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...

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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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it is absolutely essential that burn it all down come back In These Times of all times

One last thing — if you’re a BIAD fan, don’t miss the fun videos that we made for the Kickstarter. You just gotta click through to see them: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

I love Burn It All Down. I am incredibly proud to be a part of it. And I hope we get to make more episodes. Thanks for sharing and contributing and listening. Burn on, not out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

This might be hard to believe but people love to say that they love feminist media but they rarely like to subsidize it. We are five women talking about sports in ways that traditional sports outlets ignore or shun. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

I feel like people understand more than ever the important role that independent media can play, especially right now. Through the nearly 470 episodes we’ve published, we have always controlled the IP and the content. But we need $$$ help to do that. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

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Burn It All Down was my favorite podcast and now more than ever I miss their smart commentary and sharp critiques. Check out their Kickstarter so we can hopefully get more great content!

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Canada's 2026 Olympic Curling Team will have Indigenous art on their uniforms. So grateful to Shelby Gagnon and Erin Flowers for letting me tell this story about intentionality, art, and the protection of land and water. www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

My latest, co-written w/ @edgeofsports.bsky.social "What It Took to Save a Soccer Field in Palestine." The good news arrived at the same time that Swiss parliament is scrutinizing UEFA's tax-exemptions over Israel’s attacks on Gaza & the West Bank @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

*EXCLUSIVE* Had a fantastic sit down chat with @tempobasketball.bsky.social head coach, Sandy Brondello. We talked building a team (without players!!!), her vision for the franchise, impressions of Toronto, and poutine versus vegemite. My latest for CBC Sports. www.cbc.ca/sports/baske...

It's finally the final of #Afcon, yipee!!! Are you ready to watch #MAR v #SEN in just a few hours? @brendaelsey.bsky.social and @shireenahmed.bsky.social preview the final, which is sure to be exciting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6J7...

Get ready for #AFCON2025 third-place match between #EGY pharaohs and the #NIG super eagles! @shireenahmed.bsky.social and @brendaelsey.bsky.social argue why third-place matches matter. Let's see some scores settled! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6J7...

@shireenahmed.bsky.social and I talk #afcon! We couldn’t really decide on #SEN v #EGY but Mané won our “Man of the People award!” m.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcD...

According to people in Aida refugee camp this demolition could happen as soon as tomorrow. They wrote today to FIFA and the Swiss government urging them to call on Israel to desist from any demolition plans. The pitch is a lifeline for hundreds of Palestinian boys and girls.

I almost started crying when their latest episode showed up on my feed. If you are a sports fan, a women’s sports fan, a feminist, an anti-racist, and more, listen to this podcast. These woman are incredible!!!! So glad they are back. @rathjen.us - I think you would like them!