Everyone celebrating or encouraging athletes in men’s sports for coming out post-Heated Rivalry need to understand the context the show exists in. This soccer ref went viral for proposing to his fiancé on the pitch & then they were assaulted in their home after receiving threats.

The wegovy ad somehow gets longer every time they show it

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Going for the gold in Willfully Ignorant Observation of Culture

Sandstorm at the Super Bowl!

Thread of scattered DCU thoughts after their 0-0 preseason draw with Portland: Lineup - (442): Johnson (Farr 46); Antley, Bartlett (Marković 81), Rowles, Kurokawa; Hopkins, Peltola, Servania (Clark 66), Peglow (Kijima 66); Baribo (Turner 86), Munteanu (Murrell 81)

Alyssa Walker’s goal is the difference as DC Power take down Sporting Jacksonville on the road.

VERY audible boos from U.S. fans at Milano Rho when J.D. Vance left the game just now.

Arsenal fans, is "Push It" a normal post-match song at the Emirates these days?

We talked about this on the pod we recorded (coming out Tuesday) it is very very cool.

Montréal setting a sky-high standard for 2026's worst MLS trade

February 7th: J. Dilla is one of the most influencial producers in music history, full stop. His opus, "Donuts" came out on this day 20 years ago, which was also his 32nd birthday. He would pass away 3 days later from lupus. We miss you, Dilla. #DillaDay #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Fukushima United has already won the J2-J3 HYVL IMO

Excl. The USA forward Catarina Macario has turned down an offer of a contract extension at Chelsea, the Guardian understands. She's attracting interest from around the world, incl. Europe, and her future is now in major doubt after she was left out of Chelsea's squad list for the #UWCL knockouts.

DC Power announced today that they've moved the 3/13 match against Dallas Trinity up to Thurs. 3/12 (7pm). Additionally, kickoff for their home match on 3/17 against Carolina Ascent has been moved from 7pm to 11:30am.

TALL. MAN. WIN. HEADER. www.thetransferflow.com/p/the-most-i...

Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.

Absolutely unhinged music choice for Italy, this dubious DJ at the ice block decks has redeemed himself

The Peacock version of this was definitely muted but you could still pick up that the vibe at San Siro had suddenly turned

Big shout out to @utahroyalsfc.com for posting lineups and photos as they play a preseason match today. Hope they're not alone!

On top of this he is an absolute dud as a commentator, get this guy outta here

do baristas dream of rainbow moka pots

"Looks like some art's about to happen"

NBC couldn't find anyone to host this thing that doesn't have an SEO-driven article with an "and sexual harassment" headline?

Curious choice given that Chelsea don't have a compelling data case for being anything other than 2nd or 3rd even after assembling a world all-star team

It took a while for him to settle in, but Wirtz is starting to justify the price tag. Plus: • What FPL players should do about Saka's injury • Games we're watching • Stuff we're reading www.thetransferflow.com/p/turns-out-...

Currently headed to Franklin Park; Mayor Wu will hold a press conference at 10 AM to give White Stadium updates. She gave WBUR an updated renovation cost of $135M Boston Legacy will fund $190M for a total cost of $325M

NWSL clubs are starting to announce preseason schedules, but closed-door matches without video or even lineups make it hard to say there's much of a point in doing so. It's a great time to build interest in the upcoming season! Teams can start doing so whenever they'd like.

A few hundred people are gathered outside the Washington Post headquarters in downtown D.C. protesting the massive layoffs that hit yesterday. “Save the Post!” they’re chanting.

Thank you everyone for correcting your behavior tonight, let's keep it going for the games and decades ahead

There's a certain subset of English coaches and execs who think that anyone who graduated from a top WSL academy is better than pretty much any non-USWNT American. I'm excited to see someone actually test this hypothesis, mainly because I suffer zero consequences if they're wrong.

To all my #DCU fans, its time to support coverage of your club. It may not be pretty at times. It may be positive when you are mad. But, we need your eyes and ears to continue doing what we do. Please support the people who cover #DCU. Like, follow, and subscribe. (2/3)

THREAD: I'm lucky to cover my childhood club as part of my job. However, the reality is I have to fight for it. For many outlets, you have to justify covering sports, including soccer. You hope your coverage brings fans in and convinces managers. To continue, we need your help. (1/2)

Gator pic for those who do not follow me on tik tok or insta:

Hal and Ben thought they were good. I on the other hand got far, far away

It's been a really brutal start to the year for soccer fans. This is a very good piece on another piece of really bad news: the data all your favorite (and crucially, favorites-to-come) woso writers use has been scattered to the wind

Want DCU news? These are the people showing up regardless of the team's record or national relevance: • @districtpressdc.bsky.social (specifically @blazindw.bsky.social & @sarahkallassy.bsky.social) • @joseumana.bsky.social for WTOP • @marioamaya28.bsky.social for Area Sports Network

Hal Hershfelt & Kate Wiesner talking to media today from Spirit preseason. Asked what's needed to take the next step & lift a trophy. Hershfelt emphasizes "consistency," while Wiesner says the team took lessons specifically from the championship game that they want to apply for 2026.

By the back half of 2025 you could literally do this on a regular basis, as the presser would fluctuate between 5-6 people depending on whether me or @joseumana.bsky.social had something else to cover that night.

This is the look of a team that goes 0-2-1, -2 GD in the group stage

I remember my father bringing this edition of the Post home with #DCU players holding the MLS Cup in front of supporters on the front page. I still have the MLS Cup gamer & photos cut up in a binder somewhere. It was the start of my love for sports journalism. Today sucks. #SaveThePost

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

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...

The Washington Post has laid off hundreds of talented journalists, so many of whom I was lucky to work with over the years. The Post Guild launched this fund to support them:

Some really unique profiles of player moved to the Premier League this January and it seems like everyone is increasingly Skillcornerpilled www.thetransferflow.com/p/the-most-i...

📥️ Nashville SC have officially signed defender Andy Nájar to a new contract for the 2026 season with a club option through December 31, 2027. Nájar had a career-best season in 2025 with two goals and 10 assists, and gets a deserved pay increase to reward his performance.

Crestfallen and f$&@ furious about the closure as we know it of @postsports.bsky.social by an indifferent, compromised owner and a failing publisher — a dept of Povich and Boswell, Wilbon and Kornheiser, Gildea and Sheinin, of poets, authors, Hall of Famers and Pulitzer finalists. A terrible day.

sports coverage is not about box scores anymore. it's about power and politics and corruption and sovereign wealth and real estate and the use of taxpayer money and the most publicized labor disputes in the country and yes, sometimes about ball go in hoop

All I can say about this is that I learned to read with the Post, I was discovered as a possible soccer blogger in the comments of Post articles, and seeing the place hacked down to whatever's left has been a miserable experience

I am once again talking about the 1998 John Frankenheimer post-Cold War thriller Ronin