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🏉 Ruck and roll🏉 Ruck and roll
Breaking down the Women’s Rugby World Cup semifinals
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After nearly a month full of tackles and dazzling offloads, the Women’s Rugby World Cup has reached the semifinals. Four unbeaten powerhouses, two epic clashes, and tickets to a history-making championship are on the line? Ruck yeah.
September 19, 2025
🏀 Everything everywhere all at once🏀 Everything everywhere all at once
No. 2 Las Vegas Aces and No. 6 Indiana Fever punch semifinal tickets
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One WNBA playoffs semifinal is locked in, the other depends on tonight’s winner-take-all Game 3, and just when you thought things couldn’t get spicier, the league MVP will be crowned on Sunday. The hoops drama is about to hit a crescendo — turn it up.
September 19, 2025
👟 History has its eyes on her👟 History has its eyes on her
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks American 400m record at World Athletics Championships
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The World Athletics Championships (aka, track & field’s most prestigious biennial international event) is underway in Tokyo — and American sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is on the precipice of history.
September 17, 2025
🏀 Double teamed🏀 Double teamed
No. 6 Indiana Fever and No. 7 Seattle Storm force series-deciding Game 3’s
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Time flies when you’re having fun…and when the first round is only a best-of-three series. Just a few short days after the WNBA playoffs tipped off, all four series could be decided before our next newsletter with tickets to the best-of-five semifinals on the line. Let’s hoop to it.
September 17, 2025
How the Rolex SailGP Championship is racing towards a greener futureHow the Rolex SailGP Championship is racing towards a greener future
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September 17, 2025
🏈 A Spotify shuffle with no skips🏈 A Spotify shuffle with no skips
Joe Burrow injury and the other buzziest headlines from Week 2 of NFL action
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Week 2 of the NFL season had a little something for everyone — clutch field goals for the thrill seekers, short-sighted tunnel fits for the fashionistas, and pleas in the sky for the already fed-up. Just your average football Sunday, right?
September 15, 2025
🐱 No. 1 Minnesota Lynx vs. ⚔️ No. 8 Golden State Valkyries — Tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET🐱 No. 1 Minnesota Lynx vs. ⚔️ No. 8 Golden State Valkyries — Tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET
Previewing the first round of the WNBA playoffs
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The WNBA postseason tips off tomorrow, and we decided all three rounds deserve their own newsletter. Over the next month, we’ll be in your inbox with a trilogy of special editions, breaking down the best-of-three first round, the best-of-five semis, and the best-of-seven finals — it’s like The GIST’s version of a triple‑double.
September 13, 2025
🏈 Because these things will change🏈 Because these things will change
Breaking down Week 2’s Super Bowl LIX rematch between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs
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Seven months after the reigning champ Philadelphia Eagles pummeled the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl, the perennial powerhouses will meet again on Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET. Plenty has changed since the Birds outplayed KC in February — let’s discuss.
September 12, 2025
👀 A real head-scratcher👀 A real head-scratcher
Explaining the Kawhi Leonard–LA Clippers salary cap scandal
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ICYMI, LA Clipper Kawhi Leonard has been the talk of the sports world amid an alleged salary cap circumvention scandal. Here’s what you need to know about this developing story, initially broken by investigative journalist Pablo Torre, including NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s first public comments on the incident. Drama-rama.
September 12, 2025
⚽ She’s on the move⚽ She’s on the move
Breaking down the NWSL salary cap
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There have been numerous record-breaking transfers in women’s soccer this year, most recently former North Carolina Courage midfielder Jaedyn Shaw’s $1.25M transfer to Gotham FC. With so many gals on the go, let’s kick around some questions about the state of the global women’s game.
September 10, 2025
🏀 Anything you can do🏀 Anything you can do
Breaking down the two-player race for WNBA MVP
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The Seattle Storm officially completed the WNBA’s eight-team playoff field with last night’s win over the Golden State Valkyries — but postseason positioning will come down to the last two days of the season…and so will the league’s MVP award.
September 10, 2025
🎾 Game, set, match🎾 Game, set, match
Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka win 2025 US Open titles
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In the face of one presidential distraction, this weekend belonged to the US Open stars, with repeat winners crowned in the grand finale at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
September 08, 2025
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