The number of times I have yelled at John Smoltz tonight is … high
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The NBA continues to be the biggest problem for the WNBA. This is fucking absurd.
BREAKING: Game 6 of the WNBA Finals will be held Thursday at 12:30pm ET at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, sources told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. It will be a double-header with the Atlanta Hawks’ game, which will be moved to 8pm.
May Kirk’s dog bite him on the ass every day for the rest of his life
Truly gross stuff.
Taj Bradley throws the first immaculate inning in Twins history, watch the entire thing as it happened
You do not get to do the whole "baseball is ruined" thing because the Dodgers gave up two serious prospects, one of whom is 100 years old, for a two-month rental. On this particular thing, your team literally could have done it if they wanted
🎵An Oxford comma can’t fix this, doo-dah, doo-dah You should google appositives, oh doo-dah-day🎶
Really enjoy that as Geno’s national image seemed to be softening, he was like, Nah, let’s lose it completely
FINAL: 74-69 GOOD GUYS IOWA STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL IS 11-0
Emma Hayes, holding Sophia Wilson’s baby, dancing to Taylor Swift … I think my head just exploded
This works too
Gonzaga should have to give their NIL prize money to Iowa State
We thought the early window of games kinda sucked, and then we got that catch. College football, man.
Nick isn’t on Bluesky yet, but you should still read his lovely piece on golf as a rehabilitation tool in a Washington prison: golf.com/news/i-golfi...
‘I never thought I'd be golfing, let alone in prison’: Here, golf offers a second chance
At Cedar Creek Corrections Center in Washington, golf is offering a second chance. “I never thought I’d be golfing, let alone in prison.”
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Enjoying that the WNBA refs heard the criticism and said, “You have yet to see how bad we can be”
Duchamp Flies, by Carmen Cicero, 2009, 📸 by Frank Franklin II
"I want to call for a change of leadership at the league level when it comes to officiating," Cheryl Reeve said. She said the crew for Game 3 was "fucking malpractice" and said Collier "probably has a fracture." Reeve did not take questions in her 2 minutes of remarks.
Today was glorious, and the trip home will be approximately 1 million times better than if ISU had lost
Wild that these fans seem to have forgotten the end of Game 4 🤷♀️
Spotted in Minnesota
So the fire sale was for nothing (except making the Pohlads wealthier), and we’re now doomed to sports purgatory. Cool cool cool cool cool.
A letter from the Pohlad family:
Liberty and Gotham really carrying me. Thank you, as always, women’s sports!
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