KC
@ufolighter.bsky.social
One of the world’s five defenders of Rick Porcello’s 2016 Cy Young. Enjoyer of women’s sports. They/them
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@ufolighter.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Shrinking the Game | Kay | Substack
Musings on women's hockey with a focus on data analysis and the global game. Click to read Shrinking the Game, by Kay, a Substack publication. Launched 9 months ago.
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It’s almost pwhl season so I am going to share my women’s hockey newsletter shrinkingthegame.substack.com it included primers on international leagues if you want to look beyond the pwhl too!
Tereza vanišová truthers let me here you make some noise
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Tereza vanišová truthers let me here you make some noise
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Thrilled for Jameese Joseph. Best story arc out of Chicago this year. Really glad Bethune is back (last call up in June) and happy for Jaelin Howel — back on a #USWNT roster since October 2022.
www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
USWNT roster: Jaedyn Shaw, Rose Lavelle highlight USA soccer squad for friendlies
Emma Hayes named a 26-player roster for matches against Italy
www.cbssports.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thrilled for Jameese Joseph. Best story arc out of Chicago this year. Really glad Bethune is back (last call up in June) and happy for Jaelin Howel — back on a #USWNT roster since October 2022.
www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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perry minasian and his medical team discussing the grayson trade:
“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
perry minasian and his medical team discussing the grayson trade:
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This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Honestly so crazy that tindra holm wasn’t signed until after the SDHL season started but I’m glad MoDo realized that quickly and offered her a three year contract after her first few games
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Honestly so crazy that tindra holm wasn’t signed until after the SDHL season started but I’m glad MoDo realized that quickly and offered her a three year contract after her first few games
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Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
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ofc i’m team no cap but the thing that infuriates me is that even a bump to $5m, 7 or 10 would be enough. like ok if you’re worried about parity because you know you still have broke bois, they can handle $10m. keeping it below $4m, in this era, is telling many of your best players to leave.
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
ofc i’m team no cap but the thing that infuriates me is that even a bump to $5m, 7 or 10 would be enough. like ok if you’re worried about parity because you know you still have broke bois, they can handle $10m. keeping it below $4m, in this era, is telling many of your best players to leave.
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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
Currently have been reading a lot about the Korean War and it’s kind of crazy how much they show up as obscuring war crimes and manufacturing consent even back then. I see people say that they used to not be like this but they really were
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Currently have been reading a lot about the Korean War and it’s kind of crazy how much they show up as obscuring war crimes and manufacturing consent even back then. I see people say that they used to not be like this but they really were
Watching TSN makes me really see the level of detail that mainstream sports networks in America miss when covering hockey. Mcdavid will sneeze in practice and the whole intermission is like “trouble with the oilers?”
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Watching TSN makes me really see the level of detail that mainstream sports networks in America miss when covering hockey. Mcdavid will sneeze in practice and the whole intermission is like “trouble with the oilers?”
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not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
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We’re gonna eat you. With forks.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
We’re gonna eat you. With forks.
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If Forrest Gump was a baseball player
Good for Andy Pages on getting "championship saving catch" in as a career defining moment before the world heard about "unknowingly foiling gambling plot by swinging at extremely obvious ball"
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If Forrest Gump was a baseball player
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This is just a “shaking hands and kissing babies” committee which is fine and I think this statement makes sound more important than they are but damn they couldn’t find one person in Chicago 😭 fine I’ll do it
Introducing the NWSL Advisory Board. ✨
Shaping the game and the culture beyond the 90.
Shaping the game and the culture beyond the 90.
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is just a “shaking hands and kissing babies” committee which is fine and I think this statement makes sound more important than they are but damn they couldn’t find one person in Chicago 😭 fine I’ll do it
Probably not a better description for the problems with labor organization in the global north than this lmao
Nneka Ogwumike has announced that she has joined the Saudi backed global women’s league, Project B, as a part owner. #wnba
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Probably not a better description for the problems with labor organization in the global north than this lmao
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The USA and Canada aren't the only rivals in women's hockey facing off this week.
What to Know About the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s Asia Championship
The USA and Canada aren't the only rivals in women's hockey facing off this week.
www.theicegarden.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The USA and Canada aren't the only rivals in women's hockey facing off this week.
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The endorsement Andrew Cuomo needed most was Caitlin Clark's, by Christine Brennan.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The endorsement Andrew Cuomo needed most was Caitlin Clark's, by Christine Brennan.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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Please check all that apply
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Please check all that apply
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Mark Walter’s group sure made a lot of money the past two years. So about those PWHL salary average being $58,349.50…
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Mark Walter’s group sure made a lot of money the past two years. So about those PWHL salary average being $58,349.50…
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Givin’g ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle.
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Givin’g ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle.
Louis varland getting out of that with the power of being a silly guy
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Louis varland getting out of that with the power of being a silly guy