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"Unrivaled lost money in its inaugural szn. So the $$ used to pay CG's $200k are Megan Rapinoe's Geno Auriemma's and Billy Jean King's investment dollars. With Project B driving up salaries to the moon for the '27 szn UR better vaccum up more hapless investors for the burn. This is akin to venture capitalists in Silicon Valley funding [--] every [---] ventures they see with only about [--] in [--] of those becoming successful. So y'all remember who are funding Chels now. (In actuality it's all the fans subscribing to truTV HBO Max and Sling Orange or Blue packages who are paying for Unrivaled's"
X Link 2026-02-15T05:18Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@LegionHoops @Unrivaledwbb This was thug ball through and through. Chels' 30lb advantage with her left arm shoulder and elbow flying the whole time and her big ass crashing into Plum. Blatant push-offs. Bully ball. yeah sure 🤡 WNBA refs look good by contrast. Bazzell must have debriefed him well"
X Link 2026-02-15T08:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Suffice to say that these restraints of trade rookie draft salary caps and their variations age-limits for pro eligibility etc. are an uniquely American phenomenom all excused by the 'collective bargaining' cloak. Much like NIL has now been legitimized by SCOTUS this is not a forever "closed" issue and might be overturned by a future SCOTUS ruling. Slim as that prospect is a well-timed challenge might just succeed to some extent. More germanely the NWSL just abolished their rookie draft; and tried to loosen up their cap rules to (successfully) retain Trinity Rodman (she's now incontestably"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Both Cathy/Adam + the PA are grossly out of their depth in this go-round battling the: cross currents of TNT/WBD's $billions and the Saudi/tech bros' $trillions; the polarized chasms between the OG demographics & the massive new fans influx as oil and water as ALL of fandoms in sports; and the newfound flex/commercial pull of the NCAAW stars and their upward mobility (just wait till a few of them jump ship altogether or hold back/withdraw entirely during WNBA season to ensure collecting their 8-figure contracts). They (not alone) will hold the key in how far those old NBA billionaires onwers"
X Link 2025-12-01T01:00Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"And lose half its $335M '25 Sportico valuation Fever's likely on its way to $500M when the new list comes out but not without Clark there. Fever was worth a measly $90M in [----] pre-CC. Don't forget Bron is huge part of why Lakers went from $6B to $10B in 2y when Jeanie $sold. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018812138261975384 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018812138261975384"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Burn it all down. Start from scratch. From the old heads commissioners in their 60s to the OG radicals that dominate the PA spewing all their self-sabotaging narratives. Phee is thinking ''Burn it all down" too so she can snatch the W labor for $cheap for Unrivaled. 🤣🤡 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019560519850684793 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019560519850684793"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@W00d13_w00 @angelayoho1 TNT is ponying up $16.67M to broadcast/stream Unrivaled. Doubtful they will pick up their option after szn [--]. A slight 📈 in advertising yes as the fear of NOT having a W szn sent $ to the network. But mostly it's Rapinoe's Steph Curry's and Billy Jean King's investor $"
X Link 2026-02-07T05:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@KingKobeManU @legendz_prod Bron is the modern day black Genghis Khan (6% of East Asian males share his genes) who could've partaken but never did. Still married to his wife that was his HS sweetheart; and is now playing with his own son (will be 100y before that happens again.😆). Lucky Savannah"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"A $5.58M team cap and a 4.56x for the avg salary. It looks like Silver will die on the hill of NOT giving the union the "Gross Revenue" framework that is the main source of its stridency this go-round. I sensed the easy give on housing from the league: https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2016988945402445917 @CourtsideClub_ I feel like 'housing' is where the WNBA negotiatiors will bend the most to give the PA its symbolic victory in exchange for agreeing to a $6 - 6.5M team cap; and ofc knuckling under to accept "Net Revenue". https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2016988945402445917 @CourtsideClub_"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:44Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@user1775890 @Da_Sporty1 @AnnieCostabile Let's see if the PA could orchestrate an effective cascade of applying sensible pressure Dying to see the muscle and resources behind their master plan 🤔"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

""The league instead had proposed granting the union a 70% share of net revenue but the PA contended that equaled less than 15% of the gross revenue -- as low perhaps as 12%." So everyone's just taking dictation for the #s and no one has done any verification now & before 🤡 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020281494858801570 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020281494858801570"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@darth_b2 @DBGyt_ The accounting illiterate PA professional staff play a part in enabling this fraud by the owners. The provisions of the [----] CBA allow limited auditing of the books. Liz Shuler of the AFL-CIO should just give the union $ to hire a forensic accountant. https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/1991735598848307205 @TooManyCatS1210 @alexaphilippou I understand that journalists in the WNBA sphere are either constrained by access journalism and/or the unhelpful blind faith that the "union hierarchy and their professional staff can't do no wrong." But I must say that most outlets'"
X Link 2026-02-08T01:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"I have been watching Lindsey since the late '90s in Vail and follow her ever since. As great as she has been this denial of reality from both her and Paul Kristofic (women's head coach) was irreponsible and robbed a young alternate from an Olympic debut experience. Age comes with limits. And suboptimal recovery in a top athlete in their 40s comes with the territory. It is like trotting Brady out with a sprained ACL @ [--] for a late quarter in the Superbowl due to his legend status. Not rational nor cool. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020507526283006020"
X Link 2026-02-08T14:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@drewshirleylaw As much as this fake positivity post will generate clicks for you the opposite is true. With any other country an alternate would've been called up to replace a 41yo who just tore their ACL the week prior. This was a selfish act by Lindsey the US Ski Team brass USOC and NBC"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@user1775890 @HUSKER_D00_1200 Strangely I kinda want to see the treachery manifesting itself when this szn approaches the point of no return and Phee + Alex Bazzell start baring their teeth with the heavy altruistic narratives (i.e. providing the women w/ a refuge from the plantation owners 🤡) Bring it on"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Well who doesn't like glaring at a glamorous athletic slash cultural icon a Tiger Woods ex and a tall blonde Amazon crashing in a perfectly sunlit sexy alpine ski slope backdrop for the jet set with the heli liftout An Icarus-like (flying too close to the sun) narrative as old as time but perfect for NBC to spike its ratings 🤑🤡 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020561411379011610 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020561411379011610"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"In her latest FOS article Annie actually put the avg. salary as $465000. So that makes a $5.58M team cap. Then inexplicably [--] hours later the figure was updated to $5.65M. More curiously @SBJ put the W's counterproposal Friday @ 12% of Gross Revenue. https://frontofficesports.com/wnba-cba-owners-response-revenue/ https://frontofficesports.com/wnba-cba-owners-response-revenue/"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@nexta_tv Which brings up the obvious question: commando or micro-mini G-string"
X Link 2026-02-09T07:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Thefactsdude @InsaneReality Instead of Ocean [--] and The Italian Job [--] we now have to contend with watching the Louvre heist and this Puglia literal 'highway robbery' from across the pond. Ah. the good old days when we had all the sexiest capers on this side of the Atlantic 🙃🙄"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@YahooSports @townbrad So the Adelsons and Patrick Dumont are sure ins for relocatng to Las Vegas then And Dallas gets a new franchise Shared religion with Silver. 😇 The equivalent of what's being schemed out on the WNBA side for Tilman Fertitta to buy the Connecticut Sun and move it to Houston"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@mamboitaliano__ Olympic Gold $5M+ net worth coming and going by private jet partnered with Jake: this 6-footer is lightning in a bottle"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:40Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"And Syd @ almost [--] with a torn ACL would be way worse for even a mil vet min. Just don't re-up Odyssey (dumb shots high usage).😜 Aari if and when she recovers would be the best pickup of the three. Best fit in that backcourt with youth adaptability low usage. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020964185824428148 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020964185824428148"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@mamboitaliano__ Commando Jutta 😍"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@mamboitaliano__ I am sure her commercial haul will be north of [--] million. If there was a skating circuit stateside that would be way 📈. Maybe she can switch to be a Tour de Feminin rider in the summer"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:57Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@espn Icarus flew too close to the sun and the beewax on his wings melted and he fell into the Icarian Sea. Lindsey Vonn was 5" too tight on her line she being the most experienced 🥇 downhill skier in history and got her arm hooked on a wide straight 🤦♂ Strains credulity"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@YahooSports @AP Narratives diverging; and generational views at an impasse Does Alan the dad have enough influence in her circle to merit that remark Or was he just venting https://apnews.com/article/lindsey-vonns-father-olympics-crash-e8d93eccc6858f62d4da8993505da018 https://apnews.com/article/lindsey-vonns-father-olympics-crash-e8d93eccc6858f62d4da8993505da018"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Narratives diverging; and generational views at an impasse Does Alan the dad have enough influence in her circle to put heft behind that remark Or just a father venting There certainy appeared to have been enough Svengalis in Lindsey's career and in her life. Thomas Vonn Svindal Hoedlmoser her strong-willed father Tiger PK Subban. https://apnews.com/article/lindsey-vonns-father-olympics-crash-e8d93eccc6858f62d4da8993505da018 https://apnews.com/article/lindsey-vonns-father-olympics-crash-e8d93eccc6858f62d4da8993505da018"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:03Z [---] followers, 12.4K engagements

"Young Erin D. Drake the PA's Senior Counsel and Social Justice coordinator is the originator of most of the memes vids and activist vignettes on the PA's Instagram. That agitprop short referencing the [----] NBA players ambush was a gaudy posturing schtick. You're right that if the PA had intended to repeat the stunt the element of surprise would've been gone The time to pull it off would have been just before last season's playoffs. What it likely ended up achieving was giving Adam Silver a kick in the pants and goading him into NEVER giving in to these women or allowing that loss of leverage"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@VirgisViews For some reasons I have always expected the Scandinavian countries to dominate the winter Olympics. So Netherlands and Sweden this far back is a surprise. And Finland has been a complete no show Canada at 17th 🤡"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@AnnieCostabile Let me guess. Unrivaled threw a $milly to Angel to seize the narratives and to reverse its tanking ratings For [--] games. 🤡 All those trades just to make room for her. And Phee will be sure to pin Angel's ears back to get her commitment to a potential UR 5v5 summer league 🧐"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@user1775890 @AnnieCostabile Looks that way. Let's see how many 2nd-tier reporters get sent down to Miami for this If Angel joining [--] games into a 14-game season can propel her team into the playoff there's a narrative and buzz forming right there. Enough to bridge over to the embryonic 5x5 is the Q"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Not a bad hedging move by Angel's team actually as long as Unrivaled also pays for her injury insurance (for her '26 W rookie contract) like they did for Betnijah Laney-Hamilton last year. If no strike/lockout she will continue on to her '26 W season. Otherwise she will anchor the new Unrivaled 5v5 replacement league and command the biggest $$. Don't forget that with her 30+ endorsements valued @ $10M (the busiest spokesperson by far in the W) Angel's main job is actually to maximize her visibility and to stay on TV. Win-win as far as those parties are concerned."
X Link 2026-02-11T18:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"I dunno having multiple surgeries for a risk badly taken in one's 40s is NOT in 99.9999% of the gen pop's dance card. I know the personal exceptionalism crowd is gonna chime in and say she's one in a billion. LOL We seen lots of those in '20 and '21. https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2021012013149979094 @YahooSports @AP Narratives diverging; and generational views at an impasse Does Alan the dad have enough influence in her circle to put heft behind that remark Or just a father venting There certainy appeared to have been enough Svengalis in Lindsey's career and in her life. Thomas Vonn"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:24Z [---] followers, 13.2K engagements

"@catalystic @mrdreday373 @AnnieCostabile Haha. you caught it. Copper Grey Plum and Young are Annie's God (vets) tier. Dearica and Rhyne in 2nd tier. The rest are the young'uns tier. In case anyone questions it they are alphabetical within her hierarchical construct"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Wearing [--] lbs of titanium and steel like that is how Lindsey wants to be remembered To be heli-ed off the mountain twice in 8d to end her career I know 40s are the new 30s but this is a bridge too far for most her father Alan included: https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2021651457888657626 @YahooSports I dunno having multiple surgeries for a risk badly taken in one's 40s is NOT in 99.9999% of the gen pop's dance card. I know the personal exceptionalism crowd is gonna chime in and say she's one in a billion. LOL We seen lots of those in '20 and '21. https://t.co/avw2aOTNcg"
X Link 2026-02-11T21:33Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@TuTu_4_4 @trendyhoopstars [--] games to be precise as reported by FOS. 🤡And with an eye for a Cinderalla arc of AR pulling the 5th-placed team into the playoff. Angel's 30+ sponsors Bazzell and the Barbie herself to maintain visibility between movies 😅 are ecstatic about it. https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2021649192595468575 @AnnieCostabile Not a bad hedging move by Angel's team actually as long as Unrivaled also pays for her injury insurance (for her '26 W rookie contract) like they did for Betnijah Laney-Hamilton last year. If no strike/lockout she will continue on to her '26 W season."
X Link 2026-02-11T21:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@Gameis_gameLFG First game Chelsey Gray starts paired with Jacky to avoid controversy for Sue and Kara. Then a prop bet should be opened on Kalshi and Polymarket on who the PG is for the 2nd game. 😅"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Do NOT forget though there is a cost to athletes abandoning their agents. Whatever deals the agents negotiatied follow them even on their way out. So financially it would cost $huge for someone like Sophia Mallory or Naomi to change representation. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021721518930268541 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021721518930268541"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:02Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@DrJesseMorse Double knee replacements (coming) for a woman @ [--] have got to be a record. With this most studied joint in the last 50y I think she will lead a normal even above-average late adulthood. Why the IAAF banned Pistorius from the '08 Olympics with his carbon fiber prosthetic legs"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"And guess what For Savannah who makes $8M/yr on GMA 💯 she would pay it even on the remote off chance that this guy does know. You would as well if you were worth tens of $millions. [--] BTC right now = $67380 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021743856661016763 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021743856661016763"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@richarddeitsch His agency manages over $5B in marketing deals. Wambach as a hasbeen with a tiny reach $50-100k tops. If Coldplay Kendrick Lamar Billie Eilish or Rickie Fowler jumped ship that would be earth shaking"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:05Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"His grandfather Charles-mile Trudeau had a chain of 30+ gas stations that he sold for $1M+ in [----]. Using NASDAQ's return since inception of 13.86% $2.04T (jk 🤣). How about a modest 5% $98128000. JT the dilettante was a snowboard instructor in Whistler until he was [--]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021797820702109729 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021797820702109729"
X Link 2026-02-12T04:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@JaySonTafari @mgfleming12 It is called trailing commissions. Anyone who has worked in sales know what they are and why they stay for the duration of the deals. Otherwise Roger Federer could airliy just fire his agent(s) right after he signed the $90M/10yr deal with Rolex and saved the 15-20% commissions"
X Link 2026-02-12T05:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@catehall It's the Neanderthal Jake bawling like an onion being tamed by a thoroughly Americanized six-foot tall classy Amazon that frames this point-counterpoint of pop culture"
X Link 2026-02-12T08:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Jutta talks like a new-age Swiftie and emotes just like any American It Girl. Now getting her hands on a Birkin is more rarefied than being offered an Amex Black Centurion Card. Hermes NEVER sells Birkins to walk-in customers; only to VVIPs by invites. https://ldj.com/home/products/hermes-gold-epsom-sellier-birkin-25-xelxssrsltid=AfmBOor_9wM0v6GxP4PzLFn6MvPo5kdglLjDUfBpWmPSZh_kjEqrpeOnBJg https://ldj.com/home/products/hermes-gold-epsom-sellier-birkin-25-xelxssrsltid=AfmBOor_9wM0v6GxP4PzLFn6MvPo5kdglLjDUfBpWmPSZh_kjEqrpeOnBJg"
X Link 2026-02-12T09:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"A well thought out exposition of the W's middle class' concerns and financial preparedness. This is Katie's 2nd excellent article in short order (the other is the Dec. [--] housing article with Alexa.) A sampling of their views are long overdue. Now if we can also do an anonymous sampling with the WNBA execs and team owners And the PA's bottom minimum salary/injury replacement players That would be balanced journalism. Not everything is about Bethany Donaphin's or the W's PR machine's dangled 'shiny objects' of supermax salaries (which at most 3-4 players get); or $2M salaries with 'projected"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:08Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"In the annals of open or compound leg fractures rare was a picture of [--] lbs of metals (external fixators) covering 80-90% of an athlete's legs. Lindsey herself has been a fastidious documenter of her dozens of surgeries throughout her career so rest assured that details of the treatments of her complex case will continue to come out well into the future. https://sicscore.com/news/lindsey-vonn-s-open-fracture-explained-surgeries-timeline-and-knee-damage https://sicscore.com/news/lindsey-vonn-s-open-fracture-explained-surgeries-timeline-and-knee-damage"
X Link 2026-02-13T02:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@MyGhostBet I suspect the unheard un-interviewed majority of players esp. those on the bottom half like a Queen Egbo a Megan Gustafson or a Shey Peddy would feel much more aligned with Player #3 👆"
X Link 2026-02-13T23:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"And but for [--] ppl in the entire field to get the $$ and for the rest to be exposed like that for NADA so Bazzell + John Skipper can sell Unrivaled to the WNBA for blackmail will create resentment for the rest of players. They will clue in soon enough. https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2022388203882451281 @AnnieCostabile John Skipper + Bazzell set Unrivaled up in the hopes of cashing out one day in the high 9- low 10- figures. Skipper admitted precisely to this intent about half a dozen times in this podcast (a pleasant listen 😇) W fans are held hostage bco of this. https://t.co/nIXBY15OfQ"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@mamboitaliano__ Milano-Cortina should be one of the 3-4 permanent Winter Olympics sites. 😻"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@AnnieCostabile I can find neither an Annie nor a FOS article so here is one from SI for context: https://www.si.com/onsi/womens-fastbreak/news/adam-silver-issues-11th-hour-warning-amid-unfortunate-wnba-cba-stalemate-01khf4axrfmh https://www.si.com/onsi/womens-fastbreak/news/adam-silver-issues-11th-hour-warning-amid-unfortunate-wnba-cba-stalemate-01khf4axrfmh"
X Link 2026-02-14T23:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Alex Bazzell found a $paid shill (a tabloid reporter/editor) and $placed her puff piece in Yahoo Sports to generate a counter-narrative. Where all the "fans' demand surging" talking point is coming from. Caveat Emptor 👇: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014499209702211852 http://theblast.com https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/unrivaled-long-game-paying-off-224521170.html https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014499209702211852 http://theblast.com https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/unrivaled-long-game-paying-off-224521170.html"
X Link 2026-01-23T00:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Alex Bazzell found a $paid shill (a tabloid reporter/editor) and $placed her puff piece in Yahoo Sports to generate a ton of counter-narrative. Where all the "fans' demand surging" talking pt is coming from. Caveat Emptor 👇: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014500035506131400 http://theblast.com https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/unrivaled-long-game-paying-off-224521170.html https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014500035506131400 http://theblast.com https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/unrivaled-long-game-paying-off-224521170.html"
X Link 2026-01-23T00:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@MyLordBebo This has been the story of every SINGLE Olympics since the '80s. Why would anyone be surprised when we've some of the most hyper-androgenized human beings male and female all cloistered in one village I will almost bet $ that they understocked purposely for the headlines 🤡"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Shows us what even old hands like John Skipper (70: ex-DAZN chairman ex-ESPN prez + Disney co-chairman) and David Levy (71: Turner Networks ex-prez) they are Unrivaled's movers & shakers/brains BTS and moneymen for investors seed $$ have missed in their first [--] seasons. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022749604203364414 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022749604203364414"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Alex Bazzell found a $paid shill (a tabloid reporter/editor) and $placed her puff piece in Yahoo Sports to generate a ton of counter-narratives. Where all the "fans' demand surging" talking pt is coming from. Caveat Emptor 👇: http://theblast.com https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/unrivaled-long-game-paying-off-224521170.html http://theblast.com https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/unrivaled-long-game-paying-off-224521170.html"
X Link 2026-01-23T00:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@WNBAZodiac @mikeaalen112735 It's Bernie Madoff type hype $$ that are counted as your ".more money". John Skipper + David Levy corralled all those woke sponsors + celebs like Ally Financial Megan Rapinoe et al. to throw good $ after bad. After TNT will have canceled after [--] szns investors $$ will stop"
X Link 2026-01-28T04:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@MenacingHammer7 @Panagiotou90St Casino Royale was the height of the Bond franchise a never to be repeated Mt. Everest. DEI and the Bezos takeover will just absolutely eviscerate it. https://www.slashfilm.com/2005617/amazon-james-bond-franchise-rights-price-shockingly-low/ https://www.slashfilm.com/2005617/amazon-james-bond-franchise-rights-price-shockingly-low/"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@Lindaliciousss They are both endomorphs though; so children might be weightlifters rather than ice dancers. 🤣 Temperamentally one doesn't really complement the other in that both are similar on the vulgarity scale (Hello Birkin [--] 🤡). They've a bit of Conor McGregor + Ronda Rousey vibes"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"What is the over/under of Casey remaining as the head of LA28 Do Polymarket or Kalshi have a prop bet on him lasting through [----] He seems and the 35-member board has so far expressed confidence in him quite comfortable in holding on to his perch with his old Hollywood privilege as the grandson of Lou Wasserman. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022737655138783542 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022737655138783542"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"No single subscription covers everything live due to the fragmented rights how Silver gets the fans to pony up HUGE; same with Goodell in the NFL; and so on with all sports leagues. One would need a degree of subscribe-tology in figuring out how to watch ALL of today's sports leagues' games. Unrivaled is relatively simple: only [--] diff. subscriptions. WNBA is 4+. And the NFL is 8+ in the neighborhood of $800-$1200/yr. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022746370638319629 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022746370638319629"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"What a stark difference in diplomacy between the smooth-talking PR maestro/villain that's Silver vs. Erin Drake with her puerile trolling and sloganeering. As much as I abhor the plantation owners and their silver-tongued commish it is hard to pull for these unprofessional DEI functionaries that are the professional staff of the WNBPA. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022813020280557913 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022813020280557913"
X Link 2026-02-14T23:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Two cities in the Pacific NW [---] miles apart Vancouver had that disaster with the Arthur Griffiths/John McCaw ownership of the Grizzlies. And which business mogul in Canada is going to put up the $5 billion+ for the likely expansion fee BOS just sold for $6.1B; LAL for $10B. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022821497962926287 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022821497962926287"
X Link 2026-02-14T23:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@RulingSports @NBA Keshad is the 2nd G-League player to win the slam dunk contest. And make that [--] years running. At this point Adam Silver should just slide a $milly under the table every year to bring Mac McClung back every year for the ratings. It would be appointment viewing 💯"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"This DEI Harvard grad 👇 that Terri Carmichael Jackson hired to be her 2nd in command. Erin is the one churning out all the memes and slogans on their IG and TikTok. 'Juvenile' should be her middle name. Erin is also the link to Liz Shuler (AFL-CIO president) and why Shuler attended the Feb. [--] WNBA-WNBPA sitdown via Zoom. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022850906237366323 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022850906237366323"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Fullcourtpass @NBA__Courtside Translation: Jeanie and Mark Walter are lukewarm at best @ signing him to even a mid contract"
X Link 2026-02-15T21:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@LegionHoops @joeylinn_ Why the volcanic Steve Ballmer and his [---] $billion with Kawhi can't do nothing at LA Clippers after years of trying is a mystery for eternity. Only made it past the 1st round three times since [----] never the WCF or the Final"
X Link 2026-02-16T03:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"And we have a RE guy in the Oval Office who pines after the legacy of the Gilded Age expansionist presidents tsk tsk The Gadsden purchase of 1853: [-----] sq. miles for $386M in today's $ And Virgin Island for $698M LA AK and the Cession were the best bargains ever https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013047665450483963 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013047665450483963"
X Link 2026-01-19T00:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@YahooSports Fvcking right "Little white man refuses to be used by virtue signalling jooish commish of a major league sport" : screams the headline. 🤣 To paraphrase the WNBA players: "Pay him what you owe him" having lifted your ASW ratings by huge margins 3y running. 🤑 Cheap Fvck"
X Link 2026-01-25T18:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@AnnieCostabile Perhaps the 4y college-educated (to quote Phee) Stew could also have gotten the right agency's name involved in the Alex Pretti killing They were CBP (Customs and Border Protection) agents not ICE. Next Unrivaled game: "Abolish CBP". 🤡 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-federal-agents-fired-their-weapons-during-alex-pretti-shooting-report-congress-says/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-federal-agents-fired-their-weapons-during-alex-pretti-shooting-report-congress-says/"
X Link 2026-01-28T00:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Stew's individualized major at UConn was focused on "Sport in Society". Lame as that sounds it should be enough for her to comprehend and educate herself a little on why the the current SCOTUS all but prevented Good's and Pretti's families from seeking justice. While she's at it spend a little time too on how the current GOP's 6-3 supermajority was also in large part due to the stubborn Ruth Bader Ginsberg NOT abdicating her seat (against advice and major pushes) for Biden to appoint her successor allowing Trump to sneak in a 3rd SCOTUS Justice [--] months before his 1st term ended (Oct. 26"
X Link 2026-01-28T01:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Puerile reductive 20yo-level activism by a bunch of uber-left womyn separatists with meager intellectual firepower and lifesmarts behind those utterances. Their act of preaching to the converted in a low-IQ echo chamber while being ignored by mainstream media like CNN NYT WSJ as they covered the NBA union's press release in support of Good and Pretti (contrast the victims' names being mentioned by the NBPA with Bazzell's anodyne statement trying NOT to offend anyone 🤡) is not lost on discerning eyes . https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016364503622156500"
X Link 2026-01-28T04:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@jg_clutch_city @mikeaalen112735 3+3 with last [--] years being TNT option. $16.667M per year. 💯 they will cancel right after March [----] as Project B poaches their players and cannibilizes their ratings even further. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/10/20/unrivaled-media-rights-details/ https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/10/20/unrivaled-media-rights-details/"
X Link 2026-01-28T04:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Now that the mutually $beneficial relationships between Jeanie and Bron (tens of 1000s of extra $5k+ courtside seats sold because of him; 8- $figure yearly local TV rights; $4B jump in franchise value in 3y which the Buss family capitalized on) + Bronny ($50M+ in jersey sales vs. $3.11M in salaries paid so far) are nearing their end yeah the narratives are naturally gonna diverge to secure their own respective legacies. Mark Walter can't bring the end of Jeanie's era soon enough. A 5y term as minority owner/Team Governor is too long. The day-to-day operational damages that Jeanie can still"
X Link 2026-01-28T07:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"If Grok was right on this one (spoiler alert: it's NOT) these [--] whities would've been recruited to star in a Jackie Chan kung-fu movie already. The hero tossing a villain 6' + high into the air & 7' across and the girl putting [--] men on the ground in [--] seconds beggar credulity. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016440317864726847 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016440317864726847"
X Link 2026-01-28T09:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Of the [---] players listed for last szn a small # are still in their team paid for apartments (e.g. Syd Colson doing team PR for the Fever) and getting car allowances. That stops if there's a strike lockout or a canceled season. The bottom of those [---] make $100k some way less. Their $ will run out after mid-April. Plus the union have no strike funds. And the low-paid union professional staff badly want/need a raise. Billionaire owners can take the pain far better always. https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2010200482535616814"
X Link 2026-01-28T17:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"I feel like 'housing' is where the WNBA negotiatiors will bend the most to give the PA its symbolic victory in exchange for agreeing to a $6 - 6.5M team cap; and ofc knuckling under to accept "Net Revenue". https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016988945402445917 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016988945402445917"
X Link 2026-01-29T21:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Now that Alex Bazzell has finally and belatedly discovered in his mid-30s that tribalism (the geographical ties that generate diehard fan loyalties worldwide with NO exceptions) is fundamental to generating viewership let's see if he John Skipper and David Levy will correct course and convince more activist dupes to pour in more $$$ to prop up Unrivaled post [----] Are they any good in nailing down arena/stadium leases providing player housing chartering flights and proffering up competitive salaries ($1M+ likely much more for the tippy top talent) to compete with Project B and the WNBA Don't"
X Link 2026-01-31T02:55Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@GoldbergPxP @FOS @AnnieCostabile Yup expansion teams # 16-18: CLE DET PHI are all preemptive. If anything Cathy and Adam will move Philly up before [----] and wherever else Bazzell thinks of to expand"
X Link 2026-01-31T03:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Philly is starving for female sports teams. Simplest explanation is always best. Look at GSV: 1st year in the W and had a league-high $500M Sportico valuation; also a league-high $70m+ in revenues more than double that of IND's $33M. The Bay area was also starved of ♀ teams. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017454516484903321 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017454516484903321"
X Link 2026-01-31T04:26Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@alexaphilippou The pro WBB scene hit all the right notes this past week for future growth: Activist political coverage; Nat Esquire Jemele Hill pushed on us; Tash Cloud SDS Mabrey Kah Nneka Plum getting mega exposure. ♀ sports team-starved Philly spinned as great WBB victory 🤣"
X Link 2026-01-31T04:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Well both CC and PB are a fair bit to the left (PB more so). Caitlin is the agoraphobic with a small-town mindset glazed by the FAFO/MAGA lite crowd an avatar for them if you will. Paige is the ultra-lib who checks all the DEI boxes & more widely acccepted. I like them both. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017496201864630479 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017496201864630479"
X Link 2026-01-31T07:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@alknowsstuff @TNTSportsUS @Candace_Parker Yup her girl crush on Taylor Swift and a robust push getting out the Nov. '24 vote for Kamala minutes after Swift openly endorsed her was a strong clue. But I expect young female athletes to be on my left always so no biggie. Still love watching them both"
X Link 2026-01-31T07:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Sorry to disappoint but 50% is a bald-faced lie. [--] [--] = 29.6% 😱 The ever so slick Alex Bazzell swindled the gullible fans again. 🤣 Check out also how he planted narratives in MSM Yahoo Sports to hype up Philly; and engagements in general 🤥 : https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2014503319562007018 https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2014503319562007018 @CourtsideClub_ Alex Bazzell found a $paid shill (a tabloid reporter/editor) and $placed her puff piece in Yahoo Sports to generate a ton of counter-narratives. Where all the "fans' demand surging" talking pt is coming from. Caveat Emptor 👇:"
X Link 2026-01-31T09:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Sorry to disappoint but 50% is a bald-faced lie. [--] [--] = only 29.6% The ever so slick Alex Bazzell swindled the gullible fans again. 😅 Check out how he also planted narratives 🤥 in MSM Yahoo Sports to hype up Philly; and engagements in general : https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2014500035506131400 https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2014500035506131400 @antivirgosuns Alex Bazzell found a $paid shill (a tabloid reporter/editor) and $placed her puff piece in Yahoo Sports to generate a ton of counter-narrative. Where all the "fans' demand surging" talking pt is coming from. Caveat Emptor 👇:"
X Link 2026-01-31T09:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@rhodesrants For a huckster like Bazzell this is easy af to manipulate. HS + youth groups giveaway; passerbys on the corners of Market & 13th Broad & Walnut; [--] tix with a tank of gas. Hell Kah got [--] free tix for her posse Tash Cloud got [--]. https://x.com/TNTSportsUS/status/2017392649934954550 I got like [--] [--] people here. Kah got like [--]. 😆 Hometown vibes for Natasha Cloud as she spoke with @ReneeMontgomery about her and Kahleah Copper being back in Philly 🗣 https://t.co/AxRBbl4zO1 https://x.com/TNTSportsUS/status/2017392649934954550 I got like [--] [--] people here. Kah got like [--]. 😆"
X Link 2026-02-01T02:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@rhodesrants Here is a 3-minute inside look at how the ever so sly Alex Bazzell had a piece $inserted into Yahoo Sports to counter the sinking ratings narrative: https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2014500035506131400 @antivirgosuns Alex Bazzell found a $paid shill (a tabloid reporter/editor) and $placed her puff piece in Yahoo Sports to generate a ton of counter-narrative. Where all the "fans' demand surging" talking pt is coming from. Caveat Emptor 👇: https://t.co/1hl0Jw3xg3 https://t.co/973X5NH0DR https://t.co/bb5K2rpDmJ https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2014500035506131400 @antivirgosuns"
X Link 2026-02-01T02:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"I sketched the #s out using the standard 2% for union dues (can hardly be more for the 5-figure earning bottom of the PA). $391850 Then found out they actually have [--] professional staff (3 are lawyers) so the NBPA must be somehow subsidizing them. https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2010200482535616814 https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2010200482535616814 @GulfportLawyer @RADeMita $1507100 team cap x [--] x 2% union dues (avg. of most unions) = $392k total union dues for 1y. After deducting lease/rent on their [----] Avenue of the Americas Manhattan HQ minus [--] professional staff salaries (Terri"
X Link 2026-02-01T04:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@Eazywithit2x @wanderlust_2417 @NinjaHuman2 She played barely in some games; and trotted off to Europe for a stretch [--] of the [--] games and collected that $1M coz they wanted her name associated with Unrivaled. God know how much they are paying her this season for just hanging around the sideline 🤑"
X Link 2026-02-02T01:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Maybe watch less Luka more SGA and Hali🙃 The NBA career usage leaders are littered with the ghosts of Iverson Embiid (not even an ECF) Trae Russ Gervin Ja Booker Carmelo. Luka : the tippy top @ 35.6% and unlikely to get a 🏆without 2-3 more big pieces around him. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018177658530754876 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018177658530754876"
X Link 2026-02-02T04:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@VinceMa89640974 @WNBA @NBCSports I guess it would depend on how the bright lights hit But I will give you the win on that one. Microscopically it's closer to burgundy than it's to non-deep fuschia. 🤣 https://x.com/ccstyle22/status/2018121496506318942 Feb [--] 2026: @CaitlinClark22 NBA Broadcast Debut on NBC wearing #BottegaVeneta Viscose and Silk Twill Shirt and Pants in Wildberry. Shop top: $1200 https://t.co/zw6vIx2dIs Shop pants: $1500 https://t.co/5UV3BDyKLm #BottegaPartner This marks Caitlins debut in Bottega https://t.co/tAnYVfk7TL https://x.com/ccstyle22/status/2018121496506318942 Feb 1"
X Link 2026-02-02T07:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Luka @ [---] same as Bron can 'absorb the contact' and back down defenders. The only wings/big guards in the WNBA who can do that are Rhyne Jewel and Chelsea Gray. Caitlin's too small. And she has neither the handles nor the crossovers of a Jacky or Tash. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018261798114500748 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018261798114500748"
X Link 2026-02-02T09:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"The "Confidential" marking on the top right of the pages is hilarious I guess that's how PR/journalism on this beat rolls. $465k x [--] + 2x developmental player salaries will mean a team cap nearing $6M in [----]. Rookie upward salary adjustments are also interesting. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018788157169521081 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018788157169521081"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:46Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"@_girltalk Needless to say they will get much less than the min. salary of $250k. It will be like Bronny sitting on the Lakers' bench for $2M for 1% of team cap"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@CourtsideClub_ The PA is outsmarted outplayed and thoroughly $outgunned judging by the clean positive corporate language in that 3-page spread. Esp. if you compare it to the "Lipstick on a pig" "Slap in the face" "No sense of urgency." desperate plea and catty slings from the PA's side"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Yes at this point the only way Alex Bazzell John Skipper David Levy and the other sweat equity partners can cash out. Otherwise after Yr. [--] or Yr. [--] TNT will pull out and investors/sponsorship won't last much longer and their $340M cap will go to ZERO. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019154615636316579 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019154615636316579"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"That would be a 178% increase for a 2.78x. Looks like you flunked math too like the majority of the W pundits. Should've known better to respond to a nincompoop always found in the SPAM folder. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019164883753848856 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019164883753848856"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"@Hoopss Angel knows how to play the heel we gotta give her that 🤣 🤑 it all sweet pea. With you 30+ sponsors [--] feature movie guest star roles and more coming good to see a genuine pop culture phenom slash athlete make bank"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"Bazzell and Phee are being run by the [--] retired ex-Turner and ex-ESPN CEOs/presidents John Skipper (71) and David Levy (70) to orchestrate this pyramid scheme whereby they trade virtual signaling for sponsorships and investors' $$. TNT will 💯 decline to pick up its last 3y's option Unrivaled will then have to spend 10s of millions to produce and stream their 45000-viewer games go deep into the red to pay $1M+ salaries to ward off Project B and the newly rich WNBA investors will finally turn off the spigot and that will be the end of that debacle."
X Link 2026-02-06T00:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@W00d13_w00 @angelayoho1 TNT is ponying up $16.67M to broadcast/stream Unrivaled. Doubtful they will pick up their option after szn [--]. A slight 📈 in advertising yes as the fear of NOT having a W season sent $ to Unrivaled. But mostly it's investors like Rapinoe Alex Morgan Steph Curry and their $"
X Link 2026-02-07T05:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"If Terri Jackson Nneka Liz Schuler & Claudia Goldin (the last [--] have emerged to be important players behind the scene) are drawing courage from a 62-year-old power play that worked out for the NBA players back in the days I think it is a bridge too far from a modern perspective. And not esp. relevant in the NIL era where over the top personal branding is ever more important. Athletes like Simone Biles Eileen Gu and Caitlin derive 99%+ of their income from endorsements. We know this because for example the four Grand Slams in tennis the LPGA the NWSL et al. are not particularly sensitive as to"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements

"007 movies have gone soft and very PC of late. Wait. do they even make them anymore I enjoyed this little featurette though: https://x.com/TheLouPerez/status/1852126581872881711 https://x.com/TheLouPerez/status/1852126581872881711"
X Link 2025-02-06T14:41Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"". you have to get to him before J.K. Rowling retweets him." - priceless"
X Link 2025-02-06T20:19Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

""How much were you paid to report this" An unbiased dispassionate fan asked. 😜 Fair question. Same standard and scrutiny should also be lavished on this Melanie VanDerveer $puff piece $inserted by Bazzell in YahooSports https://x.com/DanGrigorian/status/2014500035506131400 @antivirgosuns Alex Bazzell found a $paid shill (a tabloid reporter/editor) and $placed her puff piece in Yahoo Sports to generate a ton of counter-narrative. Where all the "fans' demand surging" talking pt is coming from. Caveat Emptor 👇: https://t.co/1hl0Jw3xg3 https://t.co/973X5NH0DR https://t.co/bb5K2rpDmJ"
X Link 2026-01-23T01:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

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