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Lauren Smith

@laurensmith.bsky.social
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Professor, Rowan University | Research Director - Center for Sports Comm & Social Impact | Researching effects of narratives & portrayals of gender, race, & social issues in sport | Triathlete | Ironman x 3 | Traveling the 🌎 w/ Kenny Smith | War Eagle

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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tennessee very nicely waited until the ceremony ended to win, and people were leaving the church. That young man sprinted out of the church and ran a few victory laps outside, hands raised, with plenty of “WOOOOOOOOOOOO”’ to be heard by all. Then he did a chest dive.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 01/10/2026
Ten years ago, today, I got a coughing fit mid-wedding ceremony. I excused myself. When I recovered I stood near the back, along the side, and saw this. @laurensmith.bsky.social @bmoritz99.bsky.social @michaelmirer.bsky.social @jerryhinnen.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social
This is a picture of two guys in a church pew watching a football game on their phone. 

The text reads, “Yes, he was watching football during a wedding. That's what happens when you book a ceremony in the fall. #UTVSUGA”
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Deep in my feelings might be taking it a little too far. 😂
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I couldn’t lay all my cards on the table immediately.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 18/09/2026
See, the other side of the shut up and dribble argument is you get a man willing to play so obtuse you’d just wish he’d shut up and go back to talking about his dogs. Which didn’t figure into his list at all.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So Herbie wants us to believe that they had a guest on the set of Game Day and he did zero research on who that person was? Nothing? No reading a bio, or having an understanding of who was sitting there? Just went in blind with a “gosh, shucks, let’s see what happens”? He is so full of shit.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m shook 😃
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
*whispers, curiously, not judgmentally* Is this the first time you’ve heard the SNL theme song?
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 11/09/2026
Some of @laurensmith.bsky.social’s research is on language used in representations in sports broadcasts, White athletes get “cerebral” a lot. Noah Eagle dropped two of those about Matthew Stafford. She laughed when I said “Matthew Stafford is NOT cerebral. Matthew Stafford went to GEORGIA.” #THWG
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Update. I do know it. I just haven’t heard it in YEARS and didn’t recall it off the top of my head.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Reacting to the news about Dolly Parton:
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yes. The press conference was what should be the career ender of Deshaun Watson. Clearly that is WAY WORSE than the 30 allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Its Me Hi
ALT: Its Me Hi
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“We can’t get married in July or August,” he said. “Your Yankee friends and family will melt.” So we picked a June day. It turned out to be the hottest day of the year in the country. And that day, my friends, was the day Kenny learned that “summer wool” is a crock.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 11/07/2026
I’m just saying, @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social had the song of the summer last night, and if you weren’t there to see it, your summer is now officially lacking.
Thunder God belting one out in the Guster “encore” in Jim Thorpe.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
You know what makes me happy? The Thunder God @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social absolutely NAILING “If it Makes You Happy” at the end of Guster’s show last night at Penn’s Peak. 1000 out of 10 stars. Highly recommend.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
That hotel would be the vacation.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This bag had to fly all by its lonesome on a new plane to Philly last night. Except it went this morning. It was put on two different planes. It’s set up for delivery. But the file is also closed. I’m not going to see my bag again, am I?
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So clearly - CLEARLY - Simone Biles’ most significant accomplishment that describes her is “wife.” I need to go get some Advil to take care of this headache I just gave myself from rolling my eyes so hard.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
And yes. Football and gymnastics are different sports and not a direct 1:1 comparison. Still. Let’s be real here. I would say Tom Brady (or whoever top player you want to argue) is a better comparison in terms of athletic dominance in football.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Postseason career stats
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Regular season career stats
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Jonathan Owens:
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It took me 4 screenshots to capture just her world and Olympic medals.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Simone Biles:
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“NFL wife”??? A thread.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Postseason stats
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Season stats:
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Jonathan Owens:
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It took me 4 screenshots to capture her medal record.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Simone Biles:
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Look. People need to stop making TV shows based on books when the book series isn’t done yet. My god.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Diana Gabaldon hasn’t finished the Outlander series. George RR Martin hasn’t finished the Game of Thrones series. If we don’t watch the final episode of Outlander, I don’t risk become absolutely enraged over another stupid Bran-like ending.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The second most amusing reaction was my dad, who called me and could do nothing but sputter.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We’ve been rewatching Game of Thrones, and just got to the Red Wedding. Before we watched the first time, @kennysmith.org said he knew what would happen. Rob and Jon would unite, win the war, and rule. I said it was as good a theory as any (I knew the ending.) It was a good theory for 50 min.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I tried really hard to guess too.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 07/05/2026
Had an easy 20-miler with @laurensmith.bsky.social in between grading finals. Beautiful day for it. #bikes #cycling #LetsGoRideBiked #TheMilesAhead
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If your team's not in a postseason run, or if they are and you need a break from the stress of playoffs, @kennysmith.org talks about 10 sports documentaries celebrating their 10th anniversary this year that should make it on to your queues this summer.
open.substack.com
Sport Stories Worth Watching
10 sports documentaries celebrating their 10th anniversary this year.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Today on Substack, @kennysmith.org looks at the crossover between AI and sports, and why media literacy matters open.substack.com/pub/notjusta...
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When Sports Meets AI Slop
"This sort of manufactured outrage is as profitable as it is corrosive"
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The laugh I just LOL’d
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
You should all go read this post from @bmoritz99.bsky.social - not just because he graciously featured @kennysmith.org’s and my research - but because it provides a great and interesting look at some research around gambling and fantasy sports.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
And you know what? They don’t need an idiot like Tommy to create a bill to save them. They could, you know, actually go back to enforcing the rules and system they created.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Yes. I am still bitter. I get that the rule was in place to prevent athletes from transferring to stay ahead of flunking out, but I was a dean’s list student. When I hear about a QB like TJ Finley who has now played at SIX different schools…rage. Utter rage. The NCAA can only blame themselves.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Tommy Tuberville is a stupid piece of human garbage. When I was in college *mumble* years ago, this was EXACTLY the rule. I sat a season because I transferred 2x. I appealed to show my grades were fine, & the NCAA denied me. So he’s trying to play savior to a system the NCAA broke? Sit down.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 13/03/2026
Just presented some new research with @laurensmith.bsky.social. Turns out there’s not a lot of work done studying why people stop playing fantasy sports. Let’s dive in! #IACS26
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I had absolutely no clue.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This semester, I have started doing trivia at the start of my mega events class. Today? "Name three people who have won March Madness as both a player and a coach?" I really want to give the answer as "Three people who have never been in my kitchen." IYKYK.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Good things happen when you support and invest in women’s sports, rather than laugh at them. notjustagame.substack.com/p/when-women...
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When women AREN'T the punchline
What happens when women's sports are taken seriously.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
GOOD
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U.S. Women's Hockey Team declines Trump's invitation to the State of the Union
President Donald Trump invited the men's and women's hockey teams after both won gold medals in overtime games against Canada.
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Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I hope the entire women’s team tells him to take his invite and shove it, and then to go F himself. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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