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🏒 Women’s hockey: Team USA vs. Team Canada🏒 Women’s hockey: Team USA vs. Team Canada
A deep dive into the fiercest women’s sports rivalries
Let’s rehash the best rivalries in the history of women’s sports. Sundays are for spice after all.
July 21, 2024
🌵 Still the wild, wild West 🌵 Still the wild, wild West
The next frontier in student-athlete compensation
Spoiler alert: NIL won’t be the only show in town for long.
July 19, 2024
🏀 Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane🏀 Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane
WNBA legends head to Phoenix for 2024 WNBA All-Star Weekend
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Grab your finest Pitbull aviators because the brightest stars in the WNBA will shine across two banner nights of All-Star festivities from Phoenix, Arizona. The weekend includes a 3-Point Contest, Skills Challenge, the actual All-Star Game, and a concert from Mr. 305 himself. Here’s what you need to know before the fun begins tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Dale.
July 19, 2024
👟 And runnin’, runnin’👟 And runnin’, runnin’
Ico For All launches first-ever women’s decathlon to address gender inequity
Women-led sports nonprofit Ico For All is fighting to include women in the age-old sport of decathlon. On Wednesday, the org announced it would host the inaugural Women’s Decathlon World Championships in Geneva, Ohio, next month to coincide with the men’s Olympic event in Paris — where women still can’t compete.
July 19, 2024
💰 Work hard, pay harder💰 Work hard, pay harder
WNBA secures $2.2B for historic 11-year media rights deal
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The WNBA just netted another record — this time, for the most lucrative media rights contracts in women’s sports history. On Tuesday, The Athletic reported the WNBA signed three media rights deals alongside the NBA for a grand total of $2.2B over the next 11 years — and they’re likely not done yet.
July 19, 2024
⚙️ How AU Pro Lacrosse works⚙️ How AU Pro Lacrosse works
Everything you need to know about AU Lacrosse
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The new Athletes Unlimited (AU) Pro Lacrosse season is finally here, and the timing couldn’t be better — thanks to AU vets, NCAA superstars, and future Olympians, the game is more popular than ever.
July 18, 2024
🏒 What’s going on?🏒 What’s going on?
Troubling allegations of workplace abuse within PWHL Minnesota
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Less than two months after hoisting the inaugural Walter Cup, PWHL Minnesota is facing troubling allegations of bullying and verbal abuse amid an offseason already rife with controversy. As detailed on the latest episode of The GIST of It, here’s a timeline of the fallout that followed Minnesota’s championship win on May 29th.
July 17, 2024
👍 The good👍 The good
The pros and cons of NIL
It's complicated, to say the least.
July 17, 2024
📸 A seat at the table📸 A seat at the table
Google Pixel inks historic partnership with WNBPA, NWSLPA, and USWNTPA
After signing recent WNBA and NWSL partnerships, Google wanted to further support athletes in these leagues. So it worked with rights licensing agency OneTeam Partners to form a historic partnership yesterday with the WNBPA, NWSLPA, and USWNTPA that makes Google Pixel the official mobile phone of the unions and the sponsor of marquee union events.
July 17, 2024
⛳ It’s the oldest story in the world⛳ It’s the oldest story in the world
The 152nd Open championship begins from Scotland tomorrow
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The final men’s golf major of the season tees off from the birthplace of the sport tomorrow, with a record $17M purse and the Claret Jug — golf’s most coveted trophy — on the line. Fore!
July 17, 2024
💫 Stars showed out on the adidas Blue Carpet for the CCYAA Classic💫 Stars showed out on the adidas Blue Carpet for the CCYAA Classic
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💫 Stars showed out on the adidas Blue Carpet for the CCYAA Classic
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This feature is brought to you by adidas and the Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association (CCYAA), a non-profit that improves access to sports and community for Toronto-area youth.
July 17, 2024
✏️ The terms of the deals✏️ The terms of the deals
Everything you need to know about NIL in 2024
NIL has taken college sports by storm — and women are cashing in more and more
July 15, 2024
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