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🥎 The background🥎 The background
Everything you need to know about AU Softball 2024
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Hope you have some extra screens at the ready — not only is today the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, it’s also the start of the fifth annual Athletes Unlimited (AU) softball season.
July 26, 2024
✨ She’s all that✨ She’s all that
Athleta activates around inspirational Olympic athletes to win over Gen Alpha
Women-centric athleisure brand Athleta is leaning further into its brand identity with its long-running Power of She campaign. In its current form, the messaging has crystallized into centering inspirational Olympic and Paralympic women athletes as brand ambassadors, giving Gen Alpha consumers something to aspire to.
July 26, 2024
🇨🇦⚽ This is very bad🇨🇦⚽ This is very bad
New report alleges long standing culture of spying by CanWNT and CanMNT staff
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Canada Soccer’s drone scandal escalated yesterday with a jaw-dropping TSN report that staff members and contractors from both CanWNT and CanMNT have used drones to spy on other teams for years, including during CanWNT’s gold medal run at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Canada Soccer has since suspended CanWNT head coach Bev Priestman, citing “additional information” about drone use prior to the Paris Olympics. Shocking doesn’t even begin to cover it.
July 25, 2024
⚙️ How it works⚙️ How it works
A Paris 2024 Olympic Games women's soccer preview
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The Olympic Opening Ceremony doesn’t sail down the Seine until tomorrow, but the women’s soccer tourney kicks off in just a few hours. Always ahead of the game.
July 25, 2024
⛴️ Open ’er up⛴️ Open ’er up
The Paris 2024 Olympics officially begin with an ambitious Opening Ceremony
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The glitz, the celebs, the ’fits — there’s nothing quite like the Olympics Opening Ceremony. Here’s what to expect from what’s bound to be an epic display in Paris.
July 25, 2024
💪 Guiding glow-ups💪 Guiding glow-ups
Three current NCAA coaches will serve as assistant coaches for U.S. Olympic basketball
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Two women and one man got the call-up as Team USA goes for gold
July 24, 2024
🔥 Blazing a trail🔥 Blazing a trail
Former USWNT players bringing starpower and views to broadcast platforms
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Women’s soccer players have been featured in primetime more than ever this year — and no, we’re not just talking about the matches on TV. Many active and retired women’s soccer stars are going from the pitch to the mic as they’re increasingly seen as assets in the media game.
July 24, 2024
🇨🇦⚽ Keep hittin’ repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat🇨🇦⚽ Keep hittin’ repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
Everything you need to know about No. 8 CanWNT at the Paris Olympics
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The No. 8 CanWNT begin their gold medal defense tomorrow, taking on No. 28 New Zealand at 11 a.m. ET in one of the first games of the Paris Olympics, so here’s a deep dive on the red and white.
July 24, 2024
🤸 First-time sport: Breaking🤸 First-time sport: Breaking
Everything you need to know about the new Olympic sports debuting at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
We’re coming in hot with another Olympic Special Edition — this time, with everything you need to know about the new (and new-ish) sports gracing the Paris 2024 Games.
July 24, 2024
⭐ All the stars⭐ All the stars
WNBA All-Star Game shatters viewership records as league skyrockets in popularity
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This year’s WNBA All-Star Weekend (ASW) became an epicenter for women’s basketball culture like never before, and it was more than just brands (and celebs) showing up at the marquee event. As expected, fans tuned in on TV, which sponsors anticipated and prepped for with numerous ASW activations.
July 24, 2024
🇫🇷 Bienvenue à Paris🇫🇷 Bienvenue à Paris
A guide to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
In preparation for the biggest two weeks in international sport, we’re coming at you with a three-part Olympic primer, starting with today’s overview of the Games.
July 23, 2024
⭐ Never shine if you don’t glow⭐ Never shine if you don’t glow
Team WNBA upsets Team USA for the second time in spicy All-Star Game matchup
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In case you missed the memes, WNBA All-Star Weekend (ASW) turned 115-degree Phoenix into Arizona’s hottest club. From the Atlanta Dream’s Allisha Gray’s Skills Challenge payday to Saturday’s spicy, sold-out All-Star Game (ASG), here’s what made this ASW extra special.
July 22, 2024
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