICEOUT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47i...
@amirarose.bsky.social, @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social, and @brendaelsey.bsky.social examine the cycles of athletic activism amid growing Anti-🧊 protests
#athleteactivism #ICEOUT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47i...
January 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I always sit up and listen when Amira is giving a history lesson.
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Gabi Zanotti, near 41, scored the goal to lift Corinthians past Gotham and into the FIFA Women's Champions Cup final. Zanotti played NCAA D2 at Franklin Pierce + amateur USL W-League in the US (we briefly crossed paths) then 15 years of mostly domestic play in Brazil w/o many caps. Incredible story.
January 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Gabi Zanotti, near 41, scored the goal to lift Corinthians past Gotham and into the FIFA Women's Champions Cup final. Zanotti played NCAA D2 at Franklin Pierce + amateur USL W-League in the US (we briefly crossed paths) then 15 years of mostly domestic play in Brazil w/o many caps. Incredible story.
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A thing Rodman has always understood is how the pressure cooker that is an NWSL contender or (especially) the USWNT has to also have fun. The cellys and pre-game photo plans serve a purpose.
Talked to her back in 2024 about how Emma Hayes was on the same wavelength from the jump.
Talked to her back in 2024 about how Emma Hayes was on the same wavelength from the jump.
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 AM
A thing Rodman has always understood is how the pressure cooker that is an NWSL contender or (especially) the USWNT has to also have fun. The cellys and pre-game photo plans serve a purpose.
Talked to her back in 2024 about how Emma Hayes was on the same wavelength from the jump.
Talked to her back in 2024 about how Emma Hayes was on the same wavelength from the jump.
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I apologize if this is a hot take. But Trinity Rodman is really good at soccer.
January 28, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I apologize if this is a hot take. But Trinity Rodman is really good at soccer.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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A little over a month ago The Athletic ran a piece on Britta Curl “clearing the air” on her transphobic social media activity.
Yesterday, Curl posted a video on Instagram with a brand called Fierce Athlete, who actively solicits donations to fight “transgender ideology in sport”
Yesterday, Curl posted a video on Instagram with a brand called Fierce Athlete, who actively solicits donations to fight “transgender ideology in sport”
January 28, 2026 at 1:54 AM
A little over a month ago The Athletic ran a piece on Britta Curl “clearing the air” on her transphobic social media activity.
Yesterday, Curl posted a video on Instagram with a brand called Fierce Athlete, who actively solicits donations to fight “transgender ideology in sport”
Yesterday, Curl posted a video on Instagram with a brand called Fierce Athlete, who actively solicits donations to fight “transgender ideology in sport”
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Victor Wembanyama says that “PR tried” to stop him from speaking about ICE.
I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.
I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.
!["Yeah, PR has tried, but I'm not going to sit here and give some politically correct [answer]," the Frenchman told reporters after practice at Victory Capital Performance Center. "Every day I wake up and see the news, and I'm horrified. I think it's crazy that some people might make it seem like or make it sound like the murder of civilians is acceptable."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreie7wsfgzgg5y5omeyiojls2hbb3gxxh76ozcywgywfpk5q354r43y@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Victor Wembanyama says that “PR tried” to stop him from speaking about ICE.
I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.
I’m not surprised, because while working on a story that will be released tomorrow, the PWHL denied me permission to speak to someone who wanted to talk to me about the violence in Minnesota.
From my email: "There is not currently an announced theme on August 30th; this is later in the year than June, but Juneteenth itself commemorates news worth celebrating arriving late, and, especially right now, celebrating freedom a little late is better than not celebrating it at all."
If youd like to write to the team as well, but you're not sure what to say I recommend mentioning how Juneteenth commemorates important news arriving late, so it's not disrespectful to celebrate what the holiday means now a little later in the year. It is certainly better late than not at all.
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 AM
From my email: "There is not currently an announced theme on August 30th; this is later in the year than June, but Juneteenth itself commemorates news worth celebrating arriving late, and, especially right now, celebrating freedom a little late is better than not celebrating it at all."
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US Soccer might be onto something here. It'll always be case by case, especially with venues—this one required USWNTPA approval—but plenty of markets are yet to ever host a game, and would welcome the opportunity regardless of the opponent and names on (or off) of the US roster.
A Sell Out in Santa Barbara!
Please arrive early to ucsantabarbara as we face Chile tonight at a packed Harder Stadium!
Please arrive early to ucsantabarbara as we face Chile tonight at a packed Harder Stadium!
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 AM
US Soccer might be onto something here. It'll always be case by case, especially with venues—this one required USWNTPA approval—but plenty of markets are yet to ever host a game, and would welcome the opportunity regardless of the opponent and names on (or off) of the US roster.