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🏀 Questions are the new answers🏀 Questions are the new answers
More questions than answers as the NBA’s second-round continues
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Think your bestie’s bachelorette was chaotic? Try the NBA Playoffs. For the first time in league history, two 60-win teams are down 0-2 in the second round — an unprecedented double whammy that has us questioning everything.
May 09, 2025
🏒 Welcome to the Ice Age🏒 Welcome to the Ice Age
Edmonton Oilers steal home-ice advantage from Vegas Golden Knights
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Hold onto your acorns because, though they moved at a glacial pace, the Utah Hockey Club will now be known as the Utah Mammoth, a thrilling development amid a flurry of Round 2 Stanley Cup Playoff updates. Let’s skate to it.
May 09, 2025
🏉 Locked in🏉 Locked in
Recent Team USA rugby match illustrates sport’s potential leading up to World Cup, Olympics
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Last Friday, 10.5K fans showed up at Kansas City’s CPKC Stadium to watch the USA Rugby women’s 15s take on Team Canada. While the bout resulted in a loss for the Americans, the game set a new U.S. attendance record for the sport fueled by its recent surge in popularity.
May 07, 2025
🏒 Heart of glass🏒 Heart of glass
Carolina Hurricanes top Washington Capitals 2–1 in overtime to clinch Game 1 of second-round series
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And just like that, the spicy NHL Playoffs second round is officially underway. Here’s what you need to know about the four remaining series as the quest to hoist Lord Stanley continues.
May 07, 2025
🏒 How it works🏒 How it works
Everything you need to know about the 2025 PWHL playoffs
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After a wildly successful sophomore season, the puck drops on the PWHL postseason tonight, with four of the league’s six teams competing to hoist the Walter Cup. Here’s everything you need to know before the icy and spicy fun begins.
May 07, 2025
🏀 Life moves pretty fast🏀 Life moves pretty fast
Underdogs reign supreme as second-round NBA postseason action tips off
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Turns out home is where the heartbreak is after all four second-round hosts lost their respective Game 1s for the first time in NBA history.
May 07, 2025
🤸 Meet Katelyn Ohashi🤸 Meet Katelyn Ohashi
Inside the Line with A.J. Andrews and Katelyn Ohashi
We’re flipping out over the first guest in our Inside the Lines series: former UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi, who took the internet by storm with her viral 2019 floor routine, a massive comeback after significant time away from the sport due to injury.
May 06, 2025
⚽ Fielding interest⚽ Fielding interest
New SponsorPulse insights reveal opportunity for activation among Canadian women’s soccer fans
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Last Friday, sports data insights platform SponsorPulse made the case for why Canada is primed for women’s soccer fandom. The latest data affirms that even though Canadian interest in the sport is surging, the North remains an oft-overlooked market for American companies looking to reach soccer fans.
May 05, 2025
🏒 Double espresso, please🏒 Double espresso, please
Winnipeg Jets win electric Game 7 in double overtime, advance to second round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
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With two thrilling Game 7s in the books, the first round of the NHL playoffs is done and dusted — but since the quest to lift Lord Stanley lasts through June, the fun has only just begun. Wash your favorite hockey jersey stat — here’s what you need to know moving forward.
May 05, 2025
🏀 On to the next one🏀 On to the next one
A pair of Game 7s cap off the first round of NBA postseason play
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Before digging into the high-stakes hoopla, it’s only apt that we give San Antonio Spurs coaching legend Gregg “Pop” Popovich his flowers after the icon announced on Friday that he was stepping down as the team’s head coach after 29 years.
May 05, 2025
🥞 Counting (pancake) stacks🥞 Counting (pancake) stacks
Athletes Unlimited revamps volleyball offering with plans to play in sport’s biggest hubs
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Yesterday, Athletes Unlimited (AU) Pro Volleyball revamped its volleyball championship with an exclusive, invite-only tournament featuring 44 of the world’s top players. For the first time ever, AU is splitting up its season across two cities known for their love of the game: Omaha, Nebraska and Madison, Wisconsin.
May 02, 2025
🎟️ WNBA ticket sales: By the numbers🎟️ WNBA ticket sales: By the numbers
StubHub shares latest ticket data as WNBA interest surges in 2025
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WNBA ticket demand is at an all-time high: This year’s All-Star Game sold out within a day, and according to ticket sales platform StubHub, the W is much more popular this season. At a time when the industry needs to know where W fans are showing up, here’s more insight from StubHub’s data as we approach May 16th’s season tipoff.
May 02, 2025
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