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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 19h
🎉 Jessica and Shireen celebrate the news that an anti-trans lawsuit against NCAA was recently tossed out of court (as voted on by you, our listeners!) Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and support us on Patreon to vote on the topic of our next bonus episode: www.patreon.com/burnitalldow...
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Lamine’s Left Foot @hillaryjhaldanephd.bsky.social · 19h
If anyone needed a regular reminder about what an absolute shit FIFA is, the 2027 WWC tickets are STILL NOT AVAILABLE. It’s October. The tournament starts in June. #FuckFIFA
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Barça Reddit @barcabsky.bsky.social · 21h
🏆 𝗖𝗹𝗮̀𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗠𝗩𝗣 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗮 𝗙 #fcbfemeni
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Clàudia Pina, MVP del mes de setembre a la Lliga F
La de Montcada ha estat escollida la millor del mes passat, amb quatre gols i dues assistències tres partits
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thrilled to announce that today is publication day for *Athlete and Activist: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game*, a book I co-wrote with Alex C. Davis & @amirarose.bsky.social, featuring the🔥artwork of Martin French. Published by @illinoispress.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
Screenshot of a book cover that is black with letters that are yellow white and light blue. The cover  text reads "athlete and activist: 28 sports stars who changed the game" it also lists the authors names: Jules Boykoff, Alex, C Davis and Amira Rose Davis with illustrations by Martin French." in the middle are four. Illustrations, one of Megan Rapinoe, one of Colin Kaepernick, one of Jackie Robinson and one of Serena Williams
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Andreas Selliaas @aselliaas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NFF sender tre Infantino-klager til FIFAs etiske komité - les hele klagen her idrettspolitikk.no/2026/10/06/n...
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NFF sender tre Infantino-klager til FIFAs etiske komité - les hele klagen her - Idrettspolitikk
Idrettspolitikk.no: For andre gang sender NFF klage på Gianni Infantino til FIFAs etiske komité. Denne gangen gjelder det tre omstridte saker. Samtidig ber forbundet FIFAs kontrollorgan granske styrin...
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My piece in @josimarfootball.bsky.social on what explains the UAE's aggressive legal strategy in the Manchester City case. It's what they do and they have consistently gotten away with it. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...
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Pardeep Cattry @pcattry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NEW: the new-look #USMNT keep passing tests, the latest coming in a 3-0 win over Mexico in which Cavan Sullivan scored his first international goal “Tried to use some words but I'll just keep it simple. It's the best feeling I've ever experienced” www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
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USMNT's new generation may not be polished yet, but it already knows how to beat Mexico
Cavan Sullivan made USMNT history as Mauricio Pochettino's new-look side produced a statement win
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A fascinating piece on the birth and growth of queer football clubs in France.
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I wrote about the Manchester City scandal as a textbook case of sportswashing in plain sight. In our whipsaw age of impunity, some potential accountability—if not comeuppance—for Manchester City is conspicuously refreshing. For @gqmagazine.bsky.social www.gq.com/story/manche...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Explosive Manchester City Scandal
Last week, an independent commission determined that the illustrious soccer club had engaged in extreme financial chicanery totaling a whopping $1.2 billion.
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
christian pulisic has finally reached the level where it’s fair to call him the cristiano ronaldo of american soccer
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well no shit www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds
Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary
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FC Barcelona @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Raphinha named La Liga’s best player of September 🔝 👏
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The more I read people arguing against Prop 40, the more furious I get at the absolute shameless mendacity and basic craven opportunism of it
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Jan Brunson @janbrunson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I want to amplify the initiative "Love Pono" at UH Leeward Community College
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Library: Love Pono: Home
Library: Love Pono: Home
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More photos (and more to come) from today at Beinecke Plaza, a historic site of protest at Yale. Students, faculty, alums are calling for academic freedom, free speech and assembly and no settlement with the Trump administration.
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James Tyler @jamestylerespn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey! It's Friday. Have you taken the Sports Jeopardy! anytime test yet? If not, set aside 15 mins this weekend and try your hand! Why not you? www.jeopardy.com/be-on-j/espn
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ESPN Jeopardy! Anytime Test | Jeopardy.com
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Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens @leanderalphabet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It feels like we're living through this weird blip, in sports and in sports alone, where billionaires are facing some consequences for their misdeeds. Column @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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The ultra-rich face … accountability? Manchester City and Clippers verdicts show it’s possible | Leander Schaerlaeckens
The sports world has accomplished a rare feat: calling out industrial-scale cheating on both sides of the Atlantic
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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Partisan polarization is not the greatest threat to American democracy. It is a vivid and identifiable symptom of the real threat. And it is a popular frame because it blames no one." Tremendous and convincing piece from @lilymasonphd.bsky.social
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Lamine’s Left Foot @hillaryjhaldanephd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you haven’t read Peggy Sanday’s Fraternity Gang Rape, now is the time. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action (Gift Article)
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”
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Kyla Wazana Tompkins @kwazana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Leave her alone you rank motherfuckers. I am Jane Doe.
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ny! New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social - "You're Manchester City and we know what you are". The great @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social's take on Manchester City's travails. Paywall is lifted for the first 24 hours.
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You're Manchester City and we know what you are - josimarfootball.com
The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them.
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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 01/10/2026
Flamethrowers! 🔥 We are trying something new. Patrons can vote on what topic they'd like to hear the hosts chat about in between our planned monthly episodes. 🗳️ Voting is open through the weekend! 🙋‍♀️ What do you want BIAD to talk about? www.patreon.com/burnitalldow...
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VOTE! on BIAD's next Hot Take | Burn It All Down
VOTE! on BIAD's next Hot Take by Burn It All Down on Patreon. Join Burn It All Down's community for exclusive content and updates.
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JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ny! New! The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them. By @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2026/10/01/y...
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You're Manchester City and we know what you are - josimarfootball.com
The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them.
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Lamine’s Left Foot @hillaryjhaldanephd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is absolutely bananas. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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U.S. Department of Education Calls on Schools to Strengthen Education on the History and Dangers of Communism and Socialism
In observance of the 10th U.S. National Day for the Victims of Communism on November 7, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon today issued a Dear Colleague Letter to education leaders and teachers...
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Lamine’s Left Foot @hillaryjhaldanephd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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US soccer’s youth system is expensive, chaotic and overdue for reform
World Cup setbacks have renewed concern over America’s costly, fragmented youth system. The real test is whether the urgency survives the next news cycle
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A further impact of the Manchester City case is that an entire generation of young Mancunians are going to grow up not knowing the meaning of the word "irrefutable".
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest, co-written with @edgeofsports.bsky.social: "Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu’s Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History." For @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu's Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History
Bazunu's decision raises the perennial question: Why is a country that is currently committing a genocide allowed to compete in the first place?
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Diana Kristinne @dianakristinne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lmao
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Lamine’s Left Foot @hillaryjhaldanephd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/m...
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They Kept Outsiders Away for 500 Years. Their World Is About to Change. (Gift Article)
My father dedicated his life to studying the Guna people of Panama, and they may soon allow unprecedented development through their land. I went on a trek through the jungle to find out why.
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Laura Stroup 💚💙🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🤔 @laurastroup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can we talk about this? This is not the Onion, but in Chronicle of Higher Education:
News piece of LA Gov. demanding the LSU provost have a caged live tiger at the college football games. 
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Diana Kristinne @dianakristinne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I genuinely didn't think I'd see this day come.
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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
i have many questions but not the ones the economists here seem to think are important @hillaryjhaldanephd.bsky.social did you see this?
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 23/09/2026
Breaking news: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed that an OpenAI agent hacked an Australian government health service website in June, in the latest high-profile cyber incident involving AI ft.trib.al/4jiZWL2
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Republic of Ireland men's national team football coach says his team would be “playing against genocide” when facing Israel in the Nations League.The Israel Football Association goes Trumpian edgelord mode, says coach displays “stupidity, ignorance, and hypocrisy." www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...
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Israel FA says Republic of Ireland coach has ‘stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy’ after genocide comments
Heimir Hallgrimsson said his team would be "playing against genocide" when they face Israel twice over the international break.
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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This:
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
biological republicans
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair speaks out after being fined by the NFL for wearing the name of Palestinian child Hind Rajab on his eye black during a game. Rajab was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. NBA player Kyrie Irving offered to pay the fine. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 19/09/2026
I really enjoyed this interview. If you care about sports gambling and all of its issues, then Danny’s book EVERYBODY LOSES is a must read.
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really enjoyed this conversation on soccer politics with former professional footballer Billy Merck. We dug into my memoir "Kicking" (@dukepress.bsky.social) & "Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, & the FIFA Greed Machine" (@orbooks.bsky.social) as well as Portland soccer history & politics
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
this is tremendous, i will absolutely join you lmao
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Stadio @stadio.football · 17/09/2026
New podcast up for members! After shouting out a few results, there's a chat about Barcelona men, and whether they're this season's team to always watch. Sign up to get every episode ad-free and in full. www.patreon.com/stadio/posts...
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wosoworld.bsky.social @wosoworld.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
OFC Women's Under 16 Championship Congratulations to New Zealand 🇳🇿 and New Caledonia 🇳🇨 who qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's U17WWC.
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Stanis Elsborg @staniselsborg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Much of what we know about the darker sides of international sport came to light because journalists kept asking questions. If you believe sport needs independent scrutiny, please consider supporting the Play the Game Journalism Fund. 👉 www.playthegame.org/journalism-f...
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Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I had some thoughts about Sydney Sweeney and her recent commercial. This entire debacle has made me see and hear the powerful voices of women in sport. But make me question why we take Sweeney seriously at all. My latest for CBC Sports www.cbc.ca/sports/opini...
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OPINION | Sydney Sweeney has nothing to do with sports. So what is it about her ad that is making us so mad? | CBC Sports
If we start to consider Sydney Sweeney a notable personality in sports then we have really lost the plot.
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JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Who is Fouzi Lekjaa, powerbroker in African football and Fifa Council member? A profile by @podegard.bsky.social. josimarfootball.com/2026/09/14/m...
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Makhzen - josimarfootball.com
A Fifa council member, the man behind Morocco’s ascendancy in world football and arguably the ultimate powerbroker in African football, Fouzi Lekjaa has made a shift in domestic politics. Is this a fi...
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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Join UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab for a virtual conversation "Brazil Votes: The Pre-Election Landscape and Democratic Pressures" 9/30/2026 at 7 p.m. Event convened and moderated by @davidnemer.com dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/brazil...
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Brazil Votes: The Pre-Election Landscape and Democratic Pressures - DTD Lab
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International Sociology of Sport Association @issa1965.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Update 2 from ISSA 2027 Melbourne: our conference website is now live and registration and abstract submission will open around 1st November 2026. Keep you eyes peeled and do visit the website. All details on our website www.issa1965.org/events/
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Events - ISSA
Call for abstracts for RC27 now open until 14th October
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What better way to spend a Tuesday evening than listening to @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social talk about FIFA. Sign-up to our first ever Reboot webinar here 👇 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF GOALS COMMUNISM IS BACK
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Lamine’s Left Foot @hillaryjhaldanephd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
when you love a club you’d rather hate 💙❤️⚽️ from Chris Weatherspoon’s piece in The Athletic:
The women earned more in revenue but their wages fell by proportion compared to the men’s side.
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