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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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My latest Substack has it all: Caitlin Clark, David Letterman, boneheads and the Belin Quartet. janeburns.substack.com/p/no-top-10-...

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hope the foreign-born players don't have any autism awareness or jumpman tattoos. might never see them again. but yeah, yuck it up. cool.

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"Did you get your unlimited breadsticks like in Dachau?"

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We are not doing the "UConn is bad for women's basketball" discourse again! That ended 10 years ago. Get new annoying thoughts, at least!

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In the middle of arstreet

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Not working today so I’ll just sit in a comfy chair at a coffee shop with my iced tea and @janesports.bsky.social

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Clem Burke. Greatest rock drummer of his generation. RIP. Today is a good day to fall down a rabbit hole if early Blondie videos youtu.be/NO94MYyc7SE?...

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RIP Clem Burke, one of the best effing drummers there ever was. youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-...

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Unrivaled is eyeing profitability as soon as next year after making over $27 million in year one. Changes coming in year 2 and more from my exclusive with commissioner Micky Lawler and president Alex Bazzell. frontofficesports.com/unrivaled-re...

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There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics

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"When Donald Trump signed an executive order to gut the government-run agency overseeing Voice of America (VOA), among the first in line to celebrate were Russian and Chinese state officials."

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A true heater 48 hours for The Onion, in my unbiased opinion.

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Geena Davis as a really pissed-off Kim Mulkey

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Trivia most people would not know: In 1992 the women’s final four was in Los Angeles. USC didn’t make it. Their star Lisa Leslie was a student worker on press row. She wasn’t playing ball, she was handing out stats to the media. I love this moment for her, she’s truly seen and done it all.

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Any similarities between what I say about Paige deserving a championship and @sarahspain.com talking NCAA hoops on Good Game podcast Friday is purely coincidental (my deadline was Thursday!)

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So the world is bad and you might be anxious. ME TOO. Did you know you can watch the Murder She Wrote crossover episode with Magnum PI RIGHT NOW? It's on Peacock, season 3 episode 8.

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A friend sent an excerpt of a letter I sent her years ago. I am horrified I spelled ‘Colombian’ wrong but I’m also amused because this isn’t even the weirdest story- by far - that I could tell about my goofy, charming and eccentric father.

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This is my name in Italian

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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...

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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”

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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.

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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...

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