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🏉 The need-to-know🏉 The need-to-know
Breaking down the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup
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The 10th edition of the Women’s Rugby World Cup begins today at 2:30 p.m. ET as top-ranked (and tourney hosts) England open the competition against No. 10 USA. With women’s rugby hype at a fever pitch, here’s everything you need to know before kick-off. Let’s ruck and roll.
August 22, 2025
⚽ It’s showtime⚽ It’s showtime
Bay FC expected to shatter NWSL attendance record at Oracle Park
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From Lizbeth Ovalle’s record-setting $1.5M transfer to the Orlando Pride to The Show at San Francisco’s Oracle Park, women’s soccer history is being made from sea to shining sea in the NWSL this week. Here’s what you need to know about the fan-footy-tastic fun, plus how it fits into the latest trend in the women’s sports space.
August 22, 2025
🤔 Hold on tight🤔 Hold on tight
Connecticut Sun reportedly exploring multiple options for sale
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The struggling Connecticut Sun, who will officially miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016, aren’t just contending with on-court troubles — the saga surrounding the team’s potential sale is just getting started. Let’s break down yesterday’s fascinating ESPN report.
August 20, 2025
🏀 Not what the doctor ordered🏀 Not what the doctor ordered
Durable Minnesota Lynx continue to set the pace as league-wide injuries mount
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Step aside crab fishermen — the most difficult job in the world isn’t on the high seas; it’s in WNBA arenas across the country, where team medical staff are dealing with a barrage of injuries. Here’s the latest from the league’s injury report.
August 20, 2025
⚾ “F” is for friends who do stuff together⚾ “F” is for friends who do stuff together
Milwaukee Brewers’ 14-game win streak snapped, underdog squad still leads MLB
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The Milwaukee Brewers’ franchise record 14-game win streak was snapped with yesterday’s narrow 3–2 extra inning loss to the Cincinnati Reds, but the Brew Crew’s rise to the top of the MLB standings is still the talk of the diamond.
August 18, 2025
🏀 The life of a hoops girl🏀 The life of a hoops girl
The buzziest headlines from a jam-packed weekend of WNBA action
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Whether it was the league’s first-ever statue unveiling or an expansion logo tattoo, the W movers and shakers are celebrating the past and future. Now, let’s lock in on the present.
August 18, 2025
🏀 Growing pains🏀 Growing pains
The highs and lows of the WNBA’s rapid growth
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Tonight’s WNBA Canada game was set to be a victory lap, celebrating the league’s growth and Toronto as its first Canadian expansion city. But some on- and off-court drama is crashing the party before the 10 p.m. ET tipoff, demonstrating the challenges of a rapid rise to the mainstream.
August 15, 2025
⚾ Throw like a girl⚾ Throw like a girl
Monica Arcuri to become just 24th girl to compete at the Little League World Series
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When the Little League World Series (LLWS), an annual tournament featuring the top 10- to 12-year-old baseball players from around the world, swings into action from hallowed Williamsport, Pennsylvania, today, you’ll see a girl take the diamond for just the 24th time in the tourney’s 78 years.
August 13, 2025
⚾ Smashing that glass ceiling⚾ Smashing that glass ceiling
Jen Pawol makes history as first woman to umpire regular-season MLB game
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Former college softball player and longtime umpire Jen Pawol made history over the weekend as the first woman to ump a regular-season MLB game, the latest milestone amid a surge of women taking the diamond by storm. Talk about stepping up to the plate.
August 11, 2025
🏀 It’s the final countdown🏀 It’s the final countdown
Playoff positioning headlines the final month of WNBA regular-season action
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All-Star Weekend? Check. Trade deadline? Check. Now it’s full steam ahead to the most important item on the WNBA calendar: the playoffs. With exactly one month left of the regular season, postseason positioning is all that matters. Now the fun really begins.
August 11, 2025
🏀 We’ll always have summer🏀 We’ll always have summer
On-court drama takes center stage in the WNBA’s first-ever Rivals Week
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One of the WNBA’s most controversial rivalries has thankfully reached its denouement — but the spiciest on-court drama is still to come with the league’s inaugural Rivals Week tipping off tonight.
August 08, 2025
🎾 They can’t stop and they won’t stop🎾 They can’t stop and they won’t stop
Unseeded Victoria Mboko defeats Naomi Osaka to win Canadian Open
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With the US Open just over two weeks away, tennis’ hard court season is in full swing. There are high-stakes tune-up tourneys everywhere you look as players prepare to compete for a whole lot of cash in Queens, NY.
August 08, 2025
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