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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

So, I have a few goals in the personal category. Beyond my word of the year, which is "vulnerability," I want to go to Orangetheory Fitness at lest 3x a week, and run a complete 5k before the end of the year. (Basic, I know, but I'm trying to keep things manageable!)

In the bigger picture, have a dream list of travel destinations, all which I hope to be able to cover for Power Plays. They include:

-Women's Final Four in New Orleans

-2 women's hockey games (this season)

-Women's College World Series

-NPF game

-WNBA game at an arena I've never been to

-NWSL game at a stadium I've never been to

-LPGA tournament

-WTA tournament that's not in DC

The more I can cover in person, the more I can serve you all and grow this space. So I'm thinking big!

What about all of you?

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Lindsay's avatar

Frozen Four is in Boston this year at BU...the hockey will be fantastic

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Amazing!! Adding that to my dream list.

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Lorene Kennard's avatar

My goal for the year is to bring at least two friends to Chicago Sky games this summer to spread the word about how great women's basketball is to watch. I will meet you at a Sky game, if you've never been to Wintrust Arena!. I've never been to a NWSL game, so another goal of mine is go to a Red Stars game.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

omg YES. i definitely want to make it to chicago for a women's sports weekend -- there's NPF there, too!!

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Lorene Kennard's avatar

That's right! They play near O'Hare. We have a lot of great women's sports here. They are almost hidden gems since they get virtually no media coverage. By the way, I've been throwing your 'women get 4% of sports media coverage' figure everywhere. :)

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Glenn Starkey's avatar

Does the us open in NY count as a wta event?

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Yes, I should have specified just a women's tennis tournament.

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Glenn Starkey's avatar

I bring that up cuz first 2 days you can get Armstrong or grounds passes fast see some of the lower matches abd still get the feel #localshack

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Erin B.'s avatar

I went to the final four in 2013, the last time it was held in NOLA, and it was AMAZING. Such a good city and they put on a great event!

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Glenn Starkey's avatar

So did we...tho fir family reasons we have to visit Greensboro we insisted on the ACC tourney

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I am so excited for NOLA -- and Glenn, I'm from Greensboro, so will probably be there for some of the ACC tourney too, since I've got lots of free housing options.

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Sana Barclay's avatar

I'm currently working on a 2-year campaign to open bar in London dedicated to celebrating women in sport! I hope to spend the next year researching fan communities (specifically around women's sports teams/athletes) and learning some key ways to subvert toxic masculinity in sports bars.

Game-wise, I'm SO excited to see Sam Kerr play with Chelsea this year and I'd love to catch a match at Wimbledon!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I CANNOT STOP YELLING.

Please keep me posted. I want to be there for the opening.

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Sana Barclay's avatar

Will do!!! You can follow the campaign on instagram @Vs.Bar if you'd like to watch it grow☺. I get endless amounts of energy/inspiration from Power Plays and Burn It All Down so THANK YOU for your brilliant work!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

FOLLOWED!!!

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Jackie Randall's avatar

Can we all come to the opening?!?!!!!!!

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Sana Barclay's avatar

The more the merrier! Might have to start working on a Power Plays cocktail lol!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

YES PLEASE!!!!

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Kara's avatar

Yes, that sounds amazing!

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jay winkler's avatar

My big one is to attend one of the most niche NCAA Championships there is: bowling. It's happening right in my backyard in Allen Park, MI. NCAA Bowling is actually women-only, and D1, D2, and D3 all go to the same championship. I'd also like to make it out to a Michigan rowing meet, as its the only Michigan team that has home matches that I've never seen (golf almost never has home matches so I can't hold it against myself for having never seen them). It'd be nice to finally make it to a rowing meet, but getting to the NCAA Bowling Championship would truly be the crowning achievement in my life-long quest to attend ever-more esoteric sporting events.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I had no idea about bowling, thank you for telling me about it! Love your commitment to the niche sports, Jay, it's the best.

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Haley's avatar

One of my brother's close friends was a bowler on the national championship-winning Nebraska team a few years back. It's a pretty exciting event, you'll probably be surprised.

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Connell's avatar

This is amazing, I didn't even know it was a thing

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Haley's avatar

My main women's sports goal for 2020 is to put my money where my mouth is, and buy merch/pay for subscriptions to women's sports media. I also want to branch out and follow coverage for sports I usually don't seek out, like women's golf, volleyball and hockey. I would love to see more golf and hockey coverage in Power Plays, but also I will always be coming to the newsletter for stories about activism/justice.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Love this -- and I'll definitely have some golf and hockey coverage coming. I'll always look to be finding that balance between activism/justice stories and sports-specific stories; counting on you all to keep me posted on how the balance is going! We'll figure this out together! My goal is that it hopes us all branch out into new areas of women's sports, while also covering the thematic issues that all women in sports face.

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Roberta Bowman's avatar

Thanks for your terrific work, Lindsay. We’d love to have you at an LPGA event. I’ll send you the schedule through email. As for Power Plays, I think it would be interesting to highlight some of the leadership that’s happening under the radar. For example, at the LPGA, a sponsor last year - Terry Duffy of CME - decided the winner of the CME Tour Championship should get the same type of winners check as on the PGA Tour. And so he did it. The winner makes $1.5 million. 3x the second highest winners check on the LPGA and 4-5x the average. Go Terry!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Thank you, Roberta! I've got a few options starred for when they come to the east coast in the summer. And yes -- I talked a bit about that in a newsletter on the LPGA right after the CME Tour Championships, but want to stay on top of it, I agree that there's some really awesome stuff happening in the LPGA re: leadership that doesn't get talked about enough.

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Janine Tessarzik's avatar

For my own athletic pursuits, I want to move up and stay in the top 10 women in North America in the Highland Games.

Professionally, I’m starting a business, Equity Through Sport. My goal is to bridge the gap between theory and practice for gender equity in college sports.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Okay, I just googled the Highland Games, and now I want to know so much more about it! That sounds incredible!

Also would love to know more about your business -- would love to support you in any way I can!

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Janine Tessarzik's avatar

It’s pretty awesome!! I’ve got videos and more on Instagram @JanineThrows

I’ll reach out as it develops! I’ve been playing around with this idea for three years. Something about the new year got me in gear. Ready to take the plunge!

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Lo's avatar

I want to support all of your athletic/professional initiatives!! Can I reach out to you on LinkedIn to keep up with the biz side of things?

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Janine Tessarzik's avatar

Absolutely! Thank you!! Equity Through Sport is still in the development phase, but will be up on LinkedIn for sure!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Yes! Followed!!

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Becca's avatar

My goal is to make it out to as many Houston Dash games as I can as they’re the closest NWSL team to me in Austin. Already have tickets to see the USWNT at Olympic qualifiers and tickets to a day of the WCWS!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Amazing!! Hopefully I will see you at the WCWS.

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Erin B.'s avatar

AS A WRITER: I write a newsletter about Canadian running (Run the North), and I want to reach 1,000 subscribers. Too much running media is dominated by men (except podcasts, which is awesome). There are awesome women covering the sport and I want to follow the footsteps to Erin Strout (Women's Running), Alison Wade (Fast Women) and Lindsay here and contribute positively to the sports coverage space. :-)

AS A FAN: I went to my first WNBA game in 2019 and it was AWESOME. This year, I want to go to a USports women's bball game (Ryerson or Toronto!) or the NCAA TO game when it comes back (it was UConn this year and I missed it).

AS AN ATHLETE (LOL): I'm running the London marathon with my sister this year, and I want to have an awesome training cycle and get to the start line fit and healthy have an amazing, positive day. I've been in an injury cycle since 2017 and it's time to break it and have the best day ever (and meet Megan Markle, obviously. That's how it works right? Run the marathon, meet a royal?)

Finally, a pro tip for Canadian bball fans looking to see some excellent bball: the women's USports finals are in Ottawa in March and tourney packages are a very good deal. My momma and I went this year when it was in Toronto. We saw eight games, all courtside for the price for us to have gone to ONE Raptors game together, and we sat next to several WNBA players for the semis and finals. It was awesome to see them there supporting women's Canadian college ball. My mom talked to Kia Nurse about cake pops and I ALMOST DIED.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

You're the best, Erin! And I looove Run the North, you're doing great things!

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Lynda Sadler's avatar

I resolve to spend a lot more time talking about women's sports on social media. As a season ticket holder for both women's and men's NC State Basketball, I resolve to focus a lot more on women's sports successes than I have in the past.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Awesome, Lynda! The NC State women's team is soooo fun this year, as I'm sure you're aware. Very jealous you get a front-row seat.

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Jordan's avatar

Hoping in 2020 to put more distance between our household and the toxicity of the NFL and NCAA men's revenue sports, which are a cesspool. We already have Ellie telling us we're watching too much football and saying "I thought you said we don't like football" so it is a start.

Our 2020 in-person plans:

- NCAAW bb games @Stanford, @Cal, @U.San Francisco

- NCAAW Final Four

- Our first NCAA softball game (and presumably then more)

- Tokyo Olympics - WSoc and WBB Gold Medal games!

- NCAAW soccer games

- WNBA game in an arena we haven't been to (Barclays doesn't count)

Stretch goal: elect a woman president of the United States

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

omg you're going to the olympics!! that's amazing!!

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Sara F's avatar

I really want to finally get to an NWSL game this year (probably Sky Blue since that is the closest, although not that close! [Please expand to New England again some day NWSL!!]) I also want to take my sons to a WNBA game, and hopefully see Sue Bird play in what is most likely her last season. For personal goals, I want to do AT LEAST one Peloton ride per week!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Yesss! Sounds so wonderful.

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Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs's avatar

My wife and I have tickets to take our 6yo son to the USA Basketball v UConn game in a couple of weeks, so that's one big goal ready to be met! We're also planning to get to a NY Liberty game over the summer, since we're assuming Sabrina will be there! But even if not, we'll take my sister and her boyfriend, who live in Brooklyn now. Got to support the venue change (and some beloved former UConn stars).

We're also ready to make the fall trek to Penn State to see at least one game of my cousin Sam's senior season on the women's soccer team. Maybe we'll even manage to catch them for a game in the NCAA tournament! They ended up putting together a solid season in 2019, so we're hoping 2020 will be even better.

Personally, I want to keep up with running (oh so slowly) and maybe take a ski lesson now that my kiddo is excited about snowboarding.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I love this so much -- looks like we are definitely going to have to arrange a Power Plays meet-up at UConn/USAB.

And I highly recommend Penn State soccer! I don't know if you listen to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast I co-host, but one of my co-hosts, Dr. Amira Rose Davis, is a professor at Penn State and gushes about the women's soccer team all the time.

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Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs's avatar

I do listen! Started listening because Alex Coffey (Sam's sister - who writes for the Athletic - I think you may know/know of her?) recommended it, then heard Amira talking about the team and about Sam. Sam took one of her classes a semester or two ago and had many wonderful things to say about her and the class! And of course the podcast is fantastic.

Would love to join in on the meet-up - sounds like fun!

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Jackie Randall's avatar

I actually dislike New Years and resolutions in general, but here it goes...in 2020 I will lead with a courageous heart. I will be more intentional with my time and BE the woman I have so longed to be. 2019 was the year of personally developing, positive-self talk training, reflecting, looking inward and allowing life to happen. 2020 will manifest that work and I will show up as the woman I have envisioned in my personal and professional life-everyday. It’s time to be, not just hope and dream.

When it comes to advocacy for women in sport, I will continue to build support and structure for female High School Athletic Administrators and Coaches. I plan to further develop my own inclusion and diversity practice. I will build ways to be more inclusive of men in these trainings and conversations-a major focus this year.

Even though I consume athletics 90% of my waking hours-between work and my own children’s activities-I plan to attend women’s sports events outside of the youth/high school level. Specifically, local college and professional teams. I’m starting this Sunday by attending the NU versus Iowa women’s basketball game. Go Hawkeyes!

Here’s to a year of intention, intuition, growth, balance, and being that bitch!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I hear you, I have a love/hate relationship with resolutions and New Years. I absolutely love your goals for 2020, though. Incredibly powerful, and I know you can do it!

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Huyen (@goldtogreen)'s avatar

Amazing! Thank you for all that you do!

Because I am an injured runner and move around with crutches right now, I really want to pay more attention to the Paralympics in Tokyo this year, as well as read more from womxn sports journalists and writers. If I have opportunities to do so (through writing, producing events, hiring etc.), I want to continue elevating womxn's voices and stories, and bring more womxn and girls to the table, creating the systems that have us in mind.

Inspired by your list, here are a few things I'd love to accomplish:

- break 1:30 in a half marathon and 3:20 in a full marathon

- run Tokyo Marathon (not sure?? because I am currently injured)

- compete in Vietnam / Asia

- meditate for 100 days

- visit a martial arts class

- curate one exhibition

- send in 20 proposals / pitches to magazines, publications etc. in arts/sports

- shave hair + donate

- create uniform

- write 2 newsletters per month / publish 1 podcast per month

- read 10 books by Womxn of Color

This was a bit scary to share so publicly, but here's to keeping one another accountable :)

Big love from Berlin,

Huyen

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Super impressed and motivated by your athletic and meditation goals! Motivating me for sure. And great call re: Paralympics, I need to be much better at following those sports, too.

Please keep us posted on your newsletter and podcast, and good luck on your recovery!!

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Huyen (@goldtogreen)'s avatar

Thank you so much Lindsay! And do let us know if you need any advice whenever you're going through a running low, we're here to empower and uplift one another! You got this!!!

You can subscribe to my newsletter here http://www.goldtogreenmagazine.com/subscribe-1

and my podcast here http://bit.ly/G2GPOD

Both are very niche and small but guess it's about consistency and creating anyway!

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Janine Tessarzik's avatar

What’s your podcast, and link to your newsletter?

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Huyen (@goldtogreen)'s avatar

Thank you so much for your interest!

This is my podcast in which I interview friends who are artists / athletes, I am very much interested in the intersection of sports /arts / culture: http://bit.ly/G2GPOD

and here's a link to my monthly newsletter about my running journey and personal stories, in my recent one I reflected on a decade of becoming Vietnamese/German/U.S.American, becoming an athlete and healing from the patriarchy, sexism, racism, ableism etc. as well as reflections on a decade of social media (I am currently doing a master's in media science), you can subscribe here: http://www.goldtogreenmagazine.com/subscribe-1

Thank you so much again!

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Janine Tessarzik's avatar

Very cool! I’ve subscribed :-) Looking forward to hearing and reading more!

Bzw Mein Vater kommt aus Deutschland!

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Chad's avatar

I'm typically 100% a basketball fan, so the only women's sport I follow regularly is the WNBA (shout-out to the EDD bobblehead nodding along next to me). That said, I happened to catch a women's handball match while channel surfing at a hotel recently, and it's bloody brilliant.

I don't really know how to follow the sport yet (when does the season happen, and who is covering international women's handball???), but it's got everything I love about basketball combined with the handful of things I really like about soccer and hockey.

So my 2020 goals are (1) continue to see more Mystics games in person and (2) start following women's handball!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Handball! My goodness, that's a sport that's not on my radar. Please keep me posted about what you find out, I'd love to know more.

And I'll see you at Mystics games, for sure! I'd also recommend checking out Maryland women -- they're close to DC and are a ranked team with a likely first-round WNBA pick, Kaila Charles, leading the way. Lots of great young talent, too.

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Jill Jaracz's avatar

Add handball to your list -- it's an amazing sport, and it's big in Europe. Since the US has an automatic entry for the LA 2028 Olympics, USA Handball is working to get more visibility and participation for the sport here.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Awesome!

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Helen Wheelock's avatar

Short handball story: Got to cover the Athens Games (which is a whole NOTHER story). Struck up a conversation, as is my wont, with someone waiting to get into the wbb games. Turns out he'd played on the US men's handball team way back. He got me in to the men's finals. HOLY CRAP!! Handball feels like a natural for Americans - physical, fast, contained space. He said every time the Olympics happen and the games get broadcast, interest spikes.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Love this!

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Eric in Madison's avatar

I run an SB Nation blog for basketball, and we always do our best to cover the Lynx as well as the Timberwolves. This year my resolution is to do even more Lynx coverage, especially over the next few months in the off season. We cover the season pretty well but want to do my bit to keep the W in the public eye during the off months.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

This is so great, Eric, and will help SO MUCH. Doesn't hurt that there are plenty of questions hanging over the Lynx this offseason to explore!

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Jen S's avatar

My first goal is to keep doing Crossfit 2x a week and master the double under and also do a burpee with proper form.

But also I REALLY want to watch a lot more women's sports. I'm in a great area for it, so I'd like to see my local WNBA team, my local NWSL team, a roller derby match and maybe a softball game at the big state U about half hour away from me. I'd like to take my tiny daughter to some high school/community college women's games to get her used to watching women's sports. She loves to run and climb, and thinks basketball hoops are magic so I think she would love watching girls and women actually throw balls through the hoop and what soccer looks like, too.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Oh gosh, I bet your daughter will LOVE it! And good luck with the Crossfit!

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Jaclyn M's avatar

In 2020, I want to do a better job of amplifying the awesome women's sports coverage that is out there - any journalists in the crowd, suggestions are welcome!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I share a lot on twitter, but need to share more -- should probably add to the to-do list for the year to come up with a master contact list for Power Plays readers, would be so useful.

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Joyce Bassett's avatar

Retired from working in a newsroom for 35 years and on my way out the door convinced the editor of for the Times Union in Albany, NY, (where I worked for the past 23 years) to allow me to write a weekly column on women and girls in sports. I was inspired by Billie Jean King's commercial about women getting 4 percent of the coverage in the media ... I plan to cover any and all US women's national teams and after going to Solheim Cup in Scotland last year I'm hooked on watching women's pro golf. My first column publishes Monday and I plan to write about finding Power Plays via Twitter. What a terrific find! Thank you LIndsay! Interested in meetup at the UConn/USA game

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Janine Tessarzik's avatar

Hey! I’m a ‘99 grad of Guilderland High School! Perhaps we could connect?

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Janine Tessarzik's avatar

Just sent you an email!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Wow, Joyce, this is absolutely incredible!! Please send me the column when it goes live, I definitely want to check it out and follow all of them.

And so excited there's interest in a meetup at UConn/USA game, will definitely work on organizing.

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Joyce Bassett's avatar

Thank you!

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Glenn Starkey's avatar

Support more than WBB join cloud 9 and get seats with Skyblue FC

Also going to Greensboro for the ACC WBB tourney

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Glenn Starkey's avatar

So here's my full list

Upgrade our NYL seats now that they are home in BK

Watch ex Johnnie Danielle chambers* (maiden name forget her boxing name) In Olympic boxing tourney

Get to 1/2 sky blue games now that they are at red bull arena

Redidicate to non bball women's programs at st John's which is my local college

Not quite a sport but find a way to support the women of wwe/ pro wrestling despite storylines that are demeaning or fail the bechdel test 😐 (likeky need decaro for that one lol)

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

These are great, Glenn!

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Jackie Geilfuss's avatar

Currently, the plan is to see the USWNT qualify for the Olympics in person out in LA next month. My hope is to see as many NWSL games in person as possible, ideally with trips to Portland and DC (SIL lives near Audi Field so we just need to get down to DC). Otherwise I’ll keep watching games from my couch in Boston!

My women’s sports-related resolution is to keep watching women’s soccer and learn as much about the game as I can. I’m a new supporter but I’m working to take it all in and be informed, especially before the Olympics. After the World Cup, I got a notebook to keep track of teams and players and positions. I set a goal then to be able to make an informed prediction of who might be on the Olympic roster. With the January camp roster, I’m feeling pretty on track! 😊

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Wow, I am super impressed with that goal and with your diligence. I'll be coming to you for predictions!

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Ingrid Skjong's avatar

My #WomeninSport resolution is to continue showing my 5-year-old son the awesomeness of women's sports and how important—and fun!—it is to recognize and respect female athletes (including his runner mom, who he likes to "coach.") Can't wait to keep at it!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

YESSS -- you are doing it right!

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Marcy D's avatar

My goal is to attend as many girl's and women's events as possible. I already have plans for track & field, hockey, basketball, and rugby, but working on more like volleyball, tennis, and field hockey.

Bucket list for the decade includes:

-women's NCAA Final Four

-2024 Olympics Women's Rugby 7s

- Australian Open Tennis

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Yesss, you've got this!

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Joy Richardson's avatar

In the personal category, self care is going to be huge. I also want to use my voice to speak up for mental health, I confronted a huge demon towards the end of last year and I have a new outlook on what my purpose needs to be.

Sports resolutions, I really want to advocate for WNBA, WNBL (our National League in Australia), NWSL, W-League, I really enjoy basketball in general men and women’s and women’s soccer, I honestly can’t get in to men’s soccer but that’s more a choice not wanting to get sucked in to all these leagues. Being in Australia the WNBA & NWSL is difficult to keep track of and support but I buy league pass and have foxtel so I can access watch espn, but other than some twitter accounts and of course yourself it’s hard to stay connected.

I need to attend a W-League game and need to do that pretty quickly as the season will be done by March I think, I also want to go to NWSL game but I really want to see Orlando Pride. I am so inspired by Ashlyn Harris, I can relate to her on so many levels and just to be in a stadium with her energy is on my bucket list.

Of course supporting the Australian National team Opals & Matilda’s in their quest to qualify and then all things being equal their run in the Olympics for gold. You have to set the bar high otherwise what is the point right?

Also waiting for the fixtures to come out to plan my annual WNBA holiday, I am hoping to take in some different cities this time to watch the might Phoenix Mercury.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Wow, this is all very inspirational. That's amazing that you've been confronting personal demons, and want to speak out about mental health -- I have been battling some myself, recently, and the more advocacy and honesty in that space, the better.

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Caitlin Frazier's avatar

I resolved to attend 2 women's sports events this year!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Yes!!! Let me know if you need any help with that =)

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Caitlin Frazier's avatar

I definitely will!

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Ashley Hart's avatar

I’m really hoping to go to the NWHL All-Star weekend and to a WNBA game! Also want to do a country-wide supporter section tour of NWSL at some point in the next few years - go check out all of the local groups and hang out with them pre-game and see how they all roll!

Y’all have me thinking NCAA in New Orleans now though lol maybe we can have a PP meetup there somehow?

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

YESSSS re: Final Four meetup, let's make it happen! And omg that country-wide supporter section tour sounds like a dream.

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Andy Meyer's avatar

I am an amateur competitive tennis player, which effects my goals. I would like to play 9.0 combo mixed doubles. Such a fun game, that's very different from men's tennis. Hopefully, there are some pro tournaments that incentivize mixed doubles. I live in LA, so I'm hopefully that Indian Wells saw the demand Serena Williams/Andy Murray drew and make that effort. Otherwise, I'd like to see Simona Halep play a couple times this year. One of the things that makes women's tennis more interesting than men's tennis, is that women have so much variability in their physical build. You have Halep, who might be 5'4'' playing a Sharapova, who's 6'2''. Or Ash Barty who's 5'5''. The men are all 6'2'' and 180 lbs. Barty's another one who might redefine women's tennis.

Non-tennis wise, I'm looking forward to Women's Gymnastics at the Olympics.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Women's tennis is the best -- I haven't seen Simona in person yet either, adding that to my bucket list, too! And good luck on the mixed doubles!

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Scott Viar's avatar

I got on the bandwagon a little late this year for Wisconsin volleyball (midway through their conference season, I think), so being more attentive to that from the start of the campaign is on my list. See them live if possible next season. Continue to gorge on NWSL and keep up with W-League as best as the sleep schedule allows. Get back into women's sports in some capacity (I ran a soccer club in Milwaukee for a handful of years in the 2010s) and continue the writing of my sports fiction octilogy (eight-book series, currently on Book 4).

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I'd love to know more about your sports fiction octilogy, Soctt!

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Helen Wheelock's avatar

Goals: Improve my sporting clays shooting.

Attend the women's bball Final Four (Have been going since 2001).

Make plans for the 2021 NCAA softball finals

Hoping to make it for USA Softball in Connecticut

Re-join the NY Liberty as a season subscriber.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Hope to see you at the Final Four, Helen!

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Lesley Ryder's avatar

So many! I’d like to keep supporting women’s sports the best I can. We’re gonna see what we can do about getting a plan for Sparks tickets this year. We had a lot of fun at the games we went to last year, and we want to support them.

I’d really like to go up to Portland for an NWSL game. Bummer that we still don’t have a team down here.

In the meantime, just wanna keep supporting whatever teams that do come through LA. The USWNT and USA hockey are in town the same weekend, and I am very much looking forward to it.

Non sports related? Eat more greens, drink more water.

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Jimmy S.'s avatar

I want to learn more about soccer starting with the Sacramento Storm.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Awesome!

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Lauren Zimmerman's avatar

Once again, late to the game (once again, pun intended)...already fulfilled one by transforming my daughter's playroom into a women in sports museum that features her autograph collection. She would like to get the Vanderquigs next, so a Sky game is on the list. Mystics parade in the spring is on the list if it's feasible (it would be an eight hour drive). Start golfing more as I rehab my shoulder.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I love that museum idea! And I hope to see you at the Mystics parade! (And good luck with the shoulder rehab!)

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Andrea Soriano's avatar

I’d really love to see Amanda Nunes fight this year. She’s really established herself as the GOAT during her reign as UFC champ, but I still feel she’s supremely under appreciated. I think she’s looking to hang it up soon and I don’t want to have missed seeing her fight.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I completely agree with this -- I haven't been engaged in many of the fighting sports, and want to change that this year before some of these legends hang it up.

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Nancy Prairie's avatar

In 2020 being present in each and every moment and hanging out with the swimming pigs and iguanas in the Bahamas! Spreading the word about how great Power Plays is!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Love this, Aunt Nancy, and love you!

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Jessie Losch's avatar

The last Uruguayan World Cup qualifier I saw was a devastating loss against Venezuela that was only made better by seeing Diego Forlan in person. I'd love to fly down again with my father and see another qualifier this year...that we hopefully win. And closer to home, I really want to get some of my fellow Unusual Efforts Effortistas together for NWSL matches.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Fingers crossed for you and your dad to get to that qualifier -- and to get that win.

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Baby Djojonegoro's avatar

I already have a calendar reminder for the Cal vs Oregon WBB game, excited to see that Ionescu kid in person!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Soooo jealous. I'm hoping to make it to see here when Oregon comes to UConn, but it's so close to USA/UConn, that I might not be able to make the trek back-to-back like that. We will see.

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Iris Scott's avatar

I just bought tickets for the UConn/Oregon game - will be going with my sister (above commenter, Sheila). We're so excited/feeling very grateful to be able to get to both!

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Connell's avatar

I have tickets to UConn vs Team USA and I'm very excited! I actually have an extra ticket, I bought for a group and one friend didn't realize the game conflicted with her class. Does anyone in here want the ticket? Slash if anyone is already going do you want to pick a spot for a halftime meetup?

I'm planning on splitting a mini ticket package for the CT Sun with my sister.

I'm hoping to get down to Red Bull for my first in-person NWSL game, can't wait for the schedule to come out!

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Connell's avatar

Oooh also I recently found out where the soccer bar is near me, so I look forward to catching some USWNT games there. I guess my overarching goal for the year is to watch more with other people!

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Jackie Geilfuss's avatar

Oh yes! That’s a goal for me too! Getting out and meeting other folks and watching games at our local soccer bar.

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Lo's avatar

Oooh I just bought tix to this too!! Needed an occasion to wear my new Playa Society swag and put a bunch of events on the calendar including this game!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Love this Sheila -- right now I am planning to come to UConn/USA as media, so we should definitely do a halftime meetup!! And let me know if you still have an extra ticket, I can tweet out/amplify. Let's see if someone in this thread wants it first.

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Joyce Bassett's avatar

I'm going to go as media and need a ticket for a friend. Also interested in meetup!

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Connell's avatar

Awesome! Can you send the best email for sending the ticket to sheila.heady@gmail.com?

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Love this soooo much!!

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Lia Russell's avatar

I already write for a living but I'd love to start writing more about rugby - especially women's rugby! The women's Rugby World Cup is in 2021 in NZ, and I'm planning on saving that $$ to go see it.

As for Power Plays - I'd love to see more women's golf coverage if possible!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Yes, I, too want to watch more women's rugby! And glad there's interest in golf, definitely going to do more work on it this year.

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Amy B. Bass's avatar

Golf is a super untackled arena -- I had a student paper about Title IX and golf this fall that was really interesting -- I didn't totally agree with his take, but I found it thoughtful and something that really was a good gateway for more exploration.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

I'd love to read, too! I had so much fun researching for the newsletter I did on golf earlier this year, but need to do soooo much research first.

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Amy B. Bass's avatar

ALas, I can’t share student work

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Lia Russell's avatar

Hi Amy, that sounds really cool! I'd love to read your student's paper if possible.

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Lia Russell's avatar

I messed up - it's in England!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

that's more convenient for me!

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Michelle Redfern's avatar

My #WomeninSport resolution is to complete & release 2 more of my research papers in 2020 and to contribute to closing the leadership gender gap in sport.

Feel free to check out my first two papers, for free, and share them!

http://eepurl.com/dyo4lb

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

This is so wonderful, Michelle, putting on my list to read tomorrow. Can't wait!

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Ashley's avatar

I am a former college softball player in grad school who wants to coach collegiate softball! I want to learn more about our sport from a different perspective, engage with young softball players, and help advocate for the NPF!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Aaaah, this is great! Keep us posted, Ashley!

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Lily Zuber's avatar

My whole family (including grandparents and aunt) have tickets to see Louisville vs. USA Basketball in February, based on your guide to all the women’s sporting events this year. Everyone is super excited! We’re also planning on going to plenty of our local university’s women’s basketball games!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Wow, this made me tear up! So excited for all of you, thanks for sharing!

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Amy B. Bass's avatar

After working untold number of Olympic Games, I really want to head to Tokyo as a spectator with my daughter (it will be her third Olympics, but she was so tiny for her first two) and experience all the glory that women are able to showcase during the Olympic competition.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

i'm incredibly jealous of your daughter, and would like you to adopt me asap, amy!

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Amy B. Bass's avatar

Our home is always your home! True story: when we got back from London, which was H's second Games (and she went to EVERYTHING...with the babysitter), I took her to a swim meet at the college. She was, mind you, five years old. "Why are they SO SLOW?" she complained about ten minutes in. I was like, ummmmm, Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin aren't here, sweetie.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

hahahahahahaha, that's the right kind of spoiled!

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lorie shaull's avatar

I'm coming to this late but it's inspiring to read through everyone's lists. Lindsay, your list reminded me to get an NPF game on my calendar!

This year I have a goal to update Wikipedia page photographs of as many women in sports as I'm able. My goal is to represent these women well with a quality photo on their Wikipedia page. I photograph mostly in the Twin Cities and last year photographed most WNBA Lynx games and some WNHL Whitecaps games and updated a fair amount WNBA player pages from home and visiting teams. This year I want to continue on updating and filling in the ones I missed as well as coaches.

I also want to get to a Hopkins High School basketball game to photograph Paige Bueckers. She's going to be a a big deal next year at Connecticut and it will be fun to see her play at the high school level and to document.

And I also want to check out a Minnesota Vixen game.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Omgggg, I love updating the wiki photos, what a phenomenal initiative.

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lorie shaull's avatar

We need to create a page for you & I'll get a photo of you at a sports event! I'd also like to include some of the sports announcers, like Rebecca Lobo, with an updated photo. Last year I got a photo of Holly Rowe for her page which was very exciting!!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Hah, I've never thought about having my own wikipedia page, but hey, I'm all for it!

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Kara's avatar

I love your wikipedia goal! I've been to a wikipedia edit-a-thons focused on creating or expanding pages about women because there are fewer women bio pages than men. Would be fun to hold an edit-a-thon on women in sports.

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Ben "RealityMage" Mock's avatar

Last year I successfully petitioned my boss to be more inclusive of women's sport in our published works. This year, as I look to continue my journey into sports media, I am going to ramp up my active efforts fighting for more inclusive coverage of women's sport in the media.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

This is wonderful, Litty! Let me know if I can help you in any way.

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Love Them All's avatar

I got interested in cycling a couple of years ago and found an amazingly welcoming and inclusive women’s cycling group. Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Divas welcomes women where they are and brings you along to set and meet your goals. As well as social after weekly rides! My goal this year is to do a century (100 mile) ride and get more comfortable with hills by choosing to challenge myself earlier in the season.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

wowwww, i love this so much. i forgot to put this on my list, but i have a very basic goal of just getting comfortable biking around DC, so I can use it as a means of transport. I've been soooo terrified of riding in the city, but i want to get over it because of the fitness and convenience and environmental bonuses.

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Gen's avatar

It's all football (soccer...! 😒) for me. Unrealistically I would desperately like to get to the Olympics in Tokyo, especially to see the USWNT finally nail that World Cup / Olympics double. But flight prices, and what I imagine will be the complicated scrum for getting tickets, put the fear of god into me. In lieu of that I'll go to the qualifiers in LA in February, because UK to LA is a bit more doable price-wise.

More realistically, I want to do like last year and get to at least two Reign FC games again, plus at least two AS Roma W games - I have one of those booked for February already (Roma vs Verona) so I'm on track for that. I want to keep getting to all my local women's football team's home games as I haven't missed one yet, and get to a few away ones too as I haven't done that and it's important for me to support them. I just went to my first Chelsea women's game and want to go to a few more of those this season. I'd also love to go to a Thorns home game, even though they are the evil enemy 😉 Because I don't actually hate them, they have some of the best players in the world, the atmosphere would be amazing in that stadium, and I've got friends in Portland so it'd be a delight all round. Not sure I could bring myself to wear red and black though......

And more personally I want to start a series of paintings about woso. Drawings are underway already but I want to make some big colourful paintings celebrating all that is beautiful in this game.

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Pam Goodman's avatar

I'm biting the bullet and going to a Storm game in 2020. Honestly, I have never been interested in basketball all that much but have total respect for the game and want to support women's pro sports more. And who doesn't want to watch Sue Bird, et al.? I'm already a Reign season ticket holder, so a Storm game is the best in-person support I can do for now. I'm hoping (dreaming?) for a WNHL team in Seattle when the new hockey arena is finished...wouldn't that be the shiznits?! Until then, in 2020 I want to stream a WNHL game...just have to remember to check the schedule. Of course I'll be following the USWNT on their road to the 2020 Olympics. I just wish that the USWNT would play games in Seattle!

I have to get on the soapbox and say that watching the NWSL is the simply the best. 2020 will be an important year to watch; help keep the momentum from the world cup to maintain support for the NWSL teams we have while helping grow the league for 2021 and beyond. Can we dream? 15 NWSL teams by 2025? MLS has 26 teams, why can't NWSL have 20...20 by 2030? Imagine THAT! If you don't have a team in your region, never fear: TV/streaming has gotten so much better, and all of the women .. not just USWNT players....are so f'ing talented. And by watching more, you just might get a team in your region.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Yessss to all of this, Pam! You definitely won't regret being able to see Sue Bird and Breana Stewart in person, even if basketball isn't your thing.

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Shayna Parker's avatar

My goal is to tangibly shift the needle on equity in Ultimate- focusing on local level in Boston but also figuring out how different national & local level groups can work in tandem. Attend a Premier Ultimate League game. Write an article about Ultimate & get it published.

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

This is phenomenal -- I want to attend a PUL game too, for sure. And send me a message if you need ideas for places to write about Ultimate, happy to connect you to anyone that I can!

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Kate McInerney's avatar

Love the PUL!! Your local team DC Shadow hasn't yet announced their 2020 home game schedule yet... BUT tryouts are February 1, 8, 9 at the Barry Recreation Center. https://www.dcshadowultimate.com/tryouts

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MJ's avatar

My plan is to finally make it to a Sky Blue game this year. I've been wanting to go for a while and in 2020 I will make it happen!

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Lindsay Gibbs's avatar

Yes! I definitely want to go to one, especially now that they're at Red Bull Arena!

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Dana Nathanson's avatar

To create more art about women in sport!

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Brennan Smith's avatar

My women's sports resolution for the 2020s is to do what I can to support opportunities for women and girls to play soccer in Detroit, including pushing for a Detroit NWSL team. Really excited about Detroit City FC's decision to form a women's team in the United Women's Soccer League, and I plan to get season tickets!

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