Frankie de la Cretaz
@thefrankiedlc
Writing sports, gender, & queerness. HAIL MARY: THE RISE & FALL OF THE NWFL from @BoldTypeBooks. The “z” is silent. They/them. 🌈🏳️⚧️✡️
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https://linktr.ee/thefrankiedlc 09-03-2009 12:08:14
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We’ve thinking that the anti-trans movement pushes anti-sexual abuse mvment to the side.
Here, DIRECT proof.
Didn’t have capacity to prep an interview, so these are my thoughts 🙏🏻 Frankie de la Cretaz Karleigh Chardonnay Webb Dvora Meyers Sydney Bauer Assigned Media (Evan Urquhart) for informing these ideas.
Marketability?
Considering A'ja Wilson sold enough books to become a bestselling author within the span of one week, the idea that she wouldn’t have a signature shoe flying off the shelves just as fast is laughable.
My latest Awful Announcing
awfulannouncing.com/wnba/aja-wilso…
'Sports are entertainment and it’s always more enjoyable when there’s conflict involved...I don’t want to see less trash talking, I want to see more. I don’t want to see women pressured to be polite or likable,' writes Frankie de la Cretaz cnn.com/2024/04/18/opi…
For my first big Sports Business Journal story, I went inside ESPN’s Women’s Final Four studio show live from Cleveland to learn what made the chemistry between Elle, Andraya, Chiney, Carolyn and Aliyah so special, and how this production is as big as Monday Night Football sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/…
The crowd at #drawdownbrewery in JP for the NWSL Boston meet the founders event! #drinkupdrawdown in JP
For The Atlantic, I wrote about six cult classics that I adore. As always, thank you so much to Emma Sarappo for the edits!
(*whispers* Please don't come at me about whether or not these are indeed cult classics? *whispers*)
theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
Before you watch the 2024 WNBA Draft, please read this article by colleagues Lauren Hindman, Dr. Ajhanai (AJ) Keaton, Ph.D., and me: WNBA set the standard for fan inclusion in social -- by letting fans drive sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/… via @sbj