Rick M
@the-rickster.bsky.social
Fan of Washington Spirit, Lexington Sporting Club, Pittsburgh Steelers, UK Wildcats. Watcher of film, K-Dramas, animation.
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Ebay Ireland permanently banned @lexialex.bsky.social 's store selling vintage items. Didn't give a reason so it couldn't have possibly been because proceeds go to benefit the people of Gaza, could it? Well, anyway, here is the Bluesky account and a link to her Etsy shop instead. GO BUY NEAT STUFF
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Ebay Ireland permanently banned @lexialex.bsky.social 's store selling vintage items. Didn't give a reason so it couldn't have possibly been because proceeds go to benefit the people of Gaza, could it? Well, anyway, here is the Bluesky account and a link to her Etsy shop instead. GO BUY NEAT STUFF
I'm just gonna come out & say it: I don't believe Berman would be this ambivalent about keeping Alex Morgan in the league.
(Probably would treat Rapinoe same as Rodman.)
(Probably would treat Rapinoe same as Rodman.)
NEW: Players union says NWSL engaged in ‘flagrant’ violation of Trinity Rodman’s free agent rights
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Players union says NWSL engaged in ‘flagrant’ violation of Trinity Rodman’s free agent rights
The NWSLPA says the league violated at least five different sections of the current collective bargaining agreement.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm just gonna come out & say it: I don't believe Berman would be this ambivalent about keeping Alex Morgan in the league.
(Probably would treat Rapinoe same as Rodman.)
(Probably would treat Rapinoe same as Rodman.)
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Shopping small is meaningful!
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shopping small is meaningful!
Come on Internets, I need you to do your thing.
#TaraTheExplorer
#TaraTheExplorer
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Come on Internets, I need you to do your thing.
#TaraTheExplorer
#TaraTheExplorer
Watching the Macy's parade & realizing that what it needs next year is a #TaraTheExplorer balloon. Come on #Spirit, let's manifest this!
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Watching the Macy's parade & realizing that what it needs next year is a #TaraTheExplorer balloon. Come on #Spirit, let's manifest this!
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Hey, if somebody tells you they stopped drinking, don’t tell them they should start drinking again. It doesn’t matter why they stopped, just don’t say it. You sound like one of the shittiest one-off characters on Mad Men.
September 13, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Hey, if somebody tells you they stopped drinking, don’t tell them they should start drinking again. It doesn’t matter why they stopped, just don’t say it. You sound like one of the shittiest one-off characters on Mad Men.
Still trying to process last night's NWSL final. Honestly, the Spirit played excellent defense but couldn't get shots offensively so, while I'm disappointed we played poorly, I have to admit we didn't play well enough to win. On our best night, we win that game but last night wasn't it.
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Still trying to process last night's NWSL final. Honestly, the Spirit played excellent defense but couldn't get shots offensively so, while I'm disappointed we played poorly, I have to admit we didn't play well enough to win. On our best night, we win that game but last night wasn't it.
Why did USL SL move Tampa Bay vs Lexington FC to compete with the NWSL final?
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Why did USL SL move Tampa Bay vs Lexington FC to compete with the NWSL final?
I get no ref wants to eject a player in a final for a reasonably minor tactical foul but given Rose's cost to coast run a week ago...
Gotta show that card.
Gotta show that card.
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I get no ref wants to eject a player in a final for a reasonably minor tactical foul but given Rose's cost to coast run a week ago...
Gotta show that card.
Gotta show that card.
No concussion check for Kate?!!
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
No concussion check for Kate?!!
The disrespect on the Spirit both last season & this is unreal.
Final #NWSL projections of the 2025 season! Thanks to @americansocceranalysis.com, @qebrian.bsky.social and @trevorl.bsky.social for building these models and sharing their data with us all year.
#NWSLChampionship | #GothamFC | #WASvNJY
#NWSLChampionship | #GothamFC | #WASvNJY
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The disrespect on the Spirit both last season & this is unreal.
I know we're all pumped up for tonight's championship game but I hope someone plans to circle back to this report 'cause Spirit are in it.
A complaint was filed concerning all those early season training injuries & we were never able to get answers from the club.
That mid season coaching change?
A complaint was filed concerning all those early season training injuries & we were never able to get answers from the club.
That mid season coaching change?
Thanks to a $5 million settlement with the NY, DC and IL OAG, the NWSL is required to report their investigations.
The semi-annual report and its exhibits give us a teensy bit of transparency into the NWSL’s process.
With @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social for Defector!
defector.com/nwsl-43-comp...
The semi-annual report and its exhibits give us a teensy bit of transparency into the NWSL’s process.
With @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social for Defector!
defector.com/nwsl-43-comp...
The NWSL Received 43 Complaints In 2024, And Five In The First Half Of This Year, Public Records Show | Defector
When the National Women’s Soccer League settled with three separate attorneys general earlier this year—following investigations by all three into the league’s years of failure to prevent or adequatel...
defector.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I know we're all pumped up for tonight's championship game but I hope someone plans to circle back to this report 'cause Spirit are in it.
A complaint was filed concerning all those early season training injuries & we were never able to get answers from the club.
That mid season coaching change?
A complaint was filed concerning all those early season training injuries & we were never able to get answers from the club.
That mid season coaching change?
@washingtonspirit.com Could you try to get a thread going of watch parties going on outside of DC?
(Crosses fingers for one in Lexington, KY)
(Crosses fingers for one in Lexington, KY)
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
@washingtonspirit.com Could you try to get a thread going of watch parties going on outside of DC?
(Crosses fingers for one in Lexington, KY)
(Crosses fingers for one in Lexington, KY)
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The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
Why, in the year of our Lord 2025, are we still using strobing effects knowing they trigger seizures? Without a warning?
Why @letterboxd.social
Why @letterboxd.social
Watch the first trailer for The Moment starring Letterboxd member Charli XCX 🎤
In theaters January 30 via A24
In theaters January 30 via A24
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Why, in the year of our Lord 2025, are we still using strobing effects knowing they trigger seizures? Without a warning?
Why @letterboxd.social
Why @letterboxd.social
Somehow, this BS is still a stronger (fake) apology & pledge than Berman gave for continuing a game after a player died on the pitch & coercing others to play in unsafe heat.
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Somehow, this BS is still a stronger (fake) apology & pledge than Berman gave for continuing a game after a player died on the pitch & coercing others to play in unsafe heat.
Interesting that Washington received only a single vote (presumably their own) despite making 3 finals in 5 years, back to back 2nd place shield finishes & back to back finals appearances & could win their 2nd championship in 5 years.
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Interesting that Washington received only a single vote (presumably their own) despite making 3 finals in 5 years, back to back 2nd place shield finishes & back to back finals appearances & could win their 2nd championship in 5 years.
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chat is it good that the league went on a media blitz to laud the salary cap after being asked about trinity rodman's contract
thedistrictpress.com/2025/11/17/t...
thedistrictpress.com/2025/11/17/t...
Trinity Rodman’s contract saga will reveal the future that NWSL leadership want
A day that ended with Washington Spirit fans zipping across the skies like meteors began, contrastingly, with frustration-induced eye rolls. The Athletic’s Tom Bogert broke news about the status of…
thedistrictpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
chat is it good that the league went on a media blitz to laud the salary cap after being asked about trinity rodman's contract
thedistrictpress.com/2025/11/17/t...
thedistrictpress.com/2025/11/17/t...
Ok, picture this scenario:
Coming out at halftime, Jaedyn turns heel (or face depending on your allegiance), changes jerseys & finishes the game playing for the Spirit!
Can we manifest this?
Coming out at halftime, Jaedyn turns heel (or face depending on your allegiance), changes jerseys & finishes the game playing for the Spirit!
Can we manifest this?
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ok, picture this scenario:
Coming out at halftime, Jaedyn turns heel (or face depending on your allegiance), changes jerseys & finishes the game playing for the Spirit!
Can we manifest this?
Coming out at halftime, Jaedyn turns heel (or face depending on your allegiance), changes jerseys & finishes the game playing for the Spirit!
Can we manifest this?
Apparently this post is evergreen...
I gotta work today & won't be able to watch Washington Spirit #NWSL semifinal but know that I am pulling madly for you.
Very similar vibes to the Steelers/Cardinals Superbowl in that I have great respect for many Gotham players & want them to perform brilliantly in a losing effort.
Very similar vibes to the Steelers/Cardinals Superbowl in that I have great respect for many Gotham players & want them to perform brilliantly in a losing effort.
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Apparently this post is evergreen...
WILD that some people don't get this so I'll try a different framing:
You ever receive a job offer your current employer wouldn't match? Went to them & said you loved your job & coworkers & didn't want to leave but pay/benefits offer was life-changing? They said no because $10K was too much?
You ever receive a job offer your current employer wouldn't match? Went to them & said you loved your job & coworkers & didn't want to leave but pay/benefits offer was life-changing? They said no because $10K was too much?
EXCLUSIVE:
spoke to #NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman this morning about Trinity Rodman and the salary cap, which doesn’t seem to be going anywhere
the salary cap, she said, is “the reason our league is the most competitive league in the world”
www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
spoke to #NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman this morning about Trinity Rodman and the salary cap, which doesn’t seem to be going anywhere
the salary cap, she said, is “the reason our league is the most competitive league in the world”
www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
NWSL's Berman defends salary cap as Rodman contract expiration looms
Berman talked exclusively to CBS Sports shortly before Rodman's Washington Spirit kicked off their NWSL semifinal match vs. Portland Thorns
www.cbssports.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
WILD that some people don't get this so I'll try a different framing:
You ever receive a job offer your current employer wouldn't match? Went to them & said you loved your job & coworkers & didn't want to leave but pay/benefits offer was life-changing? They said no because $10K was too much?
You ever receive a job offer your current employer wouldn't match? Went to them & said you loved your job & coworkers & didn't want to leave but pay/benefits offer was life-changing? They said no because $10K was too much?
Congrats & THANK YOU #Spirit on a dominating win & trip to the championship.
Thankfully, today's been pretty straightforward progress for Dad.
My nerves appreciate it.
Thankfully, today's been pretty straightforward progress for Dad.
My nerves appreciate it.
Dad's in the hospital & the TV is unwatchable so I gotta watch today's semifinal on my phone & can't cheer/scream. Yesterday was a rollercoaster (progress/setback/progress) & I'm emotionally spent. So, my dear Spirits, if you could just kindly blow Portland out of Audi 4-nil in regulation...
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Congrats & THANK YOU #Spirit on a dominating win & trip to the championship.
Thankfully, today's been pretty straightforward progress for Dad.
My nerves appreciate it.
Thankfully, today's been pretty straightforward progress for Dad.
My nerves appreciate it.
Did she watch this game?
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Did she watch this game?