Mark you calendars flamethrowers!! On June 2nd BIAD is officially back🗓️ #sportspodcast #womeninsports #podcast

Such a treat to meet @thefrankiedlc.news after knowing them online for 10 years. Working and nerding out in the press box at the Toronto Tempo game.

"Give until Gone"

Thrilled to say I have been accredited for the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup Alhumdullilah. Look for my work at CBC Sports CBC News and beyond! This is my fifth on-site World Cup (3 x WWC & 2 x MWC) - and I am elated it is at home. There are stories that need to be told and I will tell them.

Finally met the lovely @shireenahmed.bsky.social, who put up some amazing step counts on her first Japan trip 🏃‍♀️💨

Ahead of the 2026 FIFA men's World Cup kicking off in less than a month, I spoke with fans from Bosnia and Herzegovina about what it means for their country to be on the biggest stage of football. Their voices will make you think about sport and identity differently. www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...

What a great way to get ready for opening weekend. Thanks, @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social + @jessicawluther.com (and @shireenahmed.bsky.social 🔥)

Ahead of the Toronto Tempo's first game tomorrow (AND THE EMOTIONS!!!) I wrote about the continued growth of women's sports in Canada. My latest for CBC Sports. www.cbc.ca/sports/baske...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino tries to conjure a highly confected photo-op with Israel FA vice-president, but Palestine FA President Jibril Rajoub denies him his spectacle, using the stage to remind the world that "We are suffering."

Finally sat down to read Darby #5 and it was worth the wait! One of the things I love about soccer is the vibrant diversity of the culture around the game, and Darby captures that in a uniquely Canadian way (plus this one has a banger cover story from @shireenahmed.bsky.social)

Live at the FIFA Congress, Infantino is insisting that Israel Football Association and Palestine Football Association have a photo. The rep from IFA (VP Basim Sheikh Suliman) is an Arab who in his speech said "there is no politics in football". President Rajoub does not do it.

HUGE NEWS: Today the FIFA council amended policy to recognize the Afghanistan womens national football team - in exile. Check out my reporting here: www.instagram.com/reel/DXs41Gv...

***BREAKING*** Confirmed by VP of Palestine Football Association Susan Shalabi: President Jibril Rajoub and General Secretary Firas Abu Hilal have received their approved Canadian visas and are planning to attend the FIFA Congress in Vancouver on April 30, 2025.

There were reports that the Palestine Football Association Canadian visas were denied ahead of FIFA Congress on April 30 in Vancouver, BC. It's more complicated than that. No question on the importance of them being there. Looked into it with Aloysius Wong for CBC News. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

There were reports that the Palestine Football Association Canadian visas were denied ahead of FIFA Congress on April 30 in Vancouver, BC. It's more complicated than that. No question on the importance of them being there. Looked into it with Aloysius Wong for CBC News. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

My latest for CBC Sports is on the upcoming season of the Northern Super League - and it's growth. www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...

Caption: Not me being stopped at the entrance at Media arrival time (5:30 pm) because a BMO Field security guy couldn't believe I am a sports journalist and part of the press corps.

My latest is a on Canadian men's World Cup host cities, their challenges, the impact on communities around them, and yes, traffic. www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...

My latest w/ @edgeofsports.bsky.social: FIFA just released a pair of highly anticipated decisions regarding Israel & Palestine. Taken together, they're an obscene abdication of FIFA’s own statutes & its publicly stated commitment to human rights. For @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Morocco have been declared AFCON champions after disciplinary committe rules against Senegal stating they "forfeited" when they left the pitch during regulation time. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

This is abhorrent.

I asked Chief Communications and Content Officer Paulo Senra of @canadasocceren.bsky.social whether they are concerned with tensions surrounding USA as co-host of the 2026 World Cup, and if they have a statement about Iran potentially dropping out of the tournament.

Happy IWD! I am the National Ambassador of Sakeenah Canada and am inviting you to donate to my campaign to raise funds for transitional shelters for survivors of violence. 💙 sakeenahcanada.donorsupport.co/page/shireen...

WE DID IT. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This podcast is one of the greatest things I've ever been a part of. We are committed to bringing you brilliant analysis, witty commentary, and yes, joy. Even as we critique the bad and ugly in sports. @burnitalldownpod.com

We are an independent feminist sports podcast hosted by five women who have kept complete editorial control over our IP. It’s hard to get people to fund feminist media. People like that it exists, they just aren’t often interested in paying for it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

77 minutes to go and we are $331 from reaching $30,000, which @shireenahmed.bsky.social joked that we might reach on the day we launched. (I don't know if it was actually a joke, but I laughed!) Can we make it?????? OMG. 😭

It's time to talk about hockey media in Canada. Actually, it has been time for awhile. My thoughts on comments from Insiders, hockey media approaches, using language correctly, and accountability - or the lack of it. www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Folks, the Captain of Team USA and his tattoo. Maple Leafs Reddit is Redditing.

Friends, I will be in conversation with Julian Mckenzie about his new book *Black Aces: Essential Stories From Hockey's Black Trailblazers*. Catch us this Friday, February 27 at 7 pm at Another Story Bookshop in Toronto.

Prestianni’s defence seems to be to claim he used a homophobic slur rather than a racist one. Benfica claim to oppose racism while posting videos to discredit Real players’ claims before investigation. All after Mourinho’s victim blaming. Shameless stuff. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

For me, one of the most interesting happenings at the Olympics was Eileen Gu and how she managed her press conferences. I weighed in on whether a question posed to her ny John Weaver of AFP was fair or not. www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

The USA men's hockey team won an incredible game. No doubt. But they went on to participate in insulting their women counterparts with Trump in a manner that was cheap and vulgar. A blasted shame and wasted opportunity that could have inspired and sparked joy.

I wrote this essay for @theglobeandmail.com: At the Olympics, politics fully infuses sports. Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych sacrificed his dream, punctured the myth that the Olympics are not political, & exposed the IOC’s selective morality www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Have you been watching speed skating? We have! @amirarose.bsky.social tells you why she is rooting for Erin Jackson, who is in tomorrow's 500m final, and Brittany Bowe, who has team pursuit and 1500m coming up. From our Olympics preview, part 2: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

And if you want to revisit @shireenahmed.bsky.social's interview with Erin Jackson before Pyeongchang in 2018, you still have time! www.burnitalldownpod.com/episodes/40 or podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

"We're seeing a big shift to Asians being dominant in snow sports," she added. "I've had aunts telling me that I shouldn't snowboard, get a real career, focus on school. It's cool to see that shift happening." This NPR story on Chloe Kim and Gaon Choi is lovely.

Here I explore the emergence of non-traditonal winter sports countries at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics. Why and how did they get there when there is more sand than snow? How are countries building their winter sports programs? My latest for CBC Sports / CBC Olympics. www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

Laila Edwards becomes the first Black woman from USA to score a goal in Olympic hockey. #MilanoCortinaOlympics2026

Rules created by an elite are insufficient to work with the compexities of the real world because sports ARE political.

Organizers of the Milan Cortina Olympics say the national mint of Italy is ready to repair the faulty medal fixings for athletes.

We are witnessing how governing bodies and decision makers in sport choose to politicize, permit expression and/or activism. We are also witnessing how they conveniently ignore or ban it.

As part of the CBC Olympics 2026 Milano-Cortina coverage, I wrote about Lindsey Vonn's crash, the risks of sport, and why athletes make the decisions they make. Thank you to mental performance consultant Georgia Ens for her insight. www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

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.

BIAD is baaaaaaack! And this #MilanoCortina2026 Winter Olympics preview is pure🔥. Great to hear the entire team back in action: @shireenahmed.bsky.social @amirarose.bsky.social @brendaelsey.bsky.social @jessicawluther.com & @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social They haven't missed a beat.

People interested in global sports may want to go to the DOJ site and search FIFA in the Epstein files. Because, there’s things worth reviewing re: doping and trafficking that indicate more going on than we previously had evidence for.

Some **PERSONAL NEWS** as the go-getters say. @burnitalldownpod.com has been on a hiatus for a couple of years. We are SO READY to return, but need your help because we don't have backing by a corporation, and need this to be sustainable. Enter Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

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