Reposted by Michelle MartinelliRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026incredibly English write-up of Kansas-Arizona State in London www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s... 832042
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliEj Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...wired.comA College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to WorkMaddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back. 7923291008
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Toledo Blade, one of the oldest newspapers in the country, will publish its final edition on Dec. 31. if it can’t find a buyer “Founded in 1835, the newspaper is Toledo’s oldest continually operating business”toledoblade.comPossible final edition of Blade announced; company explores saleBlock Communications has announced its intention to explore a sale of The Blade’s assets, which, if unsuccessful, will result in the final edition of the ... 18463238
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliBryan Fischer @bryandfischer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hello darkness my old friend. 25911
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Sure, Pat Fitzgerald might struggle against the MAC but at least he won't humiliate your university 4435
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 20/08/2026i promise that all my bad opinions are MADE BY MY HUMAN BRAIN 414312
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliFrankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 05/08/2026This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.thefrankiedlc.newsthe answer is always to disavow itWould you let the Proud Boys march in and sit courtside? 9390116
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliMatt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 15/07/2026when my TL is nothing but people posting screengrabs of the new ACC tiebreaker policy 3547
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Guaranteed: 1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are. 2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport. 205107493188
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliNancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant 27892002414
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 19/02/2026La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative 3656151355
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 19/02/2026One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés 21392502097
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Just so we have this straight. The LA28 board refused to take action — but his clients and agents forced him out of his own company. And now the taxpayers of the City of Los Angeles *WHICH HOLDS THE CONTRACT WITH LA28* are stuck with him! Great work everyone!hollywoodreporter.comCasey Wasserman Will Sell Agency After Epstein Files Controversy: “I Have Become a Distraction”The move comes after Wasserman faced mounting pressure from his roster after suggestive emails he sent to Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced in the Epstein Files 513944
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliNancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Our opinion page published a guest piece on Lindsey Vonn that was misogynistic trash. I had thoughts.usatoday.comYour Lindsey Vonn advice is misogynistic trash. Keep it to yourselfA recent opinion piece about Lindsey Vonn was ill-informed, condescending and misogynistic. Here's why. 68912161
Michelle Martinelli @mmartinelli.bsky.social · 07/02/2026SPOT ON, @nrarmour.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/sports...usatoday.comYour Lindsey Vonn advice is misogynistic trash. Keep it to yourselfA recent opinion piece about Lindsey Vonn was ill-informed, condescending and misogynistic. Here's why. 020
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliNancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Hell no Lindsey Vonn shouldn’t give up her spot at the Olympics.usatoday.comThink Lindsey Vonn should give up her spot at Winter Olympics? Kick rocksVonn is not one to do something for appearance’s sake. She wants to race, and she believes she can do it. 1144
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliShireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social · 03/02/2026There is no podcast like us. 🔥 You have the chance to help us do the work we need to do, and burn what needs to be burned. Please donate if you can. 12011
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Hello to everyone sharing this — I have a newsletter called Torched, it's all about LA and megaevents and Casey Wasserman, and you should *really* subscribetorched.laTorchedSo LA doesn't get burned 112026
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliSarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 27/01/2026America is bringing its ugliest stain to the Games. — Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala: “This is a militia that kills, a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips. It is clear they are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘A militia that kills’: uproar in Italy over ICE security role at Winter OlympicsMilan’s mayor says agents ‘clearly not welcome’ in co-host city and that Italy can take care of security itself 98220
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliBozi Tatarevic @bozitatarevic.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I am a tire carrier competing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and I’m taking you behind the scenes with me today. Join me as I share my view of working on the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 in the GTD Pro class. 924443
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliNancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 13/01/2026The Supreme Court will hear two cases today challenging state bans on transgender athletes. These bans are about erasure. Not fairness.usatoday.comBans of transgender athletes about erasure, not fairness | OpinionU.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to bans on participation of transgender athletes, with far-reaching implications. 0196
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliKatie Shook @katieshook.bsky.social · 26/12/2025This is the year. Bo Nix has improved so much under this new offense. He's focused. He's having fun. I wouldn't be surprised if he's a dark horse for the Heisman. 847039
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliErin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 09/12/2025You will be visited by three spirits 418915
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliMitchell Northam @northam67.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Hitting free agency soon. DM’s are open. 311349
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliChristian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 30/11/2025YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT 041
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/11/2025gonna call them to let them know they’re never getting any donations from me since they apparently have $75 million lying around to appease the government 1483777
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 24/11/2025Art Briles has been hired as the head football coach at a D2 school and so is back in the news. If you want to understand why this hire is upsetting for many, here's the long piece @dansolomon.com and I wrote back in 2019 about How Baylor Happened: web.archive.org/web/20190208...web.archive.orgHow Baylor HappenedWACO, Texas — There’s not much to recommend spending four years in Waco. Driving into town up Interstate 35 from the south, the endless stretch of Texas nothing fills out slowly. It’s flat in the way ... 5216107
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliPablo Torre @pablo.show · 20/11/2025PTFO collaborated with @msjpauly.bsky.social and @motherjones.com on an investigation into Riley Gaines. Riley’s messaging about trans athletes involves “predatory men” and “sexual assault.” But there’s an important story multiple ex-teammates at Kentucky want you to know: youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...youtu.beRiley Gaines Investigated: The Lia Thomas Race, the Coach & Why She "Doesn't Even Like" Trump | PTFOYouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT 351002299
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliJulie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 13/11/2025Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a readdefector.comWhat Does A Great Trans Athlete Deserve? | DefectorOnce every week or two, I swim molasses-slow laps at the YMCA. I’ve been on something of a fitness journey this year, testing out different forms of exercise to see what sticks—what feels the least to... 12318107
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliBastard Toadflax @plumicorns.bsky.social · 02/11/2025All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here 584612529
Michelle Martinelli @mmartinelli.bsky.social · 01/11/2025some light reading for the Notre Dame-BC game today... i recently spoke with Jeremiyah Love about his Heisman elevator pitch, his relationship with CJ Carr and why he'd compare himself to Jahmyr Gibbs. "I can do some spectacular things, but I'm also that team guy." ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...ftw.usatoday.comQ&A: Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love on his Heisman pitch and relationship with CJ CarrFor The Win spoke with Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love about his season, the team and his relationship with CJ Carr. 110
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliSickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 19/10/2025INDI2NA IN2IANA 2NDIANA 2516013
Michelle Martinelli @mmartinelli.bsky.social · 19/10/2025student journalism forever www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...heraldtimesonline.comPurdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campusThe special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers. 000
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 19/10/2025More: www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...heraldtimesonline.comPurdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campusThe special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers. 3182
Michelle Martinelli @mmartinelli.bsky.social · 17/10/2025today is the 10th anniversary of the Trouble with the Snap game between Michigan and Michigan State with one of the wildest endings in college football history. here's my story: Trouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports... 143
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliChristian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 16/10/2025god this rules so hard. @mmartinelli.bsky.social got pretty much everyone from the play but Jim Harbaugh on record. even the surrender cobra guy!!! ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...ftw.usatoday.comTrouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State gameFor The Win spoke with more than a dozen players, coaches, broadcasters, officials and fans to revisit the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game. 121
Michelle Martinelli @mmartinelli.bsky.social · 16/10/2025my latest project for @forthewin.bsky.social, an oral history of "Trouble with the Snap" — the infamous 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game. "A really surreal, emotional moment." "You're just shocked." "It still gives me goosebumps to this day." ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...ftw.usatoday.comTrouble with the Snap: An oral history of the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State gameFor The Win spoke with more than a dozen players, coaches, broadcasters, officials and fans to revisit the 2015 Michigan-Michigan State game. 022
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliNancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Wrote this when Texas A&M paid Jimbo Fisher more than $77 million to go away. Still true!usatoday.comJimbo Fisher's exorbitant buyout reminder athletes aren't ones who broke college athleticsTexas A&M will pay Jimbo Fisher more than $77 million to go away. Can't pay those college athletes, though! 110127
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 11/10/2025baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other 563475759
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 10/10/2025how disgusting and unnecessary. begging men to be normal just once. 16659132
Reposted by Michelle Martinellimechanical twerk @ruhee.ca · 15/11/2024Verlander. Je verlande, tu verlandes, il verlande, nous verlandons, vous verlandez, ils verlandent 1037866
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Emperor Augustus and the Sybil of Tibur, by Konrad Witz, 1435, 📸 by @branndannart 459471
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Curt Cignetti is in this video for like one second and he’s TERRIFYING 7344238
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...substack.comThe Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job. 24524480015578
Reposted by Michelle MartinelliCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 14/09/2025I don't know what the TV crew was doing on this play but I am CACKLING 3463549
