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🏀 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
🎾 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
🏀 Somethin’ so out of the ordinary🏀 Somethin’ so out of the ordinary
This year’s WNBA trade deadline is different
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Minnesota Lynx superstar Napheesa Collier will sadly be sidelined for the foreseeable future after leaving Saturday’s game early with a sprained ankle. That’s one question answered — but it’s far from the only WNBA query with tomorrow’s 3 p.m. ET trade deadline looming.
August 06, 2025
🏀 We’ll always have summer🏀 We’ll always have summer
Together With
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 05, 2025
🏊 They can go the distance🏊 They can go the distance
Summer McIntosh wins four golds at World Aquatics Championships
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If you only tune into international swimming during the Olympics, we understand — but with some megawatt stars making a splash, the World Aquatics Championship (aka the sport’s biggest annual competition) is worth your attention. Let’s dive in for a sneak peek at some serious contenders for the 2028 LA Games.
August 04, 2025
⛳ The new girl in town⛳ The new girl in town
Miyū Yamashita secures first major title at AIG Women's Open
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The AIG Women’s Open grand finale drew a record-setting crowd in Wales, and while the U.K.’s very own Charley Hull made a run for the title, it was Japan’s Miyū Yamashita who took home the last major of the women’s golf season yesterday.
August 04, 2025
⚾ Throwin’ petals like⚾ Throwin’ petals like
Three of the biggest moves from the MLB Trade Deadline
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Forget runnin’ out of time, yesterday’s 6 p.m. ET MLB trade deadline has come and gone — and moves were made in spades. Here are the three trades that could have major postseason implications come October.
August 01, 2025
⚽ This is the greatest show⚽ This is the greatest show
Previewing the second half of the 2025 NWSL season
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Footy fans, rejoice — a Bend It Like Beckham sequel is confirmed and the NWSL is finally back after a month-long international break. Life is good. And with that, here are the biggest storylines heading into the second half of the season.
August 01, 2025
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