Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter
@realbachscore.bsky.social
I write about sports for @wsj.com. Sometimes I post about old-timey sports.
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No One Wanted to Finance Their Stadium. Now Every Game Is a Sellout.
Building a professional women’s soccer venue was seen as brash. Now the Kansas City Current’s is a blueprint for others.
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The stadium for the Kansas City Current -- whose construction 40 banks refused to finance because there had never been a professional stadium built for a women's team -- just finished its second consecutive season of sold-out games.
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Reposted by Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
💒 🏈 Thanks to @edsbs.bsky.social and @hollyanderson.bsky.social for cosigning my general rule of life, which is never to skip a cool in-person event to watch something on television (even college football).
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November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
💒 🏈 Thanks to @edsbs.bsky.social and @hollyanderson.bsky.social for cosigning my general rule of life, which is never to skip a cool in-person event to watch something on television (even college football).
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Reposted by Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter
The Big Ten Conference wanted to take on a $2.4 billion private investment.
Michigan slammed the brakes on the deal. Here’s why.
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Michigan slammed the brakes on the deal. Here’s why.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
The Standoff That Brought the Big Ten’s $2.4 Billion Deal to a Screeching Halt
Despite pressure from commissioner Tony Petitti, Michigan regents pushed back on a private-investment pact worth at least $100 million to each school
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November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Big Ten Conference wanted to take on a $2.4 billion private investment.
Michigan slammed the brakes on the deal. Here’s why.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
Michigan slammed the brakes on the deal. Here’s why.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
The Big Ten Conference wanted to take on a $2.4 billion private investment.
Michigan slammed the brakes on the deal. Here’s why.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
Michigan slammed the brakes on the deal. Here’s why.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
The Standoff That Brought the Big Ten’s $2.4 Billion Deal to a Screeching Halt
Despite pressure from commissioner Tony Petitti, Michigan regents pushed back on a private-investment pact worth at least $100 million to each school
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Big Ten Conference wanted to take on a $2.4 billion private investment.
Michigan slammed the brakes on the deal. Here’s why.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
Michigan slammed the brakes on the deal. Here’s why.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
"When flights are a mess, Flighty becomes essential."
My colleague @bzcohen.bsky.social on an app everyone who travels a lot should know about:
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
My colleague @bzcohen.bsky.social on an app everyone who travels a lot should know about:
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
The Smartest Fliers Use This App to Survive America’s Travel Hell
There’s a product that makes flying less miserable—and it has never been so valuable.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"When flights are a mess, Flighty becomes essential."
My colleague @bzcohen.bsky.social on an app everyone who travels a lot should know about:
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
My colleague @bzcohen.bsky.social on an app everyone who travels a lot should know about:
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
Washington Spirit’s tunnel walk is the one to beat. Trinity Rodman // Croix Bethune
They play Portland in the NWSL playoffs at noon
They play Portland in the NWSL playoffs at noon
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Washington Spirit’s tunnel walk is the one to beat. Trinity Rodman // Croix Bethune
They play Portland in the NWSL playoffs at noon
They play Portland in the NWSL playoffs at noon
Smart story in the @ajc.com about the NWSL's upcoming Atlanta franchise, and why playing in a gleaming NFL stadium presented an obstacle to overcome, not an advantage for landing a team:
www.ajc.com/sports/2025/...
www.ajc.com/sports/2025/...
To land NWSL franchise, Blank had to overcome 1 obstacle — his own stadium
With Mercedes-Benz Stadium as its home field, new women’s soccer team has some hurdles, but Arthur Blank has cleared those before.
www.ajc.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Smart story in the @ajc.com about the NWSL's upcoming Atlanta franchise, and why playing in a gleaming NFL stadium presented an obstacle to overcome, not an advantage for landing a team:
www.ajc.com/sports/2025/...
www.ajc.com/sports/2025/...
The National Women's Soccer League is on track to double in size in nine years. It was nine teams as of the 2019 Women's World Cup.
Arthur Blank confirmed Atlanta's conversations with the #NWSL have been "on and off" for years and grew more seriously recently.
Commissioner Jessica Berman on having another team join Atlanta (team No. 17):
“It is our intention to admit team 18 for 2028.”
Commissioner Jessica Berman on having another team join Atlanta (team No. 17):
“It is our intention to admit team 18 for 2028.”
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The National Women's Soccer League is on track to double in size in nine years. It was nine teams as of the 2019 Women's World Cup.
Olympic women's soccer will hold its 2028 gold medal game in the same stadium where the USWNT won the 1999 World Cup in PKs over China.
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Olympic women's soccer will hold its 2028 gold medal game in the same stadium where the USWNT won the 1999 World Cup in PKs over China.
Announced today: At the LA28 Olympic Games, every team sport will feature an equal or greater number of women’s teams compared to men’s teams for the first time ever.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Announced today: At the LA28 Olympic Games, every team sport will feature an equal or greater number of women’s teams compared to men’s teams for the first time ever.
Indiana's comeback win at Penn State was so good it made IU coach Curt Cignetti, "the black coffee assassin straight from basic cable hit man casting," smile.
Oh, channel-6.ghost.io, you have outdone yourself.
@hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social
Oh, channel-6.ghost.io, you have outdone yourself.
@hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Indiana's comeback win at Penn State was so good it made IU coach Curt Cignetti, "the black coffee assassin straight from basic cable hit man casting," smile.
Oh, channel-6.ghost.io, you have outdone yourself.
@hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social
Oh, channel-6.ghost.io, you have outdone yourself.
@hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social
Reposted by Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter
Program for the 1918 Ohio State-Michigan game, played a few weeks after the Nov. 11 ceasefire was signed ending World War I
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Program for the 1918 Ohio State-Michigan game, played a few weeks after the Nov. 11 ceasefire was signed ending World War I
Program for the 1918 Ohio State-Michigan game, played a few weeks after the Nov. 11 ceasefire was signed ending World War I
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Program for the 1918 Ohio State-Michigan game, played a few weeks after the Nov. 11 ceasefire was signed ending World War I
The Big Ten and SEC are effectively the co-commissioners of college football. Yet they sharply disagree on playoff expansion and the prospect of taking on billions in outside investment.
At stake is the future of college sports:
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
At stake is the future of college sports:
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
The Big Ten, SEC and the Battle Over the Future of College Football
The two athletic conferences effectively rule the sport. But they disagree on critical points about its future.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Big Ten and SEC are effectively the co-commissioners of college football. Yet they sharply disagree on playoff expansion and the prospect of taking on billions in outside investment.
At stake is the future of college sports:
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
At stake is the future of college sports:
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
The well-dressed mystery man in the post-Louvre heist photo is actually a 15-year-old fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather.
The fedora is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
apnews.com/article/louv...
The fedora is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The well-dressed mystery man in the post-Louvre heist photo is actually a 15-year-old fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather.
The fedora is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
apnews.com/article/louv...
The fedora is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.
apnews.com/article/louv...
20somethings are the rocket fuel of the NYC Marathon's growth in finishers.
"In total, 86% more men and 91% more women aged 18-29 finished the 2025 race compared to a decade ago in 2015."
@levakabas.bsky.social
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"In total, 86% more men and 91% more women aged 18-29 finished the 2025 race compared to a decade ago in 2015."
@levakabas.bsky.social
www.sportico.com/leagues/othe...
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
20somethings are the rocket fuel of the NYC Marathon's growth in finishers.
"In total, 86% more men and 91% more women aged 18-29 finished the 2025 race compared to a decade ago in 2015."
@levakabas.bsky.social
www.sportico.com/leagues/othe...
"In total, 86% more men and 91% more women aged 18-29 finished the 2025 race compared to a decade ago in 2015."
@levakabas.bsky.social
www.sportico.com/leagues/othe...
Reposted by Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter
The stadium for the Kansas City Current -- whose construction 40 banks refused to finance because there had never been a professional stadium built for a women's team -- just finished its second consecutive season of sold-out games.
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
No One Wanted to Finance Their Stadium. Now Every Game Is a Sellout.
Building a professional women’s soccer venue was seen as brash. Now the Kansas City Current’s is a blueprint for others.
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The stadium for the Kansas City Current -- whose construction 40 banks refused to finance because there had never been a professional stadium built for a women's team -- just finished its second consecutive season of sold-out games.
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
🍒 Portland's pre-professional women's soccer team that launches next May will be called the Cherry Bombs, named for a '70s punk song.
www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/...
www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🍒 Portland's pre-professional women's soccer team that launches next May will be called the Cherry Bombs, named for a '70s punk song.
www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/...
www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/...
✈️ Advice from Team USA's top doctor on where to sit on a plane and what to do -- including with the air nozzle -- to avoid catching an illness: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
How Do You Avoid Getting Sick on a Plane? Team USA’s Doctor Has Answers
He advises Olympic athletes where to sit, what to wipe down and what to do with the air nozzle to prevent illness.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
✈️ Advice from Team USA's top doctor on where to sit on a plane and what to do -- including with the air nozzle -- to avoid catching an illness: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
Precincts are reporting the highest turnout for the NYC mayoral election since the city was made up entirely of hat-wearing, hot-dog-eating middle-age men in overcoats
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Precincts are reporting the highest turnout for the NYC mayoral election since the city was made up entirely of hat-wearing, hot-dog-eating middle-age men in overcoats
Susan Orlean of The New Yorker said she learned to write at a Portland (Ore.) alternative paper called @wweek.com. She‘s followed her editor’s advice ever since:
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Susan Orlean of The New Yorker said she learned to write at a Portland (Ore.) alternative paper called @wweek.com. She‘s followed her editor’s advice ever since:
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
Reposted by Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter
Runners from the Minnesota Distance Elite training group were stars in today's New York City Marathon. Joel Reichow was the top USA finisher in the men's race, and Annie Frisbie was the second USA finisher in the women's race (5th overall) and Elena Hayday was 12th overall.
Joel Reichow, the top American male finisher in the NYC Marathon (6th overall), is 32 years old, grew up in White Bear Lake, Minn., and still works at a Minneapolis running store.
November 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Runners from the Minnesota Distance Elite training group were stars in today's New York City Marathon. Joel Reichow was the top USA finisher in the men's race, and Annie Frisbie was the second USA finisher in the women's race (5th overall) and Elena Hayday was 12th overall.
Joel Reichow, the top American male finisher in the NYC Marathon (6th overall), is 32 years old, grew up in White Bear Lake, Minn., and still works at a Minneapolis running store.
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Joel Reichow, the top American male finisher in the NYC Marathon (6th overall), is 32 years old, grew up in White Bear Lake, Minn., and still works at a Minneapolis running store.
Few schools can boast as cool an instructor as Purdue: In 1935, Amelia Earhart was a visiting faculty member, an advisor in aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to female students.
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Few schools can boast as cool an instructor as Purdue: In 1935, Amelia Earhart was a visiting faculty member, an advisor in aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to female students.