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Ruo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social · 3d

might not be exclusive to athletes

@realbachscore.bsky.social seems like a solid candidate

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · May 16

The Golden State Valkyries are the first WNBA team to sell 10,000 season tickets. Leading the charge is President Jess Smith, who turned Angel City FC into an overnight success

The Woman Who Got Fans to Pay $3,900 for a WNBA Courtside Seat

The new basketball team is on track for record revenue in women’s sports in its first year, and Smith is leading the charge.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 4d

Sources: www.loc.gov/resource/sn9...

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 4d

The early years of the Michigan-Wisconsin series were marked by catastrophic collapses of the stadiums they played in. In the Ann Arbor game, players actually helped rescue people from the wreckage.

Chicago (1902) and Ann Arbor (1905)

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 6d

🏈 💍 In honor of Saturday's Miami-Florida State game, I call your attention to the most "That escalated quickly" anecdote in the history of the @nytimes.com Vows section:
www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/f...

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 6d

The thinking used to be that middle-distance runners should be as light as possible. But ‘super spikes’ might be giving an edge to bigger runners—like Americans.
www.wsj.com/sports/super...

Are ‘Super Spikes’ Powering America’s Running Resurgence?

Cole Hocker, who has won world titles for the U.S. in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters, said he could be benefiting from new shoes that may give an edge to bigger, heavier runners.

www.wsj.com

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 7d

Big news in women's college basketball: The NCAA announces that the 2028 Women's Final Four will move to Lucas Oil Stadium from Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

This follows a string of WFF sellouts at NBA-sized arenas and skyrocketing resale prices for tickets.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 7d

Here's the full release:
www.ncaa.org/news/2025/9/...

2028 Women’s Final Four moves to Lucas Oil Stadium - NCAA.org

The Division I Women's Basketball Committee on Monday voted to change to a larger venue for the 2028 Women's Final Four, moving the event to Lucas Oil Stadium in

www.ncaa.org

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 7d

Another view: With women's March Madness essentially frozen out of the NCAA's lucrative corporate sponsorship program, it's important to explore other ways to generate revenue from and for women's basketball.
www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

NCAA Corporate Sponsorships Are for 90 Championships. They Revolve Around One.

The NCAA handed over all sponsorship sales to CBS and Turner, which broadcast the men’s basketball tournament. That could be leaving other sports behind.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 7d

I hear you. But tickets getting so expensive that they're unreachable to many fans is also a terrible experience.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 7d

Big news in women's college basketball: The NCAA announces that the 2028 Women's Final Four will move to Lucas Oil Stadium from Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

This follows a string of WFF sellouts at NBA-sized arenas and skyrocketing resale prices for tickets.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 9d

The fastest hat trick in league history (36 minutes) and the coolest name: Gift Monday.

The 23-year-old Nigerian joined the Washington Spirit this season.

NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 9d

THE ANGLE ON THAT GOAL FROM GIFT MONDAY 📐

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 9d

Penn State-Oregon was first time this century that two teams scored less than 7 points in the first half and more than 40 after the start of the fourth quarter.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

The Out-of-Nowhere Ending That Lit Up College Football’s Game of the Year

Saturday’s showdown between Oregon and Penn State started out slowly. It ended up an overtime masterpiece.

www.wsj.com

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 10d

The Portlandia intro still slaps
youtu.be/3vIUPIOlOjQMe

Portlandia Intro

YouTube video by Fred Pool

youtu.be

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 11d

Ian Roberts, who grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics 800 meters for Guyana, has been arrested by ICE.

Roberts is the *Des Moines (Ia.) Public Schools Superintendent.*
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...

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Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 11d

London City Lionesses announced it has secured approval to develop a performance campus that will "rival that of a men's Premier League team." Owner Michele Kang, who also owns Washington Spirit + Lyonnes, previously announced renovation plans in Lyon and has also been searching for land around D.C.

A rendering of the outside of the proposed London City training facility. A white building with floor to ceiling glass overlooks outdoor fields.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 13d

Because vacations in Las Vegas have gone from a bargain to shockingly expensive, I appreciate my colleague finding the cheapest place on the Strip: a Best Western that charges $99 a weeknight. It even has a cigarette machine! Old-school.
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

My Ticket to a Cheap(er) Weekend on the Vegas Strip: a Quirky Best Western

Vegas has gone high-end, but you can still find deals in the center of the action.

www.wsj.com

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 14d

Wow. New York Liberty coach Sandy Brondello is out.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 15d

The Minnesota Vikings really took ranch dressing and cereal with them to Europe

(V SBJ) www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

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Nathan Edwards @grackle.space · 15d

dudes rock

Tumblr post from every-lemon
Sep 8

so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff.
they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed.
I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

Follow up tumblr post
every-lemon
Sep 9
it was a smash hit.
a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud.
he was home by 6:30am.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 15d

This 1913 story talks about football players working their way through school. At the time, according to this, annual expenses were $250.

That's $8265 in today's dollars. For an entire year of college expenses.

(The Farmer and Mechanic (Raleigh, N.C.), Dec. 23, 1913) tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 16d

Great story, Annie!

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 16d

Find you someone who will stick up for you like Metallica stuck up for this bagpiper:
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 17d

Setting my alarm for 1 am so I can wake up and watch the second half of Michigan State-USC

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 17d

“Way back in 2012, the internet wasn’t yet the angry, shrieking wasteland it has become. A simple story about a no-nonsense lady in North Dakota could break through the noise.”

Spectacular obit on the Olive Garden reviewer, by her son.
www.wsj.com/us-news/mari...

Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Column on Olive Garden Went Viral in 2012, Dies at 99

It was a simpler time online, her son recalls—and his no-nonsense mother broke through the noise for all the right reasons

www.wsj.com

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 18d

Happy weekend, everyone.
(photo from www.studiomuseum.org)

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