Springfield, Illinois will be the home to the WPBL in its inaugural season. The league—which will feature four teams in year one—will play all of its games at Robin Roberts Stadium. More on the league's Series A investment + salaries here: frontofficesports.com/womens-pro-b...

as an indie journo, i'm always trying to figure out how/~if~ folks like me fit into wnba media. a lot of that comes down to the league's PR... but what are their standards? who feels welcomed, who does not? and why? to break it down, i published this survey for folks in WBB MEDIA! take it here:

A while back, I wrote about Jennifer Sey and XX-XY Athletics are stoking anti-trans hysteria by a) gaming the media, & b) offering money to cis women who speak out. Just a few people can be tied to the entire anti-trans hate campaign:

To be loved ❤️

Wow, I had no idea Jennifer Sey was actually paying people off to be transphobic. Who’s taking advantage of cis women athletes now? Gross.

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

I wrote about a potential IOC ban over transgender, intersex and DSD athletes and how that ties in with the tragic death of Lia Smith here in the U.S. Mostly, I ask is anyone going to care about those who have been hurt the entire time by this movement?

Oh no, not a full bush!

A while back, I wrote about Jennifer Sey and XX-XY Athletics are stoking anti-trans hysteria by a) gaming the media, & b) offering money to cis women who speak out. Just a few people can be tied to the entire anti-trans hate campaign:

We have to ban this. It's just not okay, and it's gonna kill sports if we let it. I hate people so much. If a ballgame isn't exciting enough to you on its own terms, you've fucked up.

A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.

From @karleighchardonnay.bsky.social at Outsports: Jennifer Sey, who said the NWSL had “several males” has issued a $10,000 bounty to the next player to “speak out like Elizabeth Eddy.” An anonymous donor added $5000. Clay Travis said he’d double it. NEAT. www.outsports.com/2025/11/14/2...

I saw Jill Ireland on Today this morning discussing this doc, I wanted to ignore it but ended up watching her bit. I never liked the swimsuit issue, just an outsider opinion, i wasnt a subscriber. I am definitely gonna watch it now, I was kinda on the fence. I'm glad it worked out well for you.

It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats

So wait… Vanity Fair hired Nuzzi without knowing she was going to be writing this book?? That directly concerns her career and why she lost her previous job?? And she’s still employed there??

Wild to me how many headlines I saw this week celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting Kim Davis's bid to end marriage equality, when the Texas Supreme Court just decided that state court judges are free to refuse to perform weddings for same-sex couples from here on out

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

NEW: 'Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue' is now streaming on most platforms and I highly recommend you watch it—and not just because I'm in it.

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

Thanks to donations from followers, I was able to stock the fridge & pantry at my local community fridge. I’ve volunteered there for a year & I’m trying to do more regular hauls, esp with the weekly food drives winding down for the winter. None of us can do everything but all of us can do something.

Luis Rubiales was at his book launch for “Matar a Rubiales” when his own uncle — also named Luis Rubiales! — threw eggs at him. This sentence is all somehow completely true? www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

So you want to dress like DiJonai Carrington? I’ve got you! My latest installment of Out Fits breaks down what makes Nai’s style her own, & how you can get it for yourself. Paid subscribers get access to links & specific items in both straight & plus sizes! www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/out-fits-d...

Guess that the IOC is going to ban transgender women from sport before LA 2028 based on a wholesale scientific review which seems to just be from things that are not in the public domain:

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

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story. www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...

Yep. Some go into journalism to have access to power, to be power's handmaiden & PR. Others go into journalism to question & illuminate the operation of power & how some norms/systems hurt the powerless. Wolff just 1 of many examples showing--again--the former is very common& usu far more lucrative.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

It’s profoundly worrying that so many politicians and journalists, continue to use this platform which is increasingly a space for hate speech and far right propaganda. It’s having a serious impact on the state of national discourse. Government should at the very least make X abide by the law.

Thomas Jefferson was 44 when he started in creeping on 14-year-old Sally Hemings. And Sally, who was enslaved, shared a father with Martha Wayles Jefferson—Tom's wife. He's been dead literally centuries and the US refuses to reckon squarely with what this meant for definitions of American greatness

For $7000, you could buy season tickets for you and over a dozen of your closest friends to any NWSL club’s supporters section.

Until SafeSport announces they are going to stop claiming jurisdiction over thousands of cases, sitting on them for months, and then closing them with no explanation, effectively protecting sexual predator, none of these other changes matter. www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

Well that's certainly a series of words assembled into grammatically-correct English sentences. Have we looked into the possibility that Berman is AI?

Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. www.mississippifreepress.org/us-supreme-c...

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.

DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad. newrepublic.com/post/202813/...

This week’s CSA delivery & meal prep: I made curried squash/sweet potato/apple/carrot soup, cream of celery top soup, stewed greens (kale & spinach), mashed sweet potatoes, cornbread. I still have soooo many apples lolsob

Email response from @nwslsoccer.com commissioner Jessica Berman re: my email earlier this week about what the league will be doing to protect players from bigotry, racism, and transphobia both from the public and from within their own teams. @rachaelt.bsky.social @galpalsports.bsky.social

That's why I wrote this: www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...

congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run

The Black Women’s Player Collective has dropped a statement as well this morning on their Instagram in light of the recent comments made this week.

During his first term, Trump’s version of “Title IX rights” was literally allowing rapists to remove their confessions from evidence in disciplinary proceedings. It makes me sick to see the media describe this as an “interpretation of civil rights” instead of as a transparent violation of the law.

I love this bc @remas.bsky.social has been annoying Dave since deadspin was deadspin. Other journos have emailed Dave to ask this & not gotten responses. This is iconic bc it shows how good Samer is at his job, by revealing the source/journo relationship he’s developed with Dave over the years.

When I was pregnant, my pelvis essentially fell apart. I was on bed rest and when I did go out, I had to use a walker. So yes, this would have been an incredibly useful thing for me to have access to.

I am BEGGING sports media covering Ausberry as the new AD at LSU to include this in their coverage. If you don’t, you are bad at your job and should be embarrassed.

It's hard to shock me these days. But I just read the words "LSU interim athletic director Verge Ausberry" and my jaw fucking dropped. I don't know what else to say but CTRL+F for his name in this article: www.usatoday.com/in-depth/spo...

I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.

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