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🥎 The background🥎 The background
Everything you need to know about the 2024 AUX Softball Season
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All part of a larger movement for women’s sports and softball, here’s everything you need to know about the innovative league. And spoiler alert: there’s nothing soft about it.
June 09, 2024
🏒 Ice, ice baby🏒 Ice, ice baby
Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers face off in Stanley Cup Final
After nearly two months of electric postseason play, the Stanley Cup Final has arrived with the Eastern Conference champ Florida Panthers battling the Western Conference–winning Edmonton Oilers in pursuit of Lord Stanley.
June 07, 2024
🎓🥎 All they do is win🎓🥎 All they do is win
Oklahoma four-peats as NCAA softball champions, further cements dynasty
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No. 2 Oklahoma rewrote the college softball record books once again last night, winning their unprecedented fourth straight national title by beating No. 1 Texas 8–4 in Game 2 of the best-of-three Women’s College World Series (WCWS) championship.
June 07, 2024
⚾ Florida men doing Florida things⚾ Florida men doing Florida things
It’s NCAA baseball’s Super Regional weekend
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Here are the top Super Regionals to watch.
June 07, 2024
🥎 Hello, history🥎 Hello, history
Oklahoma softball wins record-breaking fourth straight national championship
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No. 2–seed Oklahoma topped rival No. 1 Texas 8–4 to capture their fourth straight national championship, becoming the first program to ever do so.
June 07, 2024
🏀 Domination station🏀 Domination station
Boston Celtics dominate Dallas Mavericks in NBA Finals Game 1 win
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With a glass ceiling smashed in the broadcast booth, the on-court action was lop-sidedly historic as the Boston Celtics defended the parquet, taking last night’s Game 1 vs. the Dallas Mavericks.
June 07, 2024
🏅 A LOVB affair🏅 A LOVB affair
LOVB employs 75% of USA Volleyball roster for Paris 2024 Olympics
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The U.S.’ Olympic women’s volleyball roster just dropped, and there’s a lot of love for League One Volleyball (LOVB). Nine of the 12 starters and two alternates on Team USA have already signed deals with LOVB Pro, an impressive feat considering the new pro volleyball league won’t begin play until November, well after the Games.
June 07, 2024
🎾 Let’s go down to the tennis court🎾 Let’s go down to the tennis court
World No. 1 Iga Świątek seeks third straight French Open title
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Roland-Garros championship weekend is on deck, with a David vs. Goliath women’s final showdown, while the final four men standing signal a changing of the guard in the game.
June 07, 2024
🏀 Golden opportunity🏀 Golden opportunity
New data demonstrates the WNBA’s opportunity value compared to men’s leagues
Sponsorship insight platform SponsorPulse recently published its Sport Team Sponsorship Value Guide, which estimates and ranks the value of NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, and WNBA teams’ brand partnerships. While no WNBA team cracks the top 50, the report contains key insights about the league’s potential value.
June 07, 2024
🛣️ The road to the NBA Finals🛣️ The road to the NBA Finals
Everything you need to know about the 2024 NBA Finals
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After one dominant Eastern Conference (EC) Finals sweep and a tight five-game Western Conference (WC) Finals, the NBA Finals — featuring the Boston Celtics vs. the Dallas Mavericks — have finally arrived.
June 06, 2024
🥎 A league of their own🥎 A league of their own
Athletes Unlimited announces new pro softball league
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Good news, softball fans — there’s a new pro league rounding the bases. Athletes Unlimited’s (AU) pro softball arm will now include Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), a traditional-style softball season set to launch in 2025 that represents a major development for a game that has spent decades building to a sustainable pro league.
June 05, 2024
🎾 Oh non non non non non🎾 Oh non non non non non
No. 1 Novak Djokovic withdraws from French Open with torn meniscus
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Bolstered by renewed rivalries, but marred by gut-wrenching injuries, the Roland-Garros semifinals are nearly set, and there’s guaranteed to be a new champion in men’s singles. Serve’s up.
June 05, 2024
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