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Beau Dure

@bdure.bsky.social
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More sub teacher than journalist these days, but also working on The Great American Novel. Still a soccer ref. Playing in a bunch of bands. Still curling. Keeping dystopian talk to the essentials so I can live my remaining days in some sort of peace.

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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I like reading @jaybusbee.bsky.social's work at Yahoo, and his profile reminds me that I need to read @leanderalphabet.bsky.social's book and see if it's more optimistic than mine. But we have to talk about this piece ... sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Would someone please tell the @foxsports.com.web.brid.gy announcers on the CPL game between the Forge and Vancouver that the play was offside because a player who bumped into the keeper was in an offside position when the ball was played? Yeesh.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
And according to these signs, we should all be lining up on the wrong side of the platform. @wmata.com If it’s not going to work to run trains on the Orange Line, can you add shuttles like you do on the Red Line?
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Dear @wmata.com - I get that you’re single-tracking, but why would it take 11 minutes for a train to go one stop from West Falls Church to Dunn Loring? Your published schedule for today says trains go from Dunn Loring to WFC every 24 minutes. That’s already a stretch …
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“Messi doesn’t have any assists.” “That’s OK. He can assist by opening the door so I can get out of here.”
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Why did Bieber get more time than BTS? Gotta say - this is better than it has any right to be.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I was hoping Madonna would go off script and say something in front of Il Duce, but that microphone seems decorative. But … Muppets! #argvesp #worldcup
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This aged … medium well? Not quite?
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I’m thinking maybe Maignan could’ve done a bit better on those goals? #FRAENG
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Why did the loss to Belgium feel worse than it should? It wasn't the players' faults. bsky.app/profile/us.t...
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The atmosphere at #PORvESP reminds me of a Fall Out Boy lyric: "Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum." #WorldCup
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Jessie Diggins isn't at her best in classic races. She's been dealing with bruised ribs since the first race of her grueling schedule. She just finished a 50k classic in fifth, five seconds off the podium. Legend. Deserves so much more publicity.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Can we dispense with the notion that "ball don't lie"? Ball lies. A lot.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
In obvious pain, Svea Irving lands two solid tricks on the halfpipe but has to bail out and just ski down the rest of the way. I'd give her 50 points just for trying -- and they were pretty good tricks! No US medal in women's ski halfpipe.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Is anyone else just not particularly interested in the World Cup this year? I have no desire to watch Infantino and Trump's extended honeymoon. Maybe if some #USMNT players had the courage of a Hunter Hess or a Rich Ruohonen, my interest would pick up. Otherwise, it's all MLS and NWSL for me.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Is Bluesky still so dead that I can check it out nearly 10 minutes after a horrific accident at the Olympics and only three people have posted anything? What is the point of a medium that has no media on it?
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Not that KC should panic, but I back Berger if this goes to PKs. #KCvGOT #NWSL #NWSLplayoffs
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
If you’re Gotham at this point, are you trying to kill time and get into PKs with Berger?
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I am now 0-2 on my #NWSLPlayoffs picks.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
At this point, I’m wondering if any Spirit players will get injured during PKs. #NWSL #WASvLOU
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
We should just vote on the winner and skip PKs. #NWSL #WASvLOU
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Not sure it’s being stressed enough that the Spirit lost two important players *during* this game in addition to having the usual absentees out, including the obviously not-really-available Rodman. This team has dealt with so much. #NWSL #WASvLOU #NWSLplayoffs
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I think the ref’s watch is broken. #NWSL
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
McKeown out. Was Audi Field built on a haunted graveyard? #NWSL #NWSLplayoffs #WASvLOU
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I’m getting the feeling we won’t be seeing Trinity Rodman. Spirit have a sub window in extra time, don’t they? #NWSL #WASvLOU #NWSLplayoffs
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I’d argue Esme Morgan shouldn’t have seen yellow unless she dropped a few magic words — dissent should be more than an outburst — and Ary Borges should’ve seen yellow for a cynical foul at midfield. I’m surprised they didn’t take a longer look at the Louisville goal. Generally, though, pretty good.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Looks onside from this view, but I have a small phone, so … Soccer’s unfair sometimes. In no way, shape or form does Louisville deserve to be level here, and there have been some cynical fouls. But the Spirit have wasted tons of chances, too. #nwsl #WASvLOU
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Yes, I stand up for refs a lot, but did they seriously not take a longer look at that goal? On first glance, looked off. #NWSL #WASvLOU
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Correct advantage call, but you’ve got to come back and give a yellow to Ary Borges for that. #NWSL #WASvLOU
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Pacing Themselves for the Last 15 Minutes Louisville.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Ah … yep, that’s a danger on short corners. Smart play by Louisville to pull up so quickly. #NWSL #WASvLOU
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
If you think complaints about refs are limited to the #NWSL, please check out @suzywrack.bsky.social’s story on Arsenal-Chelsea today. (I can’t get to the Guardian site ATM.) Or see any EPL broadcast. I think refs are too prone to calling offside on VAR when it’s not clear and obvious. #WASvLOU
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Someone’s watching about 10 minutes behind.
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Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The Spirit have been knocking on the door here, one-way traffic. Audi erupted on that would-be goal before VAR erased it. The only logical call with where the restart got placed is that Santos was offside on the return pass, but the angles offered on TV are hardly definitive. Still scoreless. #NWSL
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Every league says the same thing, but I’m curious about this one — did I hear the commentators say it was earlier than we saw on the replay, right when the corner was taken? That’s a danger of short corners. #WASvLOU #NWSL
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Can we rewind the planet 1-2 years and start over?
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
One of the most depressing political trends I have witnessed has been seeing that the people who want to keep trans women out of women's sports don't base their arguments entirely on reasonable data about male puberty and fairness. Instead, they make it by dehumanizing *all* trans women.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A youth soccer referee postgame press conference, complete with thoughts about how recent events in the WNBA and the media flow downhill into youth sports. (Obviously didn't really happen.) youtu.be/0C9PNy1uk7A
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U-12 referee postgame press conference and WNBA discussion
YouTube video by Beau Dure
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Granted, I've been a little likely to defend referees after watching people exalting Cheryl Reeve as some kind of hero for complaining about a call **that the refs got absolutely right**. But I thought the calls at the end of each half in Spirit-Wave were fair. #nwsl #makewaves #thatsthespirit
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The Spirit have GOT to be sharper than this. Monday missed an easy one, and Rodman put two straight breakaways right at Sheridan. On the second, she could've chipped Sheridan at any time. Maybe the Wave don't deserve the draw, but the Spirit don't deserve the win. #nwsl EDIT: Never mind!
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
In the closed-captioning for the Raiders-Commanders game, every time they say "Ashton Jeanty," it comes up as "Jen Psaki."
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I'll say again -- how do officials get calls so wrong when they watch the replay? In real time? It's a very difficult job. Watching replay? Ugh.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
If you suffer from insomnia, may I recommend the broadcast of this Bournemouth-Newcastle game? Nothing of note until the 90th minute, with a free kick that might have awakened the commentators. #premierleague
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Never ceases to amaze me how commentators and officials can look at replays and still get calls wrong. #Purdue gets a gift vs. #USC #fighton
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Always hate to say things like this, but you have to wonder if McKeown would've drawn a dangerous free kick if she had dropped to the ground there. #NWSL
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I really, really, really want to see PRO refs start giving yellow cards for delaying a restart or failing to respect the distance. Stars getting away with a lot here. And this makes it difficult to enforce at youth level. #NWSL
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
How close is Krueger to a return? They could certainly use her right now. #NWSL #WashingtonSpirit
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
They really have become a big part of DC’s heart and soul. Of course, because it’s DC, they have to find ways to break supporters’ hearts.
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I fuss about referees a bit myself. A bit less so since I signed up to do it myself and realized how freaking hard it is with U-14s, let alone with pros. Unemployment is going to tick upwards, so now’s the time to sign up and try it!
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Beau Dure @bdure.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Nice of CBS to interrupt its AVP volleyball recap and remember that it's supposed to be broadcasting an #NWSL game.
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