What We Learned From Sports in 2023 From “Swelce” (or is it “Traylor”?) to Wemby — and everything in between from The Messenger’s Christian Red Neil Paine Mike Tanier Kaelen Jones Kari Anderson Seth Davis Jeff Goodman Max Rego themessenger.com/sports/what-we…

Spent time with Kenneth L Blakeney to get an idea of what brought him to Howard Men’s Basketball and what motivates him in his first head coaching role. Really enjoyed working on this one! themessenger.com/sports/kenny-b…

The NWSL playoffs are coming up, and there's a lot to catch up on. Four quarterfinal matches will be played this upcoming weekend to determine who moves on to the next round of the postseason. For Yahoo Sports: sports.yahoo.com/nwsl-playoff-p…

This weekend, four more teams will advance to the next round of the MLS Playoffs. But the third week of a lengthy, awkward Round One raises the question: Does anybody actually like the postseason format? For Yahoo Sports: sports.yahoo.com/does-anyone-li…

The PWHL Takeover Tour continues today with the Montréal Victoire and Toronto Sceptres facing off in Vancouver. I covered Sunday's game in Seattle, where the nine-city kicked off with a raucous crowd — and hopes of potential expansion. sports.yahoo.com/pwhl-kicks-off…

This weekend, a busy NWSL offseason took a turn, with Naomi Girma heading to Chelsea for record fee. As top NWSL players like Girma go overseas, what does this mean for the league going forward? For Yahoo Sports: sports.yahoo.com/nwsl-players-a…

Ahead of the 2025 NWSL season kicking off today, I spoke to three international players — Racheal Kundananji, Esme Morgan and Julie Dufour — about what drew them to the league and the challenges they're embracing this season. For Yahoo Sports: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/article…

Ahead of the Club World Cup, the Seattle Sounders have been adding to their fanbase with First Match On Us, a program offering free tickets to new fans. For Yahoo Sports, I spoke with the Seattle Sounders FC front office, and a few first-time fans: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/article…

The Storm's season might have come to an end, but the future of rookie Dominique Malonga is bright. "There is an evolution in every single game," Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike said last week. "She's just learning and improving that much." For Yahoo Sports: sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article/d…

Not the ending we wanted, but we’ll never forget this ride. Thanks for being part of the journey 💙

The upset of upsets...though is it really that much of a surprise? Gotham stuns the Current in extra time to advance to the NWSL semifinals: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/breakin…