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A no-bullshit newsletter about sexism in sports.
By Lindsay Gibbs
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The check-in: We did it!!
A big THANK YOU, and a few other reasons to celebrate.
Lindsay Gibbs
Dec 23, 2022
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What's at stake for the USWNT at the men's World Cup
Plus: Introducing the Sylvia Fowles Holiday Special.
Lindsay Gibbs
Nov 29, 2022
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The weaponization of Title IX against trans youth in sports has reached an inflection point
Influential organizations are pushing dangerous policies under the guise of "protecting" girls and women in sports.
Emily Stets
Feb 3
11
INTERVIEW: Layshia Clarendon and the toll of trailblazing
The nonbinary WNBA star opens up about trauma, time off, and making the league more trans-inclusive.
Lindsay Gibbs
Nov 18, 2022
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'I was out of there': Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris open up about playing for homophobic NWSL owner
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Inside the 'culture of fear' that permeates global gymnastics
Jessica Taylor Price
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Malcolm Gladwell's betrayal
Lindsay Gibbs
10
Going first
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For women at the Olympics, more coverage doesn't equal respectful coverage
Lindsay Gibbs
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To truly honor Kobe and Gigi, you have to respect women's basketball
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#CoveringtheCoverage: Feast week is a television famine for women's basketball
I JUST WANT TO WATCH WBB ON TV, WHY IS IT SO HARD???
Nov 23, 2022
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At the women's Final Four, the biggest sign of progress was in the press room
#CoveringtheCoverage: IRL edition
Apr 4, 2022
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In the NWFL trenches, big women thrived. In the media, they were mocked.
Meet Bobbie Grant, one of the women featured in this month's Book Club selection, "Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football…
Feb 6
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Revisiting the ruthless coverage of Azarenka's 2013 Aussie Open run
"It took me 10 f***king years to get over it."
Jan 30
6
Power Plays Book Club Selection: HAIL MARY
Get to reading about the rise and fall of the National Women's Football League, friends!
Jan 23
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#FromOurArchives: Meet the Wojs of the WNBA
How reporters Rachel Galligan, Howard Megdal, and Khristina Williams took WNBA offseason coverage to the next level.
Jan 18
4
Inside the U.S. women's basketball team's improbable journey to its first Olympics
From OUR archives: The PP Book Club interview w/ '76 Olympic silver medalist Mary Anne O'Connor and Andrew Maraniss, author of "Inaugural Ballers."
Dec 29, 2022
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I need your help.
*Deep breaths*
Dec 21, 2022
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'I was out of there': Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris open up about playing for homophobic NWSL owner
Lindsay Gibbs
28
Inside the 'culture of fear' that permeates global gymnastics
Jessica Taylor Price
7
Malcolm Gladwell's betrayal
Lindsay Gibbs
10
Going first
Lindsay Gibbs
27
For women at the Olympics, more coverage doesn't equal respectful coverage
Lindsay Gibbs
14
To truly honor Kobe and Gigi, you have to respect women's basketball
Lindsay Gibbs
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