The American exceptionalism propaganda is so exhausting. We know everyone hates us and they fucking should. Broadcast the booing. We deserve to hear it.

Israel gets booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Presenter makes note of it, too, says it's the first time they've heard booing all night.

fun with painting, back to the og modern Olympics

Which countries sent the most athletes per capita to the 2026 Winter Olympics? Liechtenstein clears the field by sending 8 athletes from a population of 40,023, meaning roughly 1 out of every 5,000 Liechtensteiners is at the Olympics. This is a deeply unserious and extremely important statistic.

we have another olympic opening ceremony tomorrow but i’m still not over france’s 2024 ceremony in which they briefly stopped letting us know how much they fuck to do this

I slipped and fell on some black ice today (did NOT hit my head, a completely vertical fall standing to sitting)...but I did just think to myself "Kim's little Napoleon jacket is almost cute" ... concussion?

Washington Post. USAID. Half the federal government. People were not “laid off” or “RIF’d”. We need a new word for the weaponized dismantling of a workforce in service of a political goal to destroy an institution from the inside.

He wasn't the only one. Four other Democrats on the committee also got donations. And FOIAball obtained NCAA lobbying documents, revealing how they pushed schools to get representatives in Congress to back the bill. Give it a read now! www.foiaball.com/p/ncaa-score...

Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section. This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry. www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

no like literally I am sitting on so many stories that I don't have the legal protection to run at my newsletter and I can't find a newsroom with the money or resources to commission them

always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post

"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years

RIP to the Washington Post sports page. Among many other things, it's always been invaluable to my research & writing on soccer history. So much of the writing - like this John Feinstein piece from 1980 - is so rich & colorful, just entirely alien compared to what you see today.

Idk man, mass layoffs at long standing national press institutions (Wa. Post), and at local levels (AtlantaJC), and across several digital platforms, and 2 black journalists being arrested (Georgina Fort, Don Lemon), all while the abduction of a TV Anchors mother is investigated, feels quite bleak

I wrote for the new @gourmetlives.bsky.social about straws and convenience and American myths of productivity gourmetmagazine.net/nation-of-su...

The WNBA & WNBPA met for roughly 3 hrs at the league offices in New York City on Monday. The WNBA showed up without a proposal. “That kind of set the tone for the conversation because we were hoping to hear otherwise," Nneka Ogwumike told me. frontofficesports.com/wnba-offered...

This month marks the 100th celebration of Black History Month. Take the time this month to support and celebrate Black players, storytellers, and creators. Listen, read, share and subscribe. (And learn more about the history of BHM!) nmaahc.si.edu/explore/mome...

@washingtonspirit.com it’s not too late to add celebrations of Black and Hispanic culture to the schedule

NEW: I wrote a little about why I think The Athletic should either correct or retract their puff piece on Britta Curl from December, in light of even more evidence of her anti-trans views. It was a blatant attempt at damage control ahead of the Olympics & The Athletic participated in it.

✊🏾NEW POD✊🏾 Sylvs joined André for a chat about the future of the USWNT, not in terms of results but something just as important (if not more so): its advocacy. We discuss what’s missing, and how to reclaim it. 🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/1M29... 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... #woso #uswnt

Watching the substitute keeper wringing out her gloves really showed how gnarly the conditions were today. Hope Borbe is okay. Overall a great match even though I was hoping Corinthians would find a way to victory.

I've been commenting on the rain (to myself) all match, but having to wring out the goalie gloves is the worst

2 acl injuries in the first week of preseason, booo 🍅🍅

and Steve Baldwin tried his hardest to sell the Spirit to this man

Some highlights of Marina Mabrey's 27 point first quarter #unrivaled

“Anthony-Evenson, who knows ASL, said the hands spelled out ‘ICE out’ by using the sign for ‘ice’ and the ‘resistance fist.’”

Grew up watching the men fill up this arena, now the city of Philadelphia is showing up - SOLD OUT - for her. I fucking love women’s sports. #unrivaled

Omg TCloud! I miss her in DC so much

The announced attendance is 21,490 - the largest announced crowd in this building's history. The prior record for basketball was 21,305 for 76ers-Bulls in 1998. The prior record for any crowd was 21,424 for a Backstreet Boys concert in 1999. The smaller court made room for more seats tonight.

I wonder if Unrivaled checked the South Carolina schedule before deciding on dates for these Philly games...from how into it Dawn is, she might have been genuinely hurt if she wasn't able to be there

Wrote something, got to say some stuff on the radio. It’s not enough. It don’t begin. www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...

we got to hear from Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Wilson on Crystal Dunn today, each of whom added nice perspective on who she was as an athlete and as a teammate #USWNT www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...

The headline is annoying, but then you start reading the article and learn it's the oldest women's national team competition (50 yrs) AND YET ONLY INTRODUCED PRIZE MONEY IN 2022!!!

Gotta be careful with all the Trinity Rodman is Greenland jokes. Jessica Berman may put the next NWSL team in Nuuk.

Twice this week I’ve explained that UVA Health employees don’t have things like winter storm hazard pay because in reaction to Black UVA Health employees organizing for better working conditions, in 1947 the General Assembly made collective bargaining illegal for public sector employees in Virginia.

Trinity Rodman is 5’8” but she’s 6’4” if you use Mercator Projection

“In a very real sense” is the new “ a multitude of factors” we’ve started 2026 off with a banger

hey girl are you greenland, cause i want you to be my high impact player

I collected stats for the Spirit in 2015 and it was an absolute pleasure to see Dunn channel the energy of being left off the USWNT WC squad into a dominant golden boot season.

It’s hard to read that article as anything other than sour grapes that the WSL wasn’t able to convince Rodman to leave while the NWSL did their best to mess up the opportunity to retain her. If Man City have to offer Bunny Shaw a big raise to keep her in the WSL will there be similar indignation?

Part of Washington’s bid to retain Rodman included doing an internal analysis on revenue she brings the club every year in order to make a fair offer, and while they didn’t disclose a number safe to say it was, a lot

Woah big update from a #Paris2024 controversy: Swiss Federal Tribunal says that CAS must hear new evidence presented by Jordan Chiles and USA Gymnastics that led to CAS overturning the successful score challenge that originally gave Chiles the bronze medal in the women's Floor Exercise Final.

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

PSST: the LOVB game of the week on USA is on right now. This week's matchup features 3 players from the college championship *which I regret to inform you was less than 6 weeks ago!!!* Lednicky & Waak from TAMU now play for Houston V Hudson from KU now plays for Atlanta

CAF has issued sanctions on Senegal and Morocco following the AFCON final. Includes a 5 CAF match ban and $100,000 fine for Senegal coach Pape Thiaw. www.cafonline.com/news/caf-dis...

I know people are mad/concerned about the Kynisca sponsorship of the WCC...but seriously would they rather see infinate PIF ads like in the CWCC or more time seeing FIFAs own hypocritical "unite for peace" ads?

NEW: I spoke to women's sports bar owners about how they are showing up as sites of resistance—including on the frontlines in Minnesota. "Sport becomes the shared language—bringing people together and fueling social change, just as it has throughout history.”

I always sit up and listen when Amira is giving a history lesson.

Gabi Zanotti, near 41, scored the goal to lift Corinthians past Gotham and into the FIFA Women's Champions Cup final. Zanotti played NCAA D2 at Franklin Pierce + amateur USL W-League in the US (we briefly crossed paths) then 15 years of mostly domestic play in Brazil w/o many caps. Incredible story.