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Nancy Armour

@nrarmour

Columnist for USA TODAY Sports, writing about little bit of everything. Aunt of three greatest boys ever; runner; Starbucks junkie. Didn’t pay for a blue check

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calendar_today19-12-2008 19:49:34

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The NCAA Board of Governors is meeting later today and is under heavy pressure to ban transgender women. It needs to have the courage, and the common sense, not to fall for the same fear mongering the NAIA did.
usatoday.com/story/sports/c…

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Rachel Bachman(@Bachscore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If this goes ahead, it would be a rare case of a women's pro sports team getting public funding:

Dallas officials nearing a deal to move the WNBA's Wings to a city arena. Would include $19M payment, v Devyani Chhetri + Everton Bailey Jr..
dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

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Meghan L. Hall(@ItsMeghanLHall) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Per the Atlanta Dream, they've already sold out 5 home games:

May 31 vs. Aces
June 21 vs. Fever
July 2 vs. Sky
Aug 26 vs. Fever
Sep 17 vs Sky

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Martyn Ziegler(@martynziegler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This story now officially confirmed: the fabulously wealthy Saudi state oil company becomes major FIFA sponsor
(2034 World Cup bid to be voted on later this year with one bidding nation: Saudi Arabia)

This story now officially confirmed: the fabulously wealthy Saudi state oil company becomes major FIFA sponsor (2034 World Cup bid to be voted on later this year with one bidding nation: Saudi Arabia)
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Sam Farmer(@LATimesfarmer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“The fans here in town are gun-shy when it comes to quarterbacks because we’ve been wandering in the quarterback desert for centuries, or let’s say decades. There’s a certain percentage of folks who believe they’re still going to screw this up.”

latimes.com/sports/story/2…

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ICYMI Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso give Chicago and the WNBA a huge opportunity. It’s on the Sky owners to make the most of the opportunity. usatoday.com/story/sports/c…

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Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso give Chicago and the WNBA a huge opportunity. It’s on the Sky owners to make the most of the opportunity.

usatoday.com/story/sports/c…

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Hajo Seppelt(@hajoseppelt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Like at the beginning of RUS doping scandal it seems to be now with respect to China: WADA apparently is much more interested in protecting and promoting its organisation ( > highranked staff members) than in questioning claims of intelligence services in autocratic countries.

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Jessica Clarendon(@jessclarendon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The fact that people will tweet this and completely miss the point is wild.

DT helped pave that road to the pot of gold.

The W players have spent their whole careers fighting for the ones who come after them to make more money than they did. This is what they wanted.

The fact that people will tweet this and completely miss the point is wild. DT helped pave that road to the pot of gold. The W players have spent their whole careers fighting for the ones who come after them to make more money than they did. This is what they wanted.
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David Berri(@wagesofwins) 's Twitter Profile Photo

espn.com/womens-college…
Fun story from Slaying the Trolls!!
James Sullivan -- who this award is named for -- was very much opposed to women playing sports.
I think it is too late for us to note the first two-time winner in history was a woman!!

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Sophie Penney(@sophiepenney_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This quote from Laia Cervelló Herrero stood out: 'It's really frustrating because the Spanish players have been activists without wanting to be and they are super tired of fighting against a system that has shown they don't believe in them... (1/2)

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