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Editor, 2024 Year’s Best Sports Writing. Frmr Executive Director, Seton Hall Center for Sports Media, Deadspin. Previous: ESPN, NYDN, Marist, Journal News, Columbia J School. Formerly @janesports on that other site. https://linktr.ee/JaneSports
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If someone could get Sen. Tuberville a copy of The Fast Track, he could see how policing gender in girls and women’s sports (never men’s) actually makes it harder for the athletes he is purporting to protect.

To be fair I have always wanted to live in a Hobbsian state of nature. Seems like we might get the chance!

before trans participation in sports was banned in utah in 2022: • 4/75,000 school athletes were trans • 1/75,000 was a trans girl not that it’s ever been about sports or numbers and not that the number matters even a little but tuberville’s bullshit is *so* outrageously untrue.

There's a special place in hell for TERF "feminists" that empowered and enabled this garbage and the lies these people are telling.

The temptation to duck & cover & hope the attack passes over us can be strong. But ultimately, they'll come back around for all of us. They are out to destroy the American university, which they view as a threat. So we might as well stand up, speak out, & fight back while we still have the chance.

You: Oh my god the house is on fire! Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,

It was a joy to welcome four journalists whose work is featured in The Best Sports Writing 2024— @janesports.bsky.social, @sethwickersham.bsky.social, @kumaraishwarya.bsky.social & @samborden.bsky.social— to Central Connecticut State to speak with our journalism students. Thank you for inspiring us!

Kudos to The Setonian for solid journalism on the crisis at the school. The piece on student reaction to a new investigation into whether the new president covered up sexual abuse, and a lawsuit accusing the former president of leaking those documents, are particularly good. www.thesetonian.com

Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers

Kudos to The Setonian for solid journalism on the crisis at the school. The piece on student reaction to a new investigation into whether the new president covered up sexual abuse, and a lawsuit accusing the former president of leaking those documents, are particularly good. www.thesetonian.com

Thanks to Ohio Public Radio for having me on to talk about The Fast Track!

Thanks to Sports Business Journal for listing The Fast Track as a recommended read!

Thanks to Sports Business Journal for listing The Fast Track as a recommended read!

Huge thanks to the fabulous @kavithad.bsky.social for coming to my local bookstore and helping launch The Fast Track. Great venue, great night and I’m so happy to have chronicled this moment in women’s sports.

Was so honored that @janesports.bsky.social asked me to tee her up with some questions to discuss her new book, The Fast Track. It's a detailed, thoroughly researched, timely, and important tome on the history and business of women's sports. (Support authors and your local bookstore!)

Huge thanks to the fabulous @kavithad.bsky.social for coming to my local bookstore and helping launch The Fast Track. Great venue, great night and I’m so happy to have chronicled this moment in women’s sports.

What protection! So protected! >> "A sex-screening policy, if it were put into place, would impact over 500,000 student-athletes across the country — in sports like golf, tennis, swimming, and lacrosse — and potentially expose them to invasive exams or require them to submit to genetic testing."

I can’t Thank @kavithad.bsky.social enough for coming to my local bookstore tonight to do a Q&A about The Fast Track. We will be talking about women’s sports!

It’s publication Day for The Fast Track! This is a look at what is fueling the boom in women’s sports, AND at the historic reluctance and hostility that kept the moment from arriving earlier. Buy now and be the source for your March Madness TM convos!

It’s publication Day for The Fast Track! This is a look at what is fueling the boom in women’s sports, AND at the historic reluctance and hostility that kept the moment from arriving earlier. Buy now and be the source for your March Madness TM convos!

The irrational backlash to a multiracial democracy is making us less safe. Reminder that some movements prefer hierarchy even when it demonstrably lowers quality of life for the disenfranchised *and* franchised.

Grateful to Chief for hosting the launch for “The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women’s Sports” at the Clubhouse last night. Thanks to Nicole Smart, Charlotte Burrows and Allie Kleva for such a great discussion!

This is like saying parents saved money by not feeding their kids as much and skipping doctors’ appointments. People were actually using the services he’s killed off, among them veterans.

87% Of Loud Crashing Noises Are Nothing, Report Top Experts From Other Room theonion.com/87-of-l...

There is a lot of important stuff happening right now but it’s nonetheless critical to mention that White Lotus suffers without Jennifer Coolidge in Season 3.

They're gonna normalize plane crashes the way they normalize school shootings if we let them. Just the cost of lining certain pockets.

It’s not all bad. The Kennedy Center *would* make a great casino.

Coffee will be on me!

NEWS: Trump's Department of Education has rescinded the guidance saying Title IX, the statute governing gender equity in sports, applies to House v. NCAA revenue-sharing payments. It's one of the expected but drastic shifts in Trump's Title IX application. frontofficesports.com/trump-biden-...

Why is the NFL promoting flag football for girls (and boys)? I talked to A Martinez about it VERY early this morning for Morning Edition on @npr.org

Why is the NFL promoting flag football for girls (and boys)? I talked to A Martinez about it VERY early this morning for Morning Edition on @npr.org

Thanks to everyone who preordered “The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women’s Sports.” They are starting to ship in anticipation of next week’s official pub date!

MAJOR BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a letter to US Bishops saying he’s following “major crisis” of “mass deportations;” takes on Vance saying “The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan”

Today is like a season finale when too much happens at once.

Jim Tressel, Hershel Walker, that really dim one from Alabama… sports isn’t sending its best.

Guess we’re about to find out if the NFL really is a copycat league. (Graphic via WBE)

Has Tom Brady never worn a T Shirt before?

Update from the Philly police scanner. Two poles, Jerry!

Why social media was created…

Meaningless TD. This is a rout.

Rest of this broadcast will be a tender lovesong to j alfred hurts

Kansas City just made a play!

I-295 is currently rerouting itself in anticipation