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Ace Pedraza 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷
@candacepedraza.bsky.social
Candace Pedraza is the site editor for SideLion Report and a semi-regular WNBA.com contributor. Previously: Winsidr, The Knicks Wall, Secret Base.

Like Kyle Van Noy, she attended Unc University.

For professional inquiries: [email protected]
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We really need to have an honest conversation about how broadcasters showcasing the family lives of Olympians at Milan Cortina have avoided talking about the queer relationships some are in like the plague.
Praying Brittany Bowe has been to at least one NHL game in her life, and there’s photo evidence.

Otherwise, I’m not sure if we can count on the broadcast to mention her engagement to Hilary Knight during the broadcast of the gold medal hockey game.
February 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆
February 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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The running out of time line is "interesting" since the W and owners took 6 weeks to respond to the players previous offer.
In a statement provided to ESPN, a WNBA spox calls the WNBPA's proposal "unrealistic & would cause hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for our teams. We... are running out of time. We believe the WNBA’s proposal would result in a huge win for current players & generations to come.”
February 18, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I hear "high speed rail" and I get activated like a sleeper cell
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”

High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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In a midnight statement the WNBA claimed the WNBPA's latest proposal would result in "hundreds of millions" in losses

The WNBA has never shared its financial records or provided clarity on the calculation used to determine these projected losses.

frontofficesports.com/wnbpa-seeks-...
WNBPA Seeks 25% of League Revenue in Counterproposal
In its latest counterproposal, the WNBPA is asking for an average of 27.5% of total league revenue over the life of the proposed deal.
frontofficesports.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
i think if i had called lent a "40 day challenge" to my mom she would've bonked me with a hammer.
February 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Wishing a meaningful & reflective Mark Wahlberg 40 Day Challenge to all who observe.
February 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
supriya ganesh is possibly top 5 most beautiful person alive.
Some more impressions of the cast of #ThePitt at #TheActorsNight.
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Tell Me Lies is just pure SHENANIGAN AFTER SHENANIGAN
February 18, 2026 at 4:13 AM
the only proof of my lacrosse career as my stats included one (1) goal in 4 years

I am number 17.
February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
specifically Greg, over and over again.
she should have been allowed to kill one guy per season
February 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM
i accidentally attempted a shot on goal during a lacrosse game that ended up being a shot directly into a defender’s face. i was ejected lmao.

my coach gave me the game ball afterwards, though, cause that was the first time she said i had ever shown emotion on the field :D
let's hear some more of these Olympic Moments, what's your greatest personal sports-related tantrum
Yinz guys are special writers and always make me laugh.......

This is beyond relatable

I rolled a bowling bowl across a parking lot and into the woods. I drove home in my bowling shoes. I haven't picked a ball up since. Almost 24 years.
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
alright but that’s a GOOD stick.
Klay and this damn stick 😭
February 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
no one was gonna tell me the main characters are dating in real life? fake.
started Tell Me Lies off a recommendation and I do love this genre of mess.
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Thoughts on all 39 Yankees pitchers in major-league camp www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
Thoughts on all 39 Yankees pitchers in major-league camp
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise
The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.
www.thecity.nyc
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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36 days until Opening Day
February 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
great thread:
A lot of exhaustive anti-tanking copy from my colleagues from over the weekend. It was the right time for it, with the commish at the lectern & execs around to opine. A lot of very smart people weighed in, with some good ideas.

Ultimately, I don't think it matters as much as we think it does.
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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in my very educated opinion, shaun white sucks

youtu.be/z19Bzjqxeb8?...
Snowboarding's beef with Shaun White
YouTube video by Secret Base
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
*banging the table* more fun music! more fun music!
youtu.be/EVI5Sbnkbo0?...
1-800-F**K-YOU
YouTube video by Alemeda - Topic
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
my father in law got me tix to a yankees game on my birthday in a ~suiiiiiite~ feeling fancy and demure.
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
oh another 10 inches of snow this weekend that's awesome cool and fun
February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
best album of 2025 folks.
‘DtMF’ by Bad Bunny reaches a new peak of #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Tash Cloud shares a why players are growing increasingly frustrated with the WNBA CBA negotiations on a recent live #WNBA
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM