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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Absolutely gutted about this, RIP. Amazing to watch the whole time I have been back watching wrestling and he sounded like a great guy, condolences to friends and family. Watching some of his NXT and Dragon Gate matches tonight and he's just so, so good

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

At Canada Games Stadium on the mic for the UNBSJ Seawolves home openers! Streaming live on YouTube at 1 and 3:15: youtube.com/@acaaaasc?si...

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So are @weareravenous.com and the new Metroid game going to do a cross-promotion (or lawyer's letters) or

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The Doom That Came to Aram @rawfishandbeer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

'Your phone is always listening and that's how it serve your ads' used to be a conspiracy theory and now they're just doing it.

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've referenced this like three times in the last month, happy Labour Day

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Shinku! | COMMS OPEN🦊🔮✨ @shinkumancer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

AND THATS WHY HES THE GOOOOOAAAAATTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Huge win for Canadian grandmas

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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/08/2026

‘This Is Like Something Out Of A David Lynch Film,’ Says Man Driving Car With Headlights On

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 25/08/2026

If a newspaper printed this they would suffer consequences, but because there’s math involved here everyone throws their hands up and acts like nothing can be done and it sucks

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The notion "restorative accountability process" is fine but there's no clear explanation by MLS of what that means. Restorative to who? The victims? The community? Or just to his new bosses and/or the brand?

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The thing about NJPW is that people just say whatever so the usual rule of "it wouldn't be mentioned if it wasn't happening" for US TV wrestling does not apply, but this would rock (also holy shit Oiwa-Yuya ripped)

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

An important read

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ohhh so it's a bribe, as expected

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Was flying out of YLW in Kelowna tonight but an attendant came out to tell travellers that the airspace is closed due to the Bald Range wildfire in Summerland: "It's out of control, this fire, so I'm sorry, we're not rebooking."

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Unusual Efforts @unusualefforts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

DID it celebrate humanity at its best, though? At its best, really??

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Mamas Family: Oh Really?

ALT: Mamas Family: Oh Really?

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This statement is so gobsmacking. Like you'd think they would just slink off and call it a W instead of going "we've never done anything wrong, ever, and if you disagree you're a sad hater"

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Talent initiated things to make us relevant and we're mad we didn't think of it ourselves" chapter one million

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Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Torn ACL for Jordyn Huitema, who arrived in Chicago in March via $500K total transfer from Seattle. It's unfortunate news that also creates a tight timeline to the 2027 World Cup for her and Canada, too. #NWSL

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Seth Vertelney @svertelney.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

cropping photos is an important skill

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Leandro Paredes goozles a guy and his coaches go to the choked person "whoa man better back off" rather to their own sent off man #worldcup

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Carney presenting the golden gloves award is Canadian culture #worldcup

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

MASSIVE MOMENTS, a great team goal by Ferran Torres in a relentlessly optimized game, I picked Spain for scarf-having reasons and that was rewarded #worldcup

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19/07/2026

DRINK IT UP IT'S OUR LAST PAUSA DE HIDRATACIÓN EVER (image: how other broadcasts around the world called the PAUSA DE HIDRATACIÓN)

"Care to wet your whistle, marcus?" from Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, with hydration break examples

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West of House @taterpie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Millions on every continent say

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 14/07/2026

Phil lost the game in the headline 2-0 and was fired the next week

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This is knives-out-ass locked-room murder mystery behaviour

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Seeing #vwfc and the Southsiders back at Swangard Stadium in this match warms my heart so much, wish I could be there!

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

lmao bluesky journo guy Hunter Walker, who I generally like, blocked me for politely clarifying his factcheck post regarding Ronaldo's red card ban and I was like ????

Hunter Walker‬
@hunterw.bsky.social‬
I don't disagree with the main takeaway of this story but there's a pretty big error for a sportswriter in graf 5.

The last time FIFA allowed a red carded competitor to play the next game of the World Cup wasn't 1962.

It was Ronaldo in the start of this tournament as has been widely covered.

Hunter Walker‬
@hunterw.bsky.social‬
I am going to put this here once since a few people are like debating the circumstances of these cards. I am not doing that here just noting the story had something off. Balogun just isnt the first time in 40 plus years FIFA allowed a red carded player to play their next Cup match.

Hunter Walker‬
@hunterw.bsky.social‬
I know Balogun's card was different circumstances than Ronaldo's promise! The sentence is also just wrong since a red carded player was allowed to play their next Cup match.

Andrew Bates
teambates.bsky.social

Ronaldo did serve one match of his red card ban, in that case it was the bonus matches that were waived, not the automatic one match ban.

*Post Blocked

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Thomas O’Mahony @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The best edit I’ve seen in weeks, you absolutely have to turn the sound on for this one.

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I hope the biggest positive that comes out of that red card mess is that somehow they move away from the plan to have Trump present the trophy, because those are going to just be rancid vibes. Lose his invite! #worldcup

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The whole "I prefer not to speak" quote is really up there with some of the best Jean Chretien lines like "the proof is the proof ... because it's proven," and I'm surprised we haven't heard it quoted in politics till now

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"While the RBFA was merely seeking legitimate explanations, FIFA itself created an appeal and immediately ensured that it would be declared inadmissible."

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What makes "The White House called and then the red card got rescinded" so galling is that FIFA will suspend a whole-ass country for political interference when a court removes a soccer official accused of misconduct and then turns around to barter openly with a head of state when it wants #worldcup

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Women’s rights and also women’s wrongs

The U.S. erased three deficits in the semifinal, but the game will forever be remembered for a delay-of-game call made by Norwegian referee Christiana Pedersen on Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod. Reports surfaced after the game that American forward Abby Wambach was counting out the seconds as McLeod held the ball, thus influencing Pedersen in making the call.

“I think I blacked out in that moment (when the call was made),” Wambach told Sportsnet this week as the American team trained in Alliston, Ont.

“Did I think the referee was going to make that call? No, I just wanted her to hurry the goalkeeper up, you know what I mean?”

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

That whole thing was bonkers from start to finish but the main thing is it was bonkers in three or four different ways at different times #MEXvENG #worldcup

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

So the third time he wipes someone out with a bad tackle (counting Bombito last fall) is he gonna get a lengthy ban or are people going to complain until they bend the rules again, to ensure no lessons are learned

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Que sera, sera, whatever will be We made the round of sixteen Que sera, sera. #canmnt

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We are locked in at Saint John's @area506fest.bsky.social container village for Canada-Morocco #canmnt

I'm seen with Sam at the Saint John World Cup watch party

Fans line the balcony at the container village

Rows of fans in chairs watch a soccer game on a big screen

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I wrote about the surreal dream of Canada at the men's world cup, as well as the chance for #canmnt to continue writing its own myths in the Round of 16 on Saturday: team-bates.com/littlerubber...

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Canadian men's team writing its own myths at World Cup - Little Rubber Pellets

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

After the red card last night I was reminded that it was Folarin Balogun that broke Moïse Bombito's leg in October and went HEY #canmnt

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I was on the Hatchet podcast with @arshy.bsky.social to chat about policing in Saint John, including labour issues, lawsuits and reps being ejected from council meetings: hatchetmedia.ca/p/chaos-in-t...

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Chaos in the Saint John Police Force | A Few Bad Apples

Accusations of harassment by the chief of police have sent one New Brunswick police force into a tailspin

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

France versus Paraguay in the next round #worldcup

In a Simpsons screenshot, two Krustys are seen with the French flag (the "tricolor") and the Paraguay flag. Subtitle reads: "I'm seeing double here. Six couleurs."

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Andrew Bates @teambates.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A lot of people are thinking of this in the declarative shouty play by play commentary voice and I understand this, but also consider: ex-player with a thick accent colour commentary voice

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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The dynamic in these theoretically lopsided elimination games is so great … Brazil and Germany fans have like an hour of cheering happily, after which they transition to “hey if you guys blow this you’re national disgraces”

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