1/ The rugby community has reached a breaking point. This week, we are taking a different approach. USA Rugby has officially released a new policy that strictly excludes trans women from the Women’s Division. The fallout is felt deeply across our entire sport. Watch: youtube.com/shorts/db5VU...

Less cropped photo of Connor and Hudson with their custom PWHL jerseys 💕 This was the only hockey collab we wanted on SNL

Per a video from @cbsmornings.bsky.social on X (but not posted here for some reason) Hilary Knight played through the Olympics with a torn MCL

USA Rugby has changed their gender policy to comply with the USOPC and the Trump administration and clubs are pissed. I can't keep up with the statements coming out against this change.

IPC statement on the Paralympics Milano Cortina 2026 and the impact of the WAR in the Middle East

Tonight a couple hundred ultimate frisbee fans descended on the new home of the WUL and UFA Seattle teams, the Interbay Stadium, for the annual Northwest Cup against Oregon. Seattle won 15-12.

I really cannot stress enough how a decade ago private business rallied to prevent this from happening in North Carolina and now a well funded campaign against that situation means the federal government will now bar trans people from using bathrooms consistent with their identity.

14k currently! As a bandwagon post Olympics viewer I’m having a great time. #PWHL

She Got Game weekend. July 16-19. Viva Las Vegas.

Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,, Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

Just read that Flavor Flav had extended his Vegas party invite to include female Olympians *and* Paralympians who medaled for the US. Granted we obvs don't know yet who from the US Paralympic Team will medal lol but I'm still so ecstatic about this development!

There are six winter Paralympic sports and you can watch them all March 6-15!! www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...

The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team has arrived at the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. 📸 Scavino47/X

On NPR (!!), @thefrankiedlc.news points out the hypocrisy of President Trump claiming to care about protecting women in sports, esp as a comparison point to Flavor Flav's support of USA Water Polo and now USA Hockey's womens teams. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.” They pulled a Target.

"everything is so political" is a peak Extremely Dumb Guy thing to say hours after celebrating a gold medal with the fbi director

Per multiple outlets, the US Women’s hockey team has declined the President’s invitation to the White House and SoU address. A spokesperson for USA hockey cited timing and prior commitments "They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment” www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

in public, the men's hockey team has been supportive of the women's team, going to games, cheering them on, saying they were inspired by the OT golden goal must be gutting to feel that support and then get first-hand evidence that behind closed doors, when it's just The Boys, they're laughing at you

In this 2024 interview, Jack Hughes, who just scored the game-winning goal for the US Olympic hockey team, explains why it was important for him to embrace Pride Night when many other NHL players refused to do so.

City of Angels!! It makes me soooo uncomfortable.

What in God's name is an FBI director doing at the Olympics........ The Trump admin has some real clowns and Patel might be the biggest one of them all.

This team has tried to swerve politics wherever it’s come up. We were given a talking to by a USA hockey press officer for bringing it up with q player at the start of the Games. But here’s the FBI director Kash Patel inside the dressing room on Dylan Larkin’s live as he celebrates with teammates.

"Some LA28 organizers, for instance, are concerned that sponsors might not want to be photographed with Mr. Wasserman, said one person familiar with planning for the Summer Games, who requested anonymity to discuss private conversations."

I don't see any replays for figure skating!

NPR continues to bring you all the news you can use about Nazgul.

When considering this public failure and the IOC's huge PR defeat against Vladyslav Heraskevych, one should not forget that the IOC administration is in turmoil, as I reported exclusively: www.sportandpolitics.de/ioc-administ...

Unreal press conference strategy from new IOC president Kirsty Coventry where she repeatedly turns to her PR team off stage and personally blames them for not making her aware of various Olympics controversies, saying that “maybe someone needs to be dismissed”

I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.

Big thanks to @paraprod.bsky.social! For anyone interested in how CBC called the golden goal for the United States today in the Women's Ice Hockey Winter Olympics Final, here you go. Also tagging @bubbaprog.xyz in case he wants to share with the class.

proud to have served as the official sewer/stormwater utility for Cleveland Heights native and *now* Olympic GOLD MEDALIST Laila Edwards.

Cannot stress enough how big of a deal this was at the time. USA hockey players did not simply come out of the closet. They didn’t hide, necessarily, but you didn’t hear about a player being gay until they got married to their wife on team Canada. Hilary Knight led the way in this moment.

I’m in @awfulannouncing.bsky.social this morning with a fun little profile on US curling legend John Shuster who’s been blessing your TVs each morning on Gold Zone:

The gold medal run from USA's Elana Meyers Taylor in Monobob

My Trans Bill of Rights protects the freedom for all trans people to live as their full, authentic selves. It’s time to get this passed!

Thanks to NPR’s The World for having me on to talk about some of the biggest international stories we’ve covered here at the Olympics for Good Game with Sarah Spain. Shoutout @biancahillier.bsky.social for connecting colleagues past and present! theworld.org/segments/202...

What's the beef between Stecklein and Ljungblom? Stecklein seemed pissed at the end of that game. (USA vs Sweden hockey semifinals!)

Vermont-born Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath heads into the final run of the slalom with a massive half-second lead, but misses one of the first gates, hurls his poles as far as he can, and lies down off to the side of the course

We have a gorgeous color on color matchup between USA and Sweden today for this semifinal matchup. 😍

kenny albert loves talkin about dudes. doesn’t matter if the u.s women’s hockey team is in a tight semifinal at the olympics, he’s gonna talk about some dudes.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THERE IS HOCKEY HAPPENING. THE SEMIFINALS! WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?

NBC should honestly be embarrassed by their presentation of women’s hockey

TO: @thekenchilds.com FROM: All the winter sports fans of Bluesky in thanks for all the coverage (please note these kittens have been barred from competition by the IOC for numerous uniform and gear infractions as well as failing to field a full 4-feline team)

Just so we have this straight. The LA28 board refused to take action — but his clients and agents forced him out of his own company. And now the taxpayers of the City of Los Angeles *WHICH HOLDS THE CONTRACT WITH LA28* are stuck with him! Great work everyone!

It's completely untenable for him to keep running the LA Olympics but the board is packed with his own people (like, literally including his lawyer) so I expect a lag of weeks to months before common sense prevails on that front

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It got a bit lost in the shuffle of the news this week, but I wrote a feature breaking down why Skate Canada's choice to pull out of Alberta is such a big deal. Published as a collaboration between @xtramagazine.com and @thewalrus.ca ⛸️🏳️‍⚧️ xtramagazine.com/power/skate-...

Hearing that Maxim Naumov takes time every week to sit with his thoughts and grief about the death of his parents so he's ready for those big, emotional moments is a hell of a lesson for everyone.

Heraskevych's appeal rejected. As expected: an IOC-dominated arbitration tribunal makes IOC decisions.

I know we’re still bruised from the mixed curling final, but can I interest you in supporting the Swedes today?

Catching up on women's snowboard cross updates and Team USA made the top 20! Stacy Gaskill's 1/8 run had me on the edge of my seat. It's hard to pass on these courses and yet she managed to do it AND come in second, just .04 seconds behind her opponent. She ultimately finished 14th.