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Barbara Ravel
@barbararavel.bsky.social
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Associate Prof. Sport Sociology & Sport Psychology | 🇨🇵 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 | Ice hockey and soccer/football enthusiast & researcher | She/her/elle 🏒 ⚽️
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Barbara Ravel @barbararavel.bsky.social · Mar 31
Posting for the first time on this app by sharing my latest publication in Sociology of Sport Journal on Trans Day of Visibility! The paper examined the media coverage of Quinn, the first trans nonbinary athlete to win an Olympic medal 🥇⚽️🏳️‍⚧️🥇⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ 🧵 ⬇️

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 3h
Christen Press is hanging up her boots at the end of this season.

A legacy unlike any other. Thank you for everything CP23. 🩷
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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 1h
Dear CP23,

Thank you for the magic, the memories, and the moments we’ll never forget. 💐
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OptaJack @optajack.optajoe.com · 58m
45.2 - Lily Yohannes' goal from 45.2 yards for OL Lyonnes was the longest in the #UWCL since December 2022 (Mateja Zver - 48.2 yards for St. Pölten). Range.
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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 35m
November 21 is getting closer 👀

Don’t miss a moment - get your Season Three tickets!
🎟️ thepwhl.com/tickets
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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 2h
lily said i heard yall like long range bangers
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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 25m
she’s heating up
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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 4h
After an extraordinary 19-year career, Jess Fishlock will retire from the national team following their match vs. Australia this month. Jess retires as Cymru's most capped player, record goalscorer & as the player to score Wales' first-ever goal at a major tournament. Legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐐
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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 1d
Temwa Chawinga on 🔝 through Week 24 of the Golden Boot Race.
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U.S. Women's National Soccer Team @uswnt.ussoccer.com · 7h
🇺🇸 155 Appearances
🥅 64 Goals
⚽️ 43 Assists
🏆 2x FIFA Women's World Cup Champion
✨ 1 Iconic Career

Christen Press has announced her retirement from professional soccer following the conclusion of Angel City's 2025
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Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 6h
Two-time World Cup champion Christen Press announced that she will retire after the 2025 #NWSL season. She'll play her last home game in LA on Sunday on ESPN. Press retires as the #USWNT's 9th highest scorer with 64 goals. Exceptional player who charted her own course through Sweden and back home.
Former USWNT star Press announces retirement
Two-time World Cup champion forward Christen Press announced on Wednesday that she will retire from professional soccer at the end of the 2025 NWSL season.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 6h
BREAKING: Christen Press is retiring at the end of the 2025 NWSL season.

In addition to her advocacy for equal pay, the USWNT star leaves the game a two-time World Cup Champion and Olympic bronze medalist.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
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DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social · 6h
My first book, Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport, came out this March with Rutgers University Press. Since then I've given talks in Boston, Urbana-Champaign, Charlotte and most recently Memphis. /1
Hardback copy of my book, Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport. The cover is peach in color, with four different depictions of Black women playing various sports with different hair types.
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Theo Lloyd-Hughes @theolloydhughes.bsky.social · 6h
🆕: It's a Christen Press goodbye retirement episode on the Full Time podcast today -- @tamerra-griffin.bsky.social + @meglinehan.com share some of their fave Press stories, and look back on the #USWNT icon's game-changing career ft Laura Harvey.

Listen Now ⤵️
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Full Time: A show about women's soccer: Christen Press’s legacy in NWSL, USWNT and beyond
One of the most iconic women's soccer players of the 20th century is hanging up her boots. Christen Press has announced she is retiring at the end of the 2025 NWSL season.So, on this week's Full Ti...
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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 6h
Retirements call for flowers, but also reevaluation. Christen Press’ career defies neat storylines of success on and off the field, even as she retires as a two-time World Cup winner.

An attempt to capture the whole, at @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
Christen Press felt like a ‘villain’. The ex-USWNT forward played long enough to become a hero
The World Cup winner doesn't view her professional career as 'storybook,' but a journey full of lessons
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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 6h
Only at @theathletic.com — Christen Press pens her farewell letters to herself, the game, and her fans as she announces her retirement at the close of the 2025 NWSL season with @angelcity.com.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
USWNT’s Christen Press’ thank you letters to herself, football and the fans: Exclusive
Two-time World Cup winner Christen Press exclusively shares with The Athletic letters to her younger self, soccer and fans as she retires
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 6h
The beginning, the middle, the end.

Christen Press has announced her retirement. The USWNT star reflects on her career with three letters addressed to Little Christen, football and fans. Read them exclusively at The Athletic ⤵️

http://dlvr.it/TNhSW5
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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 7h
2x World Cup champion, Olympic bronze medal winner & fan fav Christen Press announces her retirement from soccer. She will retire at the end of the season after an extraordinary career on & off the field - including a crucial role on the fight for equal pay. Thanks, Christen 🖤
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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 6h
Soccer was always more than a game for Christen Press 🫶
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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 5h
Getting to play in her hometown of LA was a dream come true for Christen Press... and her dad 🥹💖
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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 1d
Last month, Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati collected her third Ballon d'Or in a row at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.

By the morning, she was at her favourite cafe in Sant Pere de Ribes, her hometown 40 minutes south of Barcelona.

@laiacervello.bsky.social found out what she means to its people.
Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati and the town that made her – where her name, face and legacy is everywhere
Bonmati is a global superstar after winning the Ballon d'Or for the third time in a row, but it all started in a place called Ribes
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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 2d
Never a doubt. The championship team's been here. 🤫
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Shameka 🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 2d
Don’t let CBA negotiations distract you from the fact that there are now zero black female coaches in the #WNBA #WNBASky
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Shameka 🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 24d
Don’t let all this MVP coverage distract you from the fact that there are now zero black female coaches in the #WNBA.
A tribute graphic featuring former Seattle Storm head coach Noelle Quinn. The design shows Quinn in multiple poses—wearing glasses and a bright green blazer pointing on the sideline, smiling in casual outfits, and celebrating past championships. The background is a collage of her coaching moments and Storm highlights, tinted in green. Bold text at the bottom reads “THANK YOU NOELLE QUINN,” signaling her departure from the team.
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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 1d
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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 1d
The moments that live FOR3VER.

What a ride, Las Vegas. 🏆🏆🏆
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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 2d
the playoffs came early
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2025 nwsl week 24: xG race charts & g+ pass networks
playoff intensity has arrived, kansas city remain diabolical, angel city finally vibed, and more
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