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Rodger Sherman

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I write a newsletter about sports! It's called Sports! Link in pinned post

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Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 25m ago

Having Army put together a game-winning drive against you has to be so brutal. You can see it coming for 45 minutes and can’t do anything about it. Like the guy in Austin Powers getting run over by a steamroller

Jake Fenner@fenner.bsky.social · 8h ago

An addendum to Rodger’s great writing: It must be emphasized that Hartford also lined up a $325m bid with a plan to build a practice facility and the NBA said no bc Hartford and Uncasville are “not in the same market” despite 1) being in CT and 2) being in, quite literally, *the same media market*

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 9h ago

I never post those “infographic of your top 10 albums!” lists but today I sheepishly did the TV show one 4 days after everyone else and it wound up on the discover tab and so I simply deleted it and will never do anything like it again, lesson learned

Julia Poe@juliapoe.bsky.social · 11h ago

(my one pessimistic note to this is that “turning a profit” is kind of the problem, ownership needed to dive into the red to professionalize that team and never showed interest in doing so)

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:

Jeff Kassouf@jeffkassouf.bsky.social · yesterday

[CT resident annoyed by the WNBA's entire handling of the Sun sale] Yet another general truth here where you can literally swap WNBA for NWSL. The parallels run deep, and there are absolutely tradeoffs. 👇

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey.bsky.social · yesterday

There were problems that the Sun ownership didn’t/couldn’t resolve: player facilities lagged well behind WNBA standards and Uncasville is hard to get to. But Hartford or especially Boston could absolutely support a team and bring in enough revenue for top-notch facilities. Cathy wouldn’t let us.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:

🎸@haveadobro.bsky.social · yesterday

i rooted for the heights all season and sato's queens ended up taking them down. but i of course watched the championship regardless and this was maybe one of the coolest shutouts ive seen in a long time. just smiling ear to ear for her

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

the WPBL clearly had better hitters than pitchers. Teams averaged 8 runs per game. The league's total batting average was .340. And then the greatest women's baseball pitcher of all time pitched the league's first complete game shutout in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the championship series

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:

Surprisingly, moving the team to Connecticut worked. In 2010, the Sun became the first WNBA team to turn a profit — during a global recession, and during the league’s nadir of popularity. The casino in the middle of nowhere became a fortress. The Sun has won 64.5 percent of its home games. It developed a real fanbase and made four WNBA Finals. The Connecticut Sun is not the first WNBA team to die. (Enjoy this haunting image of the mascots for the Sacramento Monarchs, Utah Starzz, Detroit Shock, and yes, the Houston Comets, hanging out, smiling, not realizing that death will soon come for them.) But it’s the first WNBA team to die for this reason: Not because nobody cared, not because it couldn’t make money, not because it couldn’t find fans or win games, not because the league is shrinking … but actually because the league is growing. The Sun helped the WNBA survive, but the period of mere survival is over. The league is moving on to bigger markets and bigger money and leaving Connecticut behind.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

the WPBL clearly had better hitters than pitchers. Teams averaged 8 runs per game. The league's total batting average was .340. And then the greatest women's baseball pitcher of all time pitched the league's first complete game shutout in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the championship series

Matthew Doyle@mattdoyle.bsky.social · yesterday

As a native Connecticutian... Connecticutter... Connec... person from Connecticut, this hit home. Excellent newsletter from @rodger.bsky.social today.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:

Surprisingly, moving the team to Connecticut worked. In 2010, the Sun became the first WNBA team to turn a profit — during a global recession, and during the league’s nadir of popularity. The casino in the middle of nowhere became a fortress. The Sun has won 64.5 percent of its home games. It developed a real fanbase and made four WNBA Finals. The Connecticut Sun is not the first WNBA team to die. (Enjoy this haunting image of the mascots for the Sacramento Monarchs, Utah Starzz, Detroit Shock, and yes, the Houston Comets, hanging out, smiling, not realizing that death will soon come for them.) But it’s the first WNBA team to die for this reason: Not because nobody cared, not because it couldn’t make money, not because it couldn’t find fans or win games, not because the league is shrinking … but actually because the league is growing. The Sun helped the WNBA survive, but the period of mere survival is over. The league is moving on to bigger markets and bigger money and leaving Connecticut behind.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

the WPBL clearly had better hitters than pitchers. Teams averaged 8 runs per game. The league's total batting average was .340. And then the greatest women's baseball pitcher of all time pitched the league's first complete game shutout in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the championship series

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

the WPBL clearly had better hitters than pitchers. Teams averaged 8 runs per game. The league's total batting average was .340. And then the greatest women's baseball pitcher of all time pitched the league's first complete game shutout in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the championship series

Today in Sports! 🃏 A Queen and an Ace 🃏

Ayami Sato just gave the greatest pitching performance in WPBL history. PLUS: A requiem for the Connecticut Sun, your weekend Sports! viewing guide, and more!

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Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's the football season plan for Sports! The Newsletter, the free & good newsletter about sports Sunday — newsletter about Saturday's CFB games Monday — newsletter about Sunday's NFL games Thursday or Friday: roundup of cool things in every other sport in the world Did I mention it's free