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janeburns.bsky.social
Journalist who has covered pretty much everything, which is why one day my memoir will be called “Cheese and Basketball: Stories From a Reporter Who Has Covered Everything.” Writing about girls' and women's sports in Iowa at https://janeburns.substack.com
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The bleachers? Really?

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I have been a judge for this and just love this program. Because God forbid young people would know history

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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

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Raygun hitting it out of the park as usual

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Domestic terrorism? badgerherald.com/news/breakin...

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Such a great conversation. I’d particularly recommend it for people who are new to women’s sports, or don’t follow women’s sports at all. There’s a lot to learn.

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I do not know the origin of this image a friend just sent me. Big props to whoever. (For those new to Cheeseland politics, that’s the Wisconsin Capitol, not the one in DC.)

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New, from me: Elon Musk is the biggest loser in Wisconsin. His brazen effort to buy a state supreme court did not just fail - it undermined his image of political kingmaker. This is the clearest indicator that voters are angry with Trump/Musk agenda. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

submitted 2 days ago • 65 comments

We the people do not have to be ruled by oligarchs, kleptocrats and fascists. Thank you, Wisconsin.

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BREAKING: Cybertruck unable to break through cheese

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My interview with the brilliant @janesports.bsky.social for Forbes SportsMoney about her new book, The Fast Track: Iinside the Surging Business of Women's Sports. www.forbes.com/sites/susanm...

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Not an April Fools joke - our government just whoopsie daisy’d an innocent man to be tortured in a prison in El Salvador but “can’t undo it”

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

It's not some other guy somewhere else. This man lives in the same Maryland county as my son, the next town to the north. I've been there. Just people going about their lives as best they can, as they do all across America.

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The people who told you to calm down because they would never overturn Roe are now telling you to calm down because they will never allow Trump to serve a third term.

submitted 3 days ago • 61 comments

LinkedIn: So bad it’s good.

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Hey cool, I'm getting toll road spam calls where I apparently owe money to states that don't even have toll roads.

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I love this kid

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Two days ago it was 80° and I was putting sunscreen on my legs at a softball game

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The front page of the Milwaukee Sentinel forty-eight years ago today on March 29, 1977 following Marquette’s 1977 National Championship victory #mubb

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Here is the podcast: Lisa Bluder was great and went deep into how a coach navigates the sports media ecosystem with someone as famous as Caitlin Clark being part of your program. link.chtbl.com/SportsMediaP...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

March Madness Granny Basketball!

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Wisconsin today: All the seasons in one road trip

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The decision to shutter VOA "portends ever more troubling repression of independent journalism in the United States." - Jim Friedlich https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/25/trump-voice-of-america-press-freedom-public-media-npr-pbs-wbez-chicago-jim-friedlich

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

A little spring cleaning before Opening Night

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Repost with a movie you know all the words to

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Just in time for MLB season's opening day, @nothingunfinished.bsky.social revisits @janeburns.bsky.social's charming Microtones from May 2021. Our latest "From the archives" honors the late Bob Uecker and the nostalgic pleasures of broadcasting commentary.

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A conversation you can only have with a volleyball player: "When I saw that first dump, I knew you were back."

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USA Today sports columnist @nrarmour.bsky.social talks being called “a goddamned national disgrace,” the effect JuJu Watkins’ injury could have on the NCAA tourney, and how news outlets have changed their approach to women’s sports throughout her career. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

This is fucking awful. My god.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment