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Brittney Griner didn't know her Phoenix Mercury teammate of 8 years Diana Taurasi spoke Spanish and her reaction in this video is TOO GOOD 😂
#thegist
(h/t
@overtime
+
@WNBA
)
Still not over that Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are just being paid to shoot the shit and drink out of red solo cups on a major sports network 😂
THAT'S A SWEEP🧹
South Carolina star Aliyah Boston has been named the 2022 Wooden Award Winner (for most outstanding women's college basketball player) 🎉
With this award, Boston has officially won all 5 (!!!) national player of the year awards 🏆
Talk about couple goals!! 😍
Are you as obssesed as we are with
#TeamUSA
long jumper Tara Davis & her partner Paralympic athlete Hunter Woodhall? ❤️
#Tokyo2020
#thegist
The WNBA has revealed a list of 88 players who have declared for the draft
And listen, math isn’t our strong suit, but considering there are 144 players TOTAL in the league… it might be time to EXPAND 👏 THE 👏 LEAGUE 👏
We need to protect Sylvia at all costs. This is so sweet. 🥺
Get those tissues ready – Syl is playing her last regular season game against Sue Bird tonight at 9pm EST.
During her Women's Basketball Hall of Fame induction, Penny Taylor wished her wife Diana Taurasi a happy 40th birthday and joked "if you continue to work hard, you too may be up here" 😂
Mic drop 🎤👏
@beckysauerbrunn
went on to say, "The bills don’t consider any of the actual challenges to women and girls in sport [...] They’re pushing kids away from the life-changing power of sports, forever depriving them of the invaluable lessons sport teaches"
THIS LINEUP 🤩
Megan Rapinoe is going to be a guest star on the Bird & Taurasi Show for tonight's women's March Madness Championship MegaCast 🏀
That's three proud, openly gay women hosting a major sports network show - and we think that's pretty freakin' special
The women's March Madness Final Four is getting the ESPN televised MegaCast treatment for the first time, complete with 'The Bird & Taurasi Show' featuring commentary and unique perspective from the two WNBA legends
We are living 👏
👏👏👏
Team USA will advance to the Olympic women's rugby sevens semifinal for the first time in history after defeating Great Britain 17–7 on Monday. ‼️
This is the first time that a Team USA men's or women's rugby team has reached the semifinal round at the Olympics. 😎
Gatorade and PepsiCo know the future is female 💪
Gatorade announced a refresh of its sports marketing strategy on Tuesday by choosing to specifically target women’s sports and college athletes over well-established men’s sports entities 💰
Another W for the W! 🏀
According to a Friday report, the W is aiming to negotiate a new broadcast deal worth $100M per year, which would kick in for the 2024 season 📺
A new media deal with more accurate valuation could cement the W as the proven sports entity it is 🤑
From high school sweethearts in 2012 to the big game in 2021
Chris Godwin and his fiancé Mariah DelPercio have had one heck of a journey together 💜💪
#thegist
Welcome home,
@ChristenPress
! 🌟⚽️
It was announced last week that
#USWNT
star and LA native Christen Press had signed with the NWSL's new expansion team, Angel City FC (
@weareangelcity
) making her the club's first (!!!) rostered player
#thegist
Yesterday, more than 500 female athletes — including Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi — called on the Supreme Court to uphold abortion rights
We stand with these athletes, and will continue fight for a woman's right to choose 💜
#thegist
Spreading the love on your timeline! 💍
Olympic long jumper
@tar___ruh
and Paralympic sprinter
@hunterwoodhall
got engaged this weekend in Mexico, talk about a power couple 💜
#thegist
Serena Williams’ husband
@alexisohanian
, tweeting while watching first-time NCAA champion University of Michigan gymnast Sierra Brooks with his daughter Olympia during Saturday’s NCAA gymnastics championship
Representation matters! 👏
#thegist
The letter was signed by more than 400 current and former college, pro, Olympic, and Paralympic athletes. Here’s hoping the NCAA listens. 🙌💜
@mPinoe
@AthleteAlly
It’s Shotime! ⭐
Shower Ohtani takes home the award for Best Athlete, Men’s Sports at tonight’s ESPYs. The Angels star won his second consecutive ESPY for Best MLB Player as well! ⚾
The Phoenix Mercury have been booted from their home arena, the Footprint Center, for Game 3 of their WNBA semifinal against the Las Vegas Aces because its hosting... Disney on Ice
Instead, they'll play at Arizona State's arena
These. Women. Deserve. BETTER.
#thegist
The WNBA is growing!
The league will play 40 games next year (up from 36) they announced Sunday
Another bonus: Teams will fly on charters for this year's Finals, and the playoff bonus pool is now $500,000 (up nearly 50%) 📈
Dawn Staley is the first Black coach in men’s or women’s Division I basketball history to win multiple national championships (!!!)
@dawnstaley
@GamecockWBB
Candace Parker is set to executive produce a documentary that will explore the impact of Title IX, and will premiere during the men’s NCAA Final Four weekend on TBS 🏀👏
#thegist
WE CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH WE LOVE THIS! 😍😍😍😍😍
Business has been good, despite the niche business model and record inflation sending food and beverage prices soaring.
HECK YES. 💰📈
"If I'm feeling anything, I know I can call [South Carolina coach Dawn Staley] and cry, I know I can call her and express how I'm feeling. I know she's gonna always be there for me" 😭💗
- No. 10 overall pick, the Los Angeles Sparks' Zia Cooke
#WNBADraft
When Liam Hendriks was searching for a new team in free agency, one of the questions he would ask was "Do you guys have a Pride Night?" 🏳️🌈
This is the energy everyone should have ⚾️👏
BFs and WNBA legends Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are set to face-off in their final regular season matchup on Friday in Phoenix (!)
But of course, that game will not be on national TV
Again: PUT. WOMEN'S. SPORTS. ON. TV.
(h/t
@ayabdeen
)
History made and then some
Last night, Rachel Balkovec became the first woman to manage an affiliate of an MLB team (the Tampa Tarpons) AND got the win 👏
Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles showing love to Brazil's Rebeca Andrade after she won gold in the floor final is everything ❤️
The first all Black podium in Olympic gymnastics history
"I thought I had the last Sue Bird jersey she played in. Now I wash the car with it…Now it’s a car rag, Sue." - Diana Taurasi on emotionally swapping jerseys with the seemingly retiring Seattle Storm star during the 2021 playoffs…only for Bird to return for another season 😉
Connecticut Sun coach
@CurtMillerWBB
spoke out about being the first (and only) openly gay man to coach a pro sports team on a
@WNBA
Twitter Space this week 🌈
His words were nothing short of inspiring ❤️
Naomi Osaka went to her first WNBA game 3 days ago and she's out rocking the
@nyliberty
Sabrina Ionescu jersey on the
@usopen
practice court today
Serve us women supporting women content forever 🔥
#thegist
Congrats to the lovely couple
@ReneeMontgomery
and her wife
@sirenagrace_
on getting married! 💍
Montgomery, co-owner of the Atlanta Dream and former WNBA player, had a special at-home wedding in April 2020
Montgomery’s ordained cousin married the couple via Zoom 💜
#thegist
If you needed official confirmation, here it is: THE GOAT IS BACK, BABY 🔥🐐
Diana Taurasi is under a new coaching staff and system with the Phoenix Mercury in 2022, also surrounded by several new players including Diamond DeShields and fellow former UConn Husky Tina Charles
A sadly evergreen message, especially after Wyoming became the 19th state to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports on Monday.
Absolutely abhorrent. 😠🏳️⚧️
@mPinoe
A'JA WILSON TOOK THE LEAD WITH 2.7 SECONDS LEFT, BUT THEN SUE BIRD HIT A 3-POINTER WHICH THEN GAVE THE STORM THE LEAD WITH 0.8 SECONDS LEFT, AND THEN JACKIE YOUNG SENT IT TO OVERTIME AT THE BUZZER
These two 🥹🫶
Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday was asked to name his biggest critic, and he did not hesitate with his answer: his wife, Lauren Cheney Holiday ⚽
“My wife has won two gold medals in the Olympics and World Cup gold, it sets the standard for the household” 🏆👏
Serena Williams is the only player in tennis history, man or woman, to have a Career Golden Slam in singles AND doubles — meaning she won all four Grand Slams AND Olympic gold in both singles and doubles 🎾
#ThankYouSerena
We stand with Hamilton and the LGBTQIA+ communities in Florida. ✊🏳️🌈
Seven-time
@F1
champion
@LewisHamilton
said he will wear a rainbow helmet at the Miami Grand Prix in defiance of the anti-LGBTQ+ measures enacted by Florida legislators and Governor Ron DeSantis.
Julian Alvarez grew up a huge Lionel Messi fan. Today, the two lead Argentina to a FIFA men’s World Cup Final 🥹🇦🇷
Argentina is heading to the men’s FIFA World Cup Final after defeating Croatia 3-0, where they’ll face the winner of Morocco and France 👀
It’s homophobia. Just say homophobia.
The Chicago Blackhawks will not wear Pride jerseys during their Pride Night warmups on Sunday due to “safety concerns” for their Russian players
Hockey is for everyone! 🙃
MAKE WOMEN’S SPORTS ACCESSIBLE AND PEOPLE WILL WATCH 📈
Iowa/South Carolina averaged 5.5 million viewers, a 72% increase from last year, peaking at 6.6 (!!!) million
Tune into the women’s title game at 3:30 p.m. EST tomorrow! Let’s break some records (on the court and off) 📺🏆
a QUEEN 👑
With her multiple business investments and near $100M earnings from tennis, Serena Williams is on pace to become the world’s first female athlete billionaire
Her venture capital firm, Serena Ventures, has invested in 60+ startups since being founded in 2014 💰