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The first story in a series of spotlighting mums on the Southern District Spartans NBL1. Maddy Allen has played all over Australia & has dreams of winning an NBL1 title. In January, her new biggest fan joined her on the sidelines: her daughter, Evelyn.

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Voilà un article ESSENTIEL de Chiney Ogwumike pour comprendre la situation autour de la WNBA. Tout y est Chiney, qui est au passage une ancienne 1st pick, est une excellente consultante sur ESPN et quelque chose me dit qu'on la verra dans de plus hautes sphères à l'avenir.

🏟️'This is perhaps the first real social media Olympics'📱

Andreas Evagora and Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff on the games being a launchpad for activism on social media #Paris2024

#F24Debate ⬇️

Link to the full show: f24.my/AJip.X⬅️

🏟️'The Olympics can be an opportunity for regimes to do things that they don't want the world to notice.' 🫣

Financial Times 's Simon Kuper skeptical that the games can bring a halt to global conflicts. #Paris2024 ☮️⬇️

#F24Debate

🥊 'I'm very grateful to be in this position as a French-Yazidi athlete.'

Yurik Mamedov discusses the honor of carrying the Olympic Flame and representing France in the #Olympics2024 #F24Debate

Thanks for having me on to help unpack the conversation around the Games: more than just the sporting side, there’s a lot of #sportsdiplomacy involved beyond the geopolitical issues #Paris2024

Tu es bien le meilleur défenseur du monde que tu penses être 🐉🇫🇷

Rudy Gobert remporte son 4e trophée de Defensive Player of the Year en NBA après 2018, 2019 et 2021 et égale Dikembe Mutombo et Ben Wallace 👊

#TeamFranceBasket | #PassionnémentBleu

Congratulations Rudy for a phenomenal season and a historic 4th DPOY award 👏🏼 wonderful recognition of your hard work. And what a flex move to sport the Team France shirt 😉 💪 adding another chapter to #BasketballEmpire

Several great points that go beyond one club here 👇

Alors qu'une « Arkema Première Ligue » verra le jour cet été, « L'Équipe » a visité plusieurs clubs de D1 à quelques semaines de l'instauration de ce Championnat pro. Une exploration parfois déroutante, même si des progrès ont été effectués.
un article de Syanie Dalmat L'ÉQUIPE

Thrilled for Batum that he got to experience such a storied #NBA club. As he told ⁦⁦Gina Mizell⁩,

“One thing I’ve learned is Philly is not for everybody…You’ve got to be ready to play for that city, and I loved it. … I could feel the passion.” inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-…

Note: the Olympic flame arrived in France on May 8, 🇫🇷 national holiday to commemorate Victory in Europe 1945 (vs the Nazi regime)…yet fanfare to light the flame @ Olympia then proceeding to the Olympic host country originated 1936 Berlin Games #Paris2024 lemonde.fr/sport/article/…

“…low pay has long necessitated that North America’s best women ballplayers go abroad to Europe, Asia and Australia to supplement…their WNBA incomes.”

Prior to #WNBA era, they went overseas, including to 🇫🇷 as France And US Voices note. Great piece Theresa Runstedtler CNN Opinion

And just like that, the Olympic cauldron was lit in Marseille. The flame now begins a 79-day journey around la belle France (metropole and overseas départements) #Paris2024

Please consider preordering the late Matt Tullis' new book wherever you buy books. I was lucky to be interviewed + included alongside so many awesome writers. Thanks Seth Wickersham for seeing this book to pub + honoring Matt's memory 💜: ugapress.org/book/978082036…

Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA by Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff takes us back to the very beginnings of basketball, showing us how remnants of empire have shaped the game.

Order your copy with 30% off in our May Sale 🏀 📙 bit.ly/4b0FFTI

'Make it iconic!' Promise kept Wemby, Rookie of the Year! Fierté française.

Vivement les Jeux de Paris !

Let's go WSox...💪⚾️🔥
1er start officiel en Minor League Baseball pour LaCombe Mathias avec Chicago White Sox...!!