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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 1d

Shirley MacLaine in 1960 for f*&k's sake

Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 1d

A recent thought I had while listening to "Prayer in Open D", which feels as if it sprung from @natalieweiner.bsky.social 's pen:

All one needs to touch a Christian God is Emmylou Harris. The rest is black velvet paintings.

Prayer in Open D

open.spotify.com

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 3d

A few other players could lay claim to the position, her teammate Jess Fishlock among them.

But for me, Lauren Barnes is the #NWSL. Period. Full stop.

Seattle Reign FC @reignfc.com · 3d

From Day One to Forever ✨

Can’t wait to celebrate you this Friday, Lu! #ThankYouLu

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 5d

I agree!

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 5d

To be clear I DO NOT WANT THIS but it'd be very funny if the Jays just wrecked 'em in 4 games

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g+ GameFlow @gameflow.bsky.social · 5d

g+ GameFlow: NWSL Regular Season Orlando Pride v Portland Thorns FC on October 10, 2025. #ORLvPOR ⚽️🤖

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Arielle Dror @arielledror.bsky.social · 5d

We played a whole game of soccer across the street and the Mariners are STILL playing

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 5d

Someone has clearly been free of The John Smoltz Experience

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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 10d

You’re playing catcher. You call for a fastball in the dirt, when all of a sudden you look down

Brion James in blade runner receiving the voight kampff test

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 12d

Question from a naïf:

What does one do in Las Vegas on a Saturday night that isn't gambling, dinner, a casino show, or a nightclub? Right answers only.

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 12d

There's a rage living inside her that I don't often see in Hayes—at the very least, it doesn't manifest in the same way.

Also Hayes would never ever be close to accused of this

www.sportico.com/law/analysis...

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 13d

Some picks

- TIME (Garrett Bradley)
- MEMORIA (Apichatpong)
- BEGINNERS (Dea Kulumbegashvili)
- THIS IS NOT A BURIAL IT'S A RESURRECTION (Lemohang Mosese)
- DAYS (Tsai Ming-liang)
- DRIVE MY CAR (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi)
- DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (Radu Jude)
- EEPHUS (Carson Lund)

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 13d

Some picks

- TIME (Garrett Bradley)
- MEMORIA (Apichatpong)
- BEGINNERS (Dea Kulumbegashvili)
- THIS IS NOT A BURIAL IT'S A RESURRECTION (Lemohang Mosese)
- DAYS (Tsai Ming-liang)
- DRIVE MY CAR (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi)
- DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (Radu Jude)
- EEPHUS (Carson Lund)

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13d

the decade got off to a weird start because of covid. zone of interest is the only thing i think i've seen that i think is a real lock that people will still be talking about in 40 years. maybe killers of the flower moon, the card counter, something like that but for me it's zone of interest

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 13d

One Battle After Another has been getting a lot of “best movie of the decade” talk, and I’m inclined to agree but I’m curious — what’s the competition?

Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 17d

Blair expressed frustration that the "Lord Balfour" peerage was already claimed, sources close to the former PM shared.

Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 17d

A century removed from Western colonial powers casually drawing Middle Eastern borders with a ruler while disregarding the will of local populations, the region gets Tony Blair to dream up schemes of governing Gaza with little say by its people.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Draft of Tony Blair's Gaza plan: Remote governance, little Palestinian representation

Haaretz Reveals the Full Document Proposed by the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a Postwar Gaza Strip: A Regime Run by Affluent Foreigners With Palestinian Executives at the Bottom

www.haaretz.com

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 28d

One of the best transphobic pitchers in baseball history.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 28d

BREAKING: Clayton Kershaw is retiring after 18 seasons in MLB.

◻️ 2014 NL MVP
◻️ 3x Cy Young
◻️ 11x All-Star
◻️ 2x World Series
◻️ 5x ERA title
◻️ 2011 Triple Crown

Drafted in 2006, he spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 28d

thankfully, no

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · 29d

It's NIGHTCRAWLER / VELVET BUZZSAW Gilroy, not MICHAEL CLAYTON Gilroy.

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · Sep 16

LMAO that anyone could be fooled into thinking Literally Bob Woodward could look like this

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Catalina @catabush.com · Sep 15

Over the last 5 months, I've been working on building an app that allows *everyone* to generate data visualizations using ASA data. From match-level action plots to season-long radar charts, VizHub lets you download tons of different graphics with ease.

It's 100% free and public, too. Enjoy!

American Soccer Analysis @americansocceranalysis.com · Sep 15

Love the ASA data but wish you had a helping hand in turning it into fancy plots and graphics?

Introducing the ASA Viz Hub from @cata-bush.bsky.social

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/9/...

A Guide to the ASA Vizhub — American Soccer Analysis

What to know about the newest ASA platform Catalina Bush Have you ever wished that you could picture the game in front of you? Not as a broadcast, or a highlight video, but on a sheet of paper? ...

www.americansocceranalysis.com

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Expected Own Goals @xowngoals.com · Sep 5

EMERGENCY POD! Alyssa Thompson's move to Chelsea is official. Was it for $1.3 million? Nearly $1.5 million? $1.65 million? Despite conflicting reports, the guys feel like it was a steep underpay. What does this mean for Thompson and for #AngelCityFC?

EMERGENCY POD: Alyssa Thompson's transfer fee was HOW much?!?

Spotify video

open.spotify.com

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Expected Own Goals @xowngoals.com · Sep 4

Our own @evandavissports.bsky.social tried to make sense of Alyssa Thompson's transfer to #AngelCityFC, which, according to some reporting, is still at the "verbal agreement" stage. The WSL transfer window closes in less than 3 1/2 hours.

Alyssa Thompson has joined Chelsea. What comes next for Angel City is a mystery.

The club paid hefty sums to draft, sign, and extend Thompson. What do they do now that she's gone?

equalizersoccer.com

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · Aug 26

yeeeaaaahhhhhhh STARSTRUCK S1 was a PROBLEM

Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · Aug 16

*extreme Mario voice*

You would-a say that a-wouldn't you

Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · Aug 9

I can have him say it again if you'd like, Blair

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Evan Davis @evandavissports.bsky.social · Aug 8

Also a blank space on the team's website that only seems to have been fixed today. (Still no mention of the coaching change on their website, either.)

Screenshot of North Carolina Courage web page featuring the coaching staff, with a conspicuous blank space where former head coach Sean Nahas's name and photo had been.

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