the fix is in

The work Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen put in in the offseason has showed so far for the Washington Mystics. And a funny thing has happened: They're each getting better in parts of the game where the other one dominated last season. Our @jennhatfield.bsky.social explains how it's happened:

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the reaction of austrian players

this seems like a lot

wut

Don’t make this a thing

The Washington Mystics upset the Minnesota Lynx 84-79. It's their 3rd straight win, all on the road. The Mystics got 26 bench points and 42 in the paint. Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen combined for 37 pts on 50% shooting. Cotie McMahon added 15 and 5 asts off the bench. @theixsports.bsky.social

Washington, look at you.

The Mystics are apparently the last team you wanna see come into your gym if you have even a share of the longest active win streak in the WNBA 🤷🏻‍♂️

Mystics are getting too good. Tank job in jeopardy. Playoff spot in sight.

Olivia Miles already much better on defense than she was last year

The Mystics may be the least experienced team in the league, but they're growing every game. @jennhatfield.bsky.social on what the team has learned from a series of close games: www.theixsports.com/the-ix-baske...

starting Father's Day early (blasting Wilco while watching the golf)

really enjoyed this piece of short fiction in The Paris Review

YUP. #wnba

Couldn’t ask for a much better shot chart that quarter

I like seeing Citron moving off the ball early.

friday

Summer Evening by Edward Hopper, 1947

soccer is hockey now

[extremely aussie accent] DOIVIN'

australia diving like it's the great barrier reef

Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

shot in the dark: anyone here attend the Alexandria Commission of the Arts meeting on Tuesday? Know how they decided to allocate grant funding? Scenario A, B, C, or D?

Here's @alexandriabrief.com Policies page, including a section on use if AI. Every day is a good day to become a paid supporter.

not sure why it took 80 minutes for south korea to wake up but those last 10 plus stoppage were fun. go crazy guadalajara

Our man lived 10,000 years between those two touches

Between the initial save and the starfish fingertip follow up I bet this guy was feeling emotions most people can't even imagine. He was communing with the transdimensional feelings portal. No one has ever been so alive.

absurd saves from Rangel with the replays

fuckin neo in the matrix goalkeeping

hooo boy what a save

An interesting thread from a month ago that predicted exactly what we’re seeing in the reflecting pool now (peeling up, prolific microbial activity)

"SHOOOOOOT!"

it's funny that the FS1 commentators keep talking about how much Canada cares about the goal differential when clearly they just want to beat these guys into the ground

Jesus I have been read like a damn book. cover to cover.

should be 15 minutes of stoppage time. let Canada pour it on until Qatar is thoroughly humiliated.

pour it on like maple syrup, eh

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Canada 4 - 0 Qatar 64' - Nathan Saliba free kick

crying watching sports again

Extremely gruesome injury in the Qatar-Canada match.

Had them boys in HELL

Are Nationals fans ready to dream again? “Longtime fans have had their heart broken so many times, where they’re waiting for the Nationals to prove that this is who they are. I’m waiting for them to prove that (it) isn’t.” Free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...

Fox 5 live from Continues Arcade & Bar

need a city council proclamation honoring the croatian keeper

Petar Musa on a lovely play, level again

Croatia doing Croatia things (making England sad)