Kate Lavelle
@klavelle.bsky.social
Communication & sport scholar, views my own. Cat mom. MN Lynx super fan. Still holding out for a Cleveland baseball World Series wins!
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The NWSL has finally gotten its million-viewer match. Saturday’s championship game garnered 1.184 million viewers, the most watched game in league history
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The NWSL has finally gotten its million-viewer match. Saturday’s championship game garnered 1.184 million viewers, the most watched game in league history
I love sharing a last name with this incredible champion!
Wow she did it
"I adore playing with her, and I adore her off the field. I definitely want to see her lift that trophy.”
Rose Lavelle likely would’ve won 2023 Final MVP if she’d been on the winning side. This year, coming off “a pretty big surgery” she’s back in the big game with the team who beat her.
Rose Lavelle likely would’ve won 2023 Final MVP if she’d been on the winning side. This year, coming off “a pretty big surgery” she’s back in the big game with the team who beat her.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I love sharing a last name with this incredible champion!
I love a world where I can watch a top 25 WBB match up on the CW? I feel like Buffy and Willow would approve!
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I love a world where I can watch a top 25 WBB match up on the CW? I feel like Buffy and Willow would approve!
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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SYLA SWORDS IS UNCONSCIOUS.
OH MY HEAVENS. Cash money from deep.
OH MY HEAVENS. Cash money from deep.
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
SYLA SWORDS IS UNCONSCIOUS.
OH MY HEAVENS. Cash money from deep.
OH MY HEAVENS. Cash money from deep.
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A shift in the WNBA.
In 2022, 6 black head coaches.
In 2026, 2 black head coaches, 0 black women.
There’s been progress — 7/15 are women, including 2 of color — but for a league that’s 60%+ black, does raise questions about why coaching hires don’t better reflect that.
In 2022, 6 black head coaches.
In 2026, 2 black head coaches, 0 black women.
There’s been progress — 7/15 are women, including 2 of color — but for a league that’s 60%+ black, does raise questions about why coaching hires don’t better reflect that.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A shift in the WNBA.
In 2022, 6 black head coaches.
In 2026, 2 black head coaches, 0 black women.
There’s been progress — 7/15 are women, including 2 of color — but for a league that’s 60%+ black, does raise questions about why coaching hires don’t better reflect that.
In 2022, 6 black head coaches.
In 2026, 2 black head coaches, 0 black women.
There’s been progress — 7/15 are women, including 2 of color — but for a league that’s 60%+ black, does raise questions about why coaching hires don’t better reflect that.
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I want everyone to read Sarah Strong’s FIRST HALF stat line several times because it defies logic.
10 points
12 rebounds
4 assists
3 steals
3 blocks
THAT WOMAN IS EVERYWHERE.
10 points
12 rebounds
4 assists
3 steals
3 blocks
THAT WOMAN IS EVERYWHERE.
Double double before half. She is going to absolutely change the whole conversation.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I want everyone to read Sarah Strong’s FIRST HALF stat line several times because it defies logic.
10 points
12 rebounds
4 assists
3 steals
3 blocks
THAT WOMAN IS EVERYWHERE.
10 points
12 rebounds
4 assists
3 steals
3 blocks
THAT WOMAN IS EVERYWHERE.
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Lynx sending the StudBudz to the draft lottery, absolutely love the vibes
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Lynx sending the StudBudz to the draft lottery, absolutely love the vibes
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The NBA's latest offer to the WNBA players is "highly lucrative". For the NBA owners!!
Really... this deal promises to make the NBA owners millions!!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/highly-luc...
Really... this deal promises to make the NBA owners millions!!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/highly-luc...
Highly Lucrative for the NBA!
The latest offer to the WNBA players is a great deal for the owners of the NBA!
wagesofwins.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The NBA's latest offer to the WNBA players is "highly lucrative". For the NBA owners!!
Really... this deal promises to make the NBA owners millions!!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/highly-luc...
Really... this deal promises to make the NBA owners millions!!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/highly-luc...
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Fun fact: there are 82 players on rosters right now that were born AFTER LeBron James made his NBA debut on Oct 29, 2003.
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Fun fact: there are 82 players on rosters right now that were born AFTER LeBron James made his NBA debut on Oct 29, 2003.
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Reportedly the NBA is now offering a max WNBA salary of $1.1 million. It is only for a few players, though. And the average is less than $500,000.
Before the season started I argued simple math says the average should be $1 million.
The math is simple!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/one-millio...
Before the season started I argued simple math says the average should be $1 million.
The math is simple!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/one-millio...
One Million is the Average, Not the Max!
Simple Math Suggests a Simple Slogan for the WNBA Players as They Seek to Close the NBA's Gender-Wage Gap
wagesofwins.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Reportedly the NBA is now offering a max WNBA salary of $1.1 million. It is only for a few players, though. And the average is less than $500,000.
Before the season started I argued simple math says the average should be $1 million.
The math is simple!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/one-millio...
Before the season started I argued simple math says the average should be $1 million.
The math is simple!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/one-millio...
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The league reports that the proposal“includes revenue sharing” but Cathy Engelbert and Adam Silver have used that term VERY liberally. I doubt it means a flat revenue share percentage like the players association is asking for.
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The league reports that the proposal“includes revenue sharing” but Cathy Engelbert and Adam Silver have used that term VERY liberally. I doubt it means a flat revenue share percentage like the players association is asking for.
Our local indie theater doing it right! Diane Keaton & Robert Redford tribute this week and then 3 weeks straight of Wicked for good. Can't wait to see Sneakers on the big screen 30 years later
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Our local indie theater doing it right! Diane Keaton & Robert Redford tribute this week and then 3 weeks straight of Wicked for good. Can't wait to see Sneakers on the big screen 30 years later
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If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
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If you're looking for a Georgia-Texas alternative, FOX is airing a really interesting WBB game:
No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 8 USC.
Better get USC this year because next year:
The return of JuJu Watkins, Jazzy Davidson as a soph, and incoming freshman Saniyah Hall.
No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 8 USC.
Better get USC this year because next year:
The return of JuJu Watkins, Jazzy Davidson as a soph, and incoming freshman Saniyah Hall.
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
If you're looking for a Georgia-Texas alternative, FOX is airing a really interesting WBB game:
No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 8 USC.
Better get USC this year because next year:
The return of JuJu Watkins, Jazzy Davidson as a soph, and incoming freshman Saniyah Hall.
No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 8 USC.
Better get USC this year because next year:
The return of JuJu Watkins, Jazzy Davidson as a soph, and incoming freshman Saniyah Hall.
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“You’ve learned some flashy tricks, your holiness, but you’ve forgotten the essence of the game … it’s about the cones.
I move my abbot to the ocean hex,
which moves my brinksman to the devil's lair,
and pushes my farmer, yes, my humble farmer,
directly into the central cone.
I move my abbot to the ocean hex,
which moves my brinksman to the devil's lair,
and pushes my farmer, yes, my humble farmer,
directly into the central cone.
Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“You’ve learned some flashy tricks, your holiness, but you’ve forgotten the essence of the game … it’s about the cones.
I move my abbot to the ocean hex,
which moves my brinksman to the devil's lair,
and pushes my farmer, yes, my humble farmer,
directly into the central cone.
I move my abbot to the ocean hex,
which moves my brinksman to the devil's lair,
and pushes my farmer, yes, my humble farmer,
directly into the central cone.
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FINAL | Nebraska 84, Creighton 50
Nebraska beats Creighton for the first time since 2021, and does it in historic fashion.
The 34-point victory is the largest margin of victory in the rivalry since Nebraska beat Creighton 84-50 (yes, really) in 2005.
Nebraska beats Creighton for the first time since 2021, and does it in historic fashion.
The 34-point victory is the largest margin of victory in the rivalry since Nebraska beat Creighton 84-50 (yes, really) in 2005.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
FINAL | Nebraska 84, Creighton 50
Nebraska beats Creighton for the first time since 2021, and does it in historic fashion.
The 34-point victory is the largest margin of victory in the rivalry since Nebraska beat Creighton 84-50 (yes, really) in 2005.
Nebraska beats Creighton for the first time since 2021, and does it in historic fashion.
The 34-point victory is the largest margin of victory in the rivalry since Nebraska beat Creighton 84-50 (yes, really) in 2005.
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Get past the spin. Real reporting from @howardmegdal.bsky.social #WNBA
In Basketball Wednesday, our @howardmegdal.bsky.social breaks down the huge, unanswered questions about Project B, along with why they matter so much. #WNBA #NCAAW www.theixsports.com/features/the...
The crucial unanswered questions about Project B - The IX Sports
There are plenty of unanswered questions about Project B that will tell us about both the league's upside and what it will mean overall.
www.theixsports.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Get past the spin. Real reporting from @howardmegdal.bsky.social #WNBA
Dirk Nowitzki went on Amazon and said in the nicest way possible how much the Mavs were messing up...
Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont's letter to Dallas fans after firing GM Nico Harrison:
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Dirk Nowitzki went on Amazon and said in the nicest way possible how much the Mavs were messing up...
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mamdani is going to impose mississippi masala law. everyone will have to watch his mother's movies and realize how much we've undervalued her at the expense of white female filmmakers who fit more easily into our understanding of "feminist cinema" or whatever.
Mamdani is going to impose Santana law. Everyone will have to duet with Rob Thomas.
Mamdani is going to impose Shania Law. It won't impress you much.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
mamdani is going to impose mississippi masala law. everyone will have to watch his mother's movies and realize how much we've undervalued her at the expense of white female filmmakers who fit more easily into our understanding of "feminist cinema" or whatever.
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This also brings up huge questions about the 2024 postseason! Guards made it all the way to ALCS before losing to the Yankees.
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
More from Passan: “The 23-page indictment against Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz lays out the alleged scheme for the pitchers to intentionally throw balls so bettors could wager on pitches to be balls or strikes. It started, prosecutors say, as early as May 2023 with Clase and later included Ortiz.”
Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This also brings up huge questions about the 2024 postseason! Guards made it all the way to ALCS before losing to the Yankees.
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
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I am thinking especially today about what mira nair, mother of ~newly elected~ NYC mayor zohran mamdani, told me when I interviewed her about MISSISSIPPI MASALA -- about representation and transcendence and how we should treat each other. at @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/2022/04/mira...
www.vulture.com/2022/04/mira...
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I am thinking especially today about what mira nair, mother of ~newly elected~ NYC mayor zohran mamdani, told me when I interviewed her about MISSISSIPPI MASALA -- about representation and transcendence and how we should treat each other. at @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/2022/04/mira...
www.vulture.com/2022/04/mira...
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.