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Eric

@nemchocke.bsky.social

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Chicago basketball. INFJ. he/him. Occasional WNBA and NCAAW content for Swish Appeal (@swishappeal.bsky.social), SB Nation (@sbnation.bsky.social), and Hashtag Basketball.

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · May 13

Hi! Swish Appeal is now on Bluesky. We write about women's basketball!

#wnba #ncaaw

Swish Appeal @swishappeal.bsky.social · May 13

We're part of #WNBASky now! 🎉 🏀

Catch up on all our preseason coverage:

2025 WNBA Season Previews

Get ready for the 2025 WNBA season with analysis of all 13 teams and more from Swish Appeal’s staff.

www.sbnation.com

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Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 19h

“When the owner of the NBA team and the WNBA team is the same person, they can transfer revenue and costs however they want."

Just how did we get to this point where the WNBA might have a work stoppage? Looking at the CBA and what's next | @sfchronicle.com

www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...

Hurry up and wait? WNBA owners, players must craft new CBA before free agency, expansion

With the 2025 WNBA season in the books, the league faces its most important offseason yet. Players and owners have until Oct. 31 to agree on a new CBA, putting free agency and expansion on hold.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4h

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@gooseymaine on Twitter writing: can somebody explain to me why it's bad if immigrants take our jobs but it's good if AI does?

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1h

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WNBAGamecocks @wnbagamecocks.bsky.social · 3h

We got you Chloe.

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Swish Appeal @swishappeal.bsky.social · 2h

"This team finds a way, again and again, to prove that no matter what moves are made or what is thrown their way, they somehow rise above and find a way to tap into their championship pedigree..."

Another look back at all the #WNBA champion Aces accomplished:

www.swishappeal.com/e/65934

Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 12h

I didn't need to be reminded of this!!

Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 14h

You forgot the most important one.

10 - pokemon trainer

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 16h

dude never recovered from getting a milkshake thrown at him 😭

Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 16h

I am going to lose my fucking mind watching Vucevic on defense this season

Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 20h

Surprised it took so long

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 6d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 22h

This was always going to be the endgame tbh. If it's not ICE it's going to be some other arm of the federal government.

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

we need to abolish this shit

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Swish Appeal @swishappeal.bsky.social · 23h

"So, was the Fever’s 2025 season a success? That depends on how you look at it."

High expectations. Lots of injuries. An improbable playoff run.

@nemchocke.bsky.social reviews a Fever season full of twists and turns: buff.ly/PDIsSks

#WNBA #WNBAsky

What can be made of the Indiana Fever’s up-and-down 2025 season?

The Fever’s season didn’t go quite according to plan, but they still nearly reached their ultimate goal.

www.swishappeal.com

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 23h

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago Sky team weaknesses: 3-point shooting, interior defense, ball security, general manager, forcing turnovers, ownership, practice facility, drafting, recruiting literally any free agent

Chicago Sky team strengths: Putting That Shit On

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

Yo lol

Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

That was a really fun season until Z got hurt

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

I'd rather have a good basketball team! But I guess they don't have to be mutually exclusive haha

Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

If there's one thing I've learned in my years of fandom, it's that when there is room for things to get worse, they probably will

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ShawnAAAH! @mitsubishe.bsky.social · 2d

Mug check

A mug of steeping tea. It has a black handle and the rest or the mug has multi color paint splatters and reads "The Earth without art is just 'EH'"

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

Every time that comes across my IG feed I feel so insulted lol

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

The Chicago Sky may have had a terrible season and are inches away from total disaster this winter BUT they also had three honorees for "All-League Fits" so I'd say it's a wash

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Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

😭😭

Eric @nemchocke.bsky.social · 1d

Not saying Tibbetts was right or wrong but coaches and players use this exact phrase when talking to refs in almost every single game lol. I'm guessing he had been doing a lot of yapping leading up to it and they had already warned him to stop.

Ben Pickman @benpickman.bsky.social · 2d

Here is the pool report from Game 4 of the 2025 WNBA Finals.

Per crew chief Roy Gulbeyan, Tibbetts was assessed two seperate technicals for yelling, "that's fuck--- terrible," twice.