Michelle Martinelli
@mmartinelli.bsky.social
sports things for For The Win and USA TODAY Sports.
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Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
What Does A Great Trans Athlete Deserve? | Defector
Once every week or two, I swim molasses-slow laps at the YMCA. I’ve been on something of a fitness journey this year, testing out different forms of exercise to see what sticks—what feels the least to...
defector.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
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All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
some light reading for the Notre Dame-BC game today... i recently spoke with Jeremiyah Love about his Heisman elevator pitch, his relationship with CJ Carr and why he'd compare himself to Jahmyr Gibbs.
"I can do some spectacular things, but I'm also that team guy."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
"I can do some spectacular things, but I'm also that team guy."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Q&A: Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love on his Heisman pitch and relationship with CJ Carr
For The Win spoke with Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love about his season, the team and his relationship with CJ Carr.
ftw.usatoday.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
some light reading for the Notre Dame-BC game today... i recently spoke with Jeremiyah Love about his Heisman elevator pitch, his relationship with CJ Carr and why he'd compare himself to Jahmyr Gibbs.
"I can do some spectacular things, but I'm also that team guy."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
"I can do some spectacular things, but I'm also that team guy."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Happy Halloween, Sickos
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Happy Halloween, Sickos
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INDI2NA
IN2IANA
2NDIANA
IN2IANA
2NDIANA
October 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
INDI2NA
IN2IANA
2NDIANA
IN2IANA
2NDIANA
student journalism forever www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.heraldtimesonline.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
student journalism forever www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
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today is the 10th anniversary of the Trouble with the Snap game between Michigan and Michigan State with one of the wildest endings in college football history. here's my story:
Trouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Trouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
today is the 10th anniversary of the Trouble with the Snap game between Michigan and Michigan State with one of the wildest endings in college football history. here's my story:
Trouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Trouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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god this rules so hard. @mmartinelli.bsky.social got pretty much everyone from the play but Jim Harbaugh on record. even the surrender cobra guy!!!
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Trouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game
For The Win spoke with more than a dozen players, coaches, broadcasters, officials and fans to revisit the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game.
ftw.usatoday.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
god this rules so hard. @mmartinelli.bsky.social got pretty much everyone from the play but Jim Harbaugh on record. even the surrender cobra guy!!!
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
my latest project for @forthewin.bsky.social, an oral history of "Trouble with the Snap" — the infamous 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game.
"A really surreal, emotional moment."
"You're just shocked."
"It still gives me goosebumps to this day."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
"A really surreal, emotional moment."
"You're just shocked."
"It still gives me goosebumps to this day."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Trouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game
For The Win spoke with more than a dozen players, coaches, broadcasters, officials and fans to revisit the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game.
ftw.usatoday.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
my latest project for @forthewin.bsky.social, an oral history of "Trouble with the Snap" — the infamous 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game.
"A really surreal, emotional moment."
"You're just shocked."
"It still gives me goosebumps to this day."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
"A really surreal, emotional moment."
"You're just shocked."
"It still gives me goosebumps to this day."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Wrote this when Texas A&M paid Jimbo Fisher more than $77 million to go away. Still true!
Jimbo Fisher's exorbitant buyout reminder athletes aren't ones who broke college athletics
Texas A&M will pay Jimbo Fisher more than $77 million to go away. Can't pay those college athletes, though!
www.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Wrote this when Texas A&M paid Jimbo Fisher more than $77 million to go away. Still true!
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baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
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how disgusting and unnecessary. begging men to be normal just once.
Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...
Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles
Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."
www.wired.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
how disgusting and unnecessary. begging men to be normal just once.
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Verlander. Je verlande, tu verlandes, il verlande, nous verlandons, vous verlandez, ils verlandent
November 15, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Verlander. Je verlande, tu verlandes, il verlande, nous verlandons, vous verlandez, ils verlandent
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Emperor Augustus and the Sybil of Tibur, by Konrad Witz, 1435, 📸 by @branndannart
October 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Emperor Augustus and the Sybil of Tibur, by Konrad Witz, 1435, 📸 by @branndannart
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Curt Cignetti is in this video for like one second and he’s TERRIFYING
October 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Curt Cignetti is in this video for like one second and he’s TERRIFYING
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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I don't know what the TV crew was doing on this play but I am CACKLING
September 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I don't know what the TV crew was doing on this play but I am CACKLING
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Actors, by Carlos Almaraz, 1987, 📸 by Robert Deutsch
September 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Actors, by Carlos Almaraz, 1987, 📸 by Robert Deutsch
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still don't understand how SJSU's official name is "San Jose State" and SDSU is "San Diego State" but Fresno State is actually "Cal State Fresno" & Sac State is actually "Cal State Sacramento" and Cal States Fullerton & Bernardino have to use their government names
September 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
still don't understand how SJSU's official name is "San Jose State" and SDSU is "San Diego State" but Fresno State is actually "Cal State Fresno" & Sac State is actually "Cal State Sacramento" and Cal States Fullerton & Bernardino have to use their government names
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College Football Week 1 Watchability Rankings: Trio of top-10 matchups to begin the season bit.ly/4g36Twi
August 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
College Football Week 1 Watchability Rankings: Trio of top-10 matchups to begin the season bit.ly/4g36Twi
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College football picks against the spread, Week 1: Ohio State-Texas, Clemson-LSU and more bit.ly/4muUJ1s
August 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
College football picks against the spread, Week 1: Ohio State-Texas, Clemson-LSU and more bit.ly/4muUJ1s
i chatted with Deion Sanders about his new-look Colorado team, why he's happy not coaching his sons anymore, and beating cancer.
"We may not have the lightning strikes that we had last year, but we're still going to cause a storm because we have a better team."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
"We may not have the lightning strikes that we had last year, but we're still going to cause a storm because we have a better team."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Why Deion Sanders says Colorado is 'better' now, even sans Travis Hunter
For The Win spoke with Colorado coach Deion Sanders about his team's 2025 outlook and expectations.
ftw.usatoday.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i chatted with Deion Sanders about his new-look Colorado team, why he's happy not coaching his sons anymore, and beating cancer.
"We may not have the lightning strikes that we had last year, but we're still going to cause a storm because we have a better team."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
"We may not have the lightning strikes that we had last year, but we're still going to cause a storm because we have a better team."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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“At this point it's become impossible for me to maintain a relationship with Reuters given its role in justifying and enabling the systematic assassination of 245 journalists in Gaza. I owe my colleagues in Palestine at least this much, and so much more.” - Valerie Zink
August 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“At this point it's become impossible for me to maintain a relationship with Reuters given its role in justifying and enabling the systematic assassination of 245 journalists in Gaza. I owe my colleagues in Palestine at least this much, and so much more.” - Valerie Zink