Roey Hadar
@roey.bsky.social
Jersey guy in VA. Producer with @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @ms.now
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Beware: lots of sports posts. Especially baseball & soccer. Opinions are mine/not my job’s.
I also have a newsletter!: https://im-curious-roey.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Here for the Michael Steele holiday spirit..
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Here for the Michael Steele holiday spirit..
Having watched both, women's and men's soccer have similarities but in many respects are different games.
So not only has the likely new KC Current head coach never coached pro women's soccer, but also in the sport he *does* coach in, he hasn't been very good.
Reeeeeeallly curious hire here.
So not only has the likely new KC Current head coach never coached pro women's soccer, but also in the sport he *does* coach in, he hasn't been very good.
Reeeeeeallly curious hire here.
Armas' record as an MLS head coach over ~4.5 seasons: 65W-31D-72L.
BREAKING: The Kansas City Current are finalizing a deal to hire Chris Armas as head coach, sources tell ESPN. Armas most recently coached MLS' Colorado Rapids. KC Current won the #NWSL Shield in 2025.
Story with @jeffreycarlisle.bsky.social:
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Story with @jeffreycarlisle.bsky.social:
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Having watched both, women's and men's soccer have similarities but in many respects are different games.
So not only has the likely new KC Current head coach never coached pro women's soccer, but also in the sport he *does* coach in, he hasn't been very good.
Reeeeeeallly curious hire here.
So not only has the likely new KC Current head coach never coached pro women's soccer, but also in the sport he *does* coach in, he hasn't been very good.
Reeeeeeallly curious hire here.
If the head of the Players Association is responding like this to a rule that you make, and says they will "take action to enforce the rights of players," that doesn't seem like a good sign for your rule if you are the league.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If the head of the Players Association is responding like this to a rule that you make, and says they will "take action to enforce the rights of players," that doesn't seem like a good sign for your rule if you are the league.
This doesn’t even include the FIFA Best XI.
Of course, that list, like a lot of others here, forgets NWSL players even exist and only named players from England & Spain this year.
Idk if it’s an oversight, but if they excluded it because of its Euro bias, that’s true of other criteria here!
Of course, that list, like a lot of others here, forgets NWSL players even exist and only named players from England & Spain this year.
Idk if it’s an oversight, but if they excluded it because of its Euro bias, that’s true of other criteria here!
this is so stupid
December 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This doesn’t even include the FIFA Best XI.
Of course, that list, like a lot of others here, forgets NWSL players even exist and only named players from England & Spain this year.
Idk if it’s an oversight, but if they excluded it because of its Euro bias, that’s true of other criteria here!
Of course, that list, like a lot of others here, forgets NWSL players even exist and only named players from England & Spain this year.
Idk if it’s an oversight, but if they excluded it because of its Euro bias, that’s true of other criteria here!
I know when rules change we often name them for players, but this feels like one where you name it after its creator.
Kind of like how people call baseball’s zombie runner the “Manfred Man,” this is the Berman Rule.
Kind of like how people call baseball’s zombie runner the “Manfred Man,” this is the Berman Rule.
Just saw someone call the HIP rule the Rodman rule and I hate that please don’t
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I know when rules change we often name them for players, but this feels like one where you name it after its creator.
Kind of like how people call baseball’s zombie runner the “Manfred Man,” this is the Berman Rule.
Kind of like how people call baseball’s zombie runner the “Manfred Man,” this is the Berman Rule.
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Heard buzz over 2025 that the league, owners, and possibly CSOs were all feeling that player power had gone too far in NWSL, and can't help but think today's HIP announcement is linked.
Doesn't seem to have gone over well!
Doesn't seem to have gone over well!
December 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Heard buzz over 2025 that the league, owners, and possibly CSOs were all feeling that player power had gone too far in NWSL, and can't help but think today's HIP announcement is linked.
Doesn't seem to have gone over well!
Doesn't seem to have gone over well!
I remember cringing a bit when Riviera Beach, FL, where my grandma used to live, named a road "President Barack Obama Highway" while he was still in office.
But it was worth it for two reasons:
1) It used to be Old Dixie Hwy.
2) It made my grandma so proud.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2015/12/17/o...
But it was worth it for two reasons:
1) It used to be Old Dixie Hwy.
2) It made my grandma so proud.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2015/12/17/o...
December 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I remember cringing a bit when Riviera Beach, FL, where my grandma used to live, named a road "President Barack Obama Highway" while he was still in office.
But it was worth it for two reasons:
1) It used to be Old Dixie Hwy.
2) It made my grandma so proud.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2015/12/17/o...
But it was worth it for two reasons:
1) It used to be Old Dixie Hwy.
2) It made my grandma so proud.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2015/12/17/o...
Excellent thread here by Bill of all the times Bari Weiss didn't care when stories she published had additional comment.
This exec, Jennifer Sey, has become an anti-trans activist, currently offering a bounty for any pro women's soccer player to join her and accuse female competitors of being men.
This exec, Jennifer Sey, has become an anti-trans activist, currently offering a bounty for any pro women's soccer player to join her and accuse female competitors of being men.
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Excellent thread here by Bill of all the times Bari Weiss didn't care when stories she published had additional comment.
This exec, Jennifer Sey, has become an anti-trans activist, currently offering a bounty for any pro women's soccer player to join her and accuse female competitors of being men.
This exec, Jennifer Sey, has become an anti-trans activist, currently offering a bounty for any pro women's soccer player to join her and accuse female competitors of being men.
Wall Street Journal and New York Times both have reporting indicating that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss spiked a story about the CECOT prison in El Salvador in a political decision.
To think, she also runs a site called the “Free Press.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
To think, she also runs a site called the “Free Press.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Wall Street Journal and New York Times both have reporting indicating that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss spiked a story about the CECOT prison in El Salvador in a political decision.
To think, she also runs a site called the “Free Press.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
To think, she also runs a site called the “Free Press.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Death is the policy.
I can’t say that RFK Jr *wants* to kill people, but if you decided to be an HHS Secretary and had the goal of killing as many people as possible, you’d do almost exactly what RFK Jr has done and is doing.
I can’t say that RFK Jr *wants* to kill people, but if you decided to be an HHS Secretary and had the goal of killing as many people as possible, you’d do almost exactly what RFK Jr has done and is doing.
Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Death is the policy.
I can’t say that RFK Jr *wants* to kill people, but if you decided to be an HHS Secretary and had the goal of killing as many people as possible, you’d do almost exactly what RFK Jr has done and is doing.
I can’t say that RFK Jr *wants* to kill people, but if you decided to be an HHS Secretary and had the goal of killing as many people as possible, you’d do almost exactly what RFK Jr has done and is doing.
This makes me very happy
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This makes me very happy
The lack of liberal/lefty tabloids in the U.S. is disappointing for many reasons, but for this especially.
Need an NY Post-style front page on this story that screams out:
KID KILLER KENNEDY
Need an NY Post-style front page on this story that screams out:
KID KILLER KENNEDY
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The lack of liberal/lefty tabloids in the U.S. is disappointing for many reasons, but for this especially.
Need an NY Post-style front page on this story that screams out:
KID KILLER KENNEDY
Need an NY Post-style front page on this story that screams out:
KID KILLER KENNEDY
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LIVE NOW: Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire. Authorities hold a press conference.
BREAKING: Person of interest in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire
Authorities hold a press conference as Brown University shooter manhunt intensifies.» Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnowMS NOW is the go-to ...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
LIVE NOW: Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire. Authorities hold a press conference.
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Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill, @oriana.bsky.social reports
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill
When House Democrats suspected a few members in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth, McBride reached out to some Republicans who went on to oppose the...
www.notus.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill, @oriana.bsky.social reports
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
This guy was in my small freshman seminar at Georgetown. Smart kid, but for years, he was my example of a guy who you'd chat with for about 15 seconds and feel like you needed to take a shower afterward.
I wondered what he got up to. Kinda shocked, but not super surprised, he took this route.
I wondered what he got up to. Kinda shocked, but not super surprised, he took this route.
NEW: A Florida gubernatorial candidate is openly pitching himself to Nick Fuentes’s movement.
@willsommer.bsky.social explains why James Fishback’s campaign marks a chilling new stage for the far right.
@willsommer.bsky.social explains why James Fishback’s campaign marks a chilling new stage for the far right.
December 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This guy was in my small freshman seminar at Georgetown. Smart kid, but for years, he was my example of a guy who you'd chat with for about 15 seconds and feel like you needed to take a shower afterward.
I wondered what he got up to. Kinda shocked, but not super surprised, he took this route.
I wondered what he got up to. Kinda shocked, but not super surprised, he took this route.
Another wrinkle in the Rodman/salary cap saga.
NWSLPA's reasoning is pretty consistent with what they've said generally, which is support for raising the bar for all players.
Just analyzing it, feels like it would be tough for them to have to advocate for two categories of players in future talks.
NWSLPA's reasoning is pretty consistent with what they've said generally, which is support for raising the bar for all players.
Just analyzing it, feels like it would be tough for them to have to advocate for two categories of players in future talks.
BREAKING: The NWSLPA opposes the #NWSL's proposed "High Impact Player" rule. PA exec. dir. Meghann Burke tells @espn.com that the NWSL is controlling and interfering with which players can access a certain pot of funds. The PA's proposal is to raise the cap by $1M, the proposed "HIP" amount. MORE:
NWSLPA opposes cap plan for stars like Rodman
The NWSLPA has expressed opposition to an NWSL proposal to create a new rule to pay star players outside of the cap, further clouding the league's next steps in competing with top European clubs for e...
www.espn.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Another wrinkle in the Rodman/salary cap saga.
NWSLPA's reasoning is pretty consistent with what they've said generally, which is support for raising the bar for all players.
Just analyzing it, feels like it would be tough for them to have to advocate for two categories of players in future talks.
NWSLPA's reasoning is pretty consistent with what they've said generally, which is support for raising the bar for all players.
Just analyzing it, feels like it would be tough for them to have to advocate for two categories of players in future talks.
NWSL champ Jess Carter had strong words on the racist, anti-trans rhetoric targeting Black players.
“[I]f you're making these comments, it's probably because you're not beating them… Because if you were winning, you wouldn't care.”
More w/her here:
im-curious-roey.beehiiv.com/p/im-curious...
“[I]f you're making these comments, it's probably because you're not beating them… Because if you were winning, you wouldn't care.”
More w/her here:
im-curious-roey.beehiiv.com/p/im-curious...
I'm Curious: Changing Beauty Standards in Sports (Edition 37 - feat. Jess Carter)
This week, a soccer champ talks about beauty and Blackness. Plus, one old man retires, one old man unretires, and one old man forces the soccer world to give him an award.
im-curious-roey.beehiiv.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
NWSL champ Jess Carter had strong words on the racist, anti-trans rhetoric targeting Black players.
“[I]f you're making these comments, it's probably because you're not beating them… Because if you were winning, you wouldn't care.”
More w/her here:
im-curious-roey.beehiiv.com/p/im-curious...
“[I]f you're making these comments, it's probably because you're not beating them… Because if you were winning, you wouldn't care.”
More w/her here:
im-curious-roey.beehiiv.com/p/im-curious...
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On a livestream yesterday, Puka both:
- Said that the Refs throw flags that they know are bad to brag to their friends in group chats, and
- Told Adin Ross that he'd do a "covetous jew" celebration on his next TD score
Suspend him tbh
- Said that the Refs throw flags that they know are bad to brag to their friends in group chats, and
- Told Adin Ross that he'd do a "covetous jew" celebration on his next TD score
Suspend him tbh
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
On a livestream yesterday, Puka both:
- Said that the Refs throw flags that they know are bad to brag to their friends in group chats, and
- Told Adin Ross that he'd do a "covetous jew" celebration on his next TD score
Suspend him tbh
- Said that the Refs throw flags that they know are bad to brag to their friends in group chats, and
- Told Adin Ross that he'd do a "covetous jew" celebration on his next TD score
Suspend him tbh
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Rep. Brendan Boyle on motivating the GOP: "What I would hope would happen, and certainly we're pushing to happen is that enough House Republicans and enough Senate Republicans would be more afraid of their angry voters and facing them next fall than they are afraid of crossing Donald Trump."
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Rep. Brendan Boyle on motivating the GOP: "What I would hope would happen, and certainly we're pushing to happen is that enough House Republicans and enough Senate Republicans would be more afraid of their angry voters and facing them next fall than they are afraid of crossing Donald Trump."
I may have ditched James Dolan’s Knicks years ago, but Knicks fans deserve the absolute world, this included.
So HIT THE DAMN MUSIC!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCd...
So HIT THE DAMN MUSIC!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCd...
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I may have ditched James Dolan’s Knicks years ago, but Knicks fans deserve the absolute world, this included.
So HIT THE DAMN MUSIC!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCd...
So HIT THE DAMN MUSIC!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCd...
Things Trump has said about U.S. going to war:
"War is depressing"
"It is a tremendous cost to this country, what’s gone on there, and again, we are getting some very, very unpleasant surprises."
"War... was a big, fat mistake."
"Single worst decision ever made."
(All said about Iraq.)
"War is depressing"
"It is a tremendous cost to this country, what’s gone on there, and again, we are getting some very, very unpleasant surprises."
"War... was a big, fat mistake."
"Single worst decision ever made."
(All said about Iraq.)
Seems like Trump and his groupies think starting a regime change war of conquest out of nowhere is a political masterstroke that will get them back on the front foot, but I don’t think that’s how it will play out.
December 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Things Trump has said about U.S. going to war:
"War is depressing"
"It is a tremendous cost to this country, what’s gone on there, and again, we are getting some very, very unpleasant surprises."
"War... was a big, fat mistake."
"Single worst decision ever made."
(All said about Iraq.)
"War is depressing"
"It is a tremendous cost to this country, what’s gone on there, and again, we are getting some very, very unpleasant surprises."
"War... was a big, fat mistake."
"Single worst decision ever made."
(All said about Iraq.)
Susie Wiles has worked in politics, largely in a front-facing role, since 1978. She worked for Jack Kemp, Ronald Reagan, Rick Scott, Jon Huntsman, Ron DeSantis.
And her father Pat Summerall was a legendary broadcast journalist who covered sports on national TV for 40 years.
How could she not know?
And her father Pat Summerall was a legendary broadcast journalist who covered sports on national TV for 40 years.
How could she not know?
December 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Susie Wiles has worked in politics, largely in a front-facing role, since 1978. She worked for Jack Kemp, Ronald Reagan, Rick Scott, Jon Huntsman, Ron DeSantis.
And her father Pat Summerall was a legendary broadcast journalist who covered sports on national TV for 40 years.
How could she not know?
And her father Pat Summerall was a legendary broadcast journalist who covered sports on national TV for 40 years.
How could she not know?
Somehow not the first time this year that a high-profile star athlete unretiring has put a spotlight on health insurance access.
Venus Williams said explicitly that insurance was a reason why she came back to play at tennis tournaments this summer. youtube.com/shorts/akZ70...
Venus Williams said explicitly that insurance was a reason why she came back to play at tennis tournaments this summer. youtube.com/shorts/akZ70...
December 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Somehow not the first time this year that a high-profile star athlete unretiring has put a spotlight on health insurance access.
Venus Williams said explicitly that insurance was a reason why she came back to play at tennis tournaments this summer. youtube.com/shorts/akZ70...
Venus Williams said explicitly that insurance was a reason why she came back to play at tennis tournaments this summer. youtube.com/shorts/akZ70...
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Peyton has overcome so much to be a regular presence at multiple NWSL venues on the east coast. Without a service dog, she won't be able to continue that work.
The cost of finding and training a service dog is very high, so if you can help at all, you'd be helping one of the good ones in woso.
The cost of finding and training a service dog is very high, so if you can help at all, you'd be helping one of the good ones in woso.
I’m not sure I’ll ever find the right words for this.
In October, my service dog died suddenly. If you’ve seen me, in a stadium, on a sideline, in a press box, you’ve seen her.
While I mourn her, I must look forward to find her successor. Please share & consider donating if able
gofund.me/599149570
In October, my service dog died suddenly. If you’ve seen me, in a stadium, on a sideline, in a press box, you’ve seen her.
While I mourn her, I must look forward to find her successor. Please share & consider donating if able
gofund.me/599149570
Donate to Help Peyton Regain Independence After Loss of Service Dog, organized by Peyton Skeels
My name is Peyton, and I am fundraising to bring home and trai… Peyton Skeels needs your support for Help Peyton Regain Independence After Loss of Service Dog
gofund.me
December 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Peyton has overcome so much to be a regular presence at multiple NWSL venues on the east coast. Without a service dog, she won't be able to continue that work.
The cost of finding and training a service dog is very high, so if you can help at all, you'd be helping one of the good ones in woso.
The cost of finding and training a service dog is very high, so if you can help at all, you'd be helping one of the good ones in woso.