Tara Lynn 🦒

own your worth 🤍

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Mike Evans really didn't know it was Trevon Diggs 🤣

"I didn't know that was him. ... I was like 'Who are you?'"

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

HOF KICKER ADAM VINATIERI AT HIS #PATRIOTS HALL OF FAME CEREMONY WHILE NEW ENGLAND IS PLAYING THE #RAIDERS TODAY:

“BACK THEN, I THOUGHT WE OWNED THE RAIDERS. AND NOW, THANKS TO TOM BRADY, WE REALLY DO.”

HOLY CRAP 💀💀💀

[Julian Edelman @Edelman11]

Can’t believe how back we are

[New England Patriots @Patriots]

Choosing to be introduced as a team...

The 2001 New England Patriots 👏

[David Andrews @dandrews61]

Who is this practice squad guy making great catches for the pats????

[Zerigala @Zerigala69]

I'm gonna be real, just cuz a player falls doesn't mean there's a foul and WNBA refs need to realize that

[Mick @DBGyt_]

So the refs that lied in writing about the Stewie interaction are reffing the Aces Vs Valkyries game tonight...

They are literally under investigation by the league...

How tf can the WNBA be THIS incompetent as a league...

[Tara Lynn 🦒 @T_Raw33]

@WNBA your refs are fucking up the game for ALL of us rn

[💛🖤 KINNICK NORTH🖤💛 @KinnickNorth23]

Listening to Kelsey Mitchell's exit interview, I couldn't help but laugh a little.

Not because what she's describing isn't difficult. I'm sure it is.

But I continue to believe that one of the biggest adjustments happening in the WNBA right now is that these women are learning what it's like to play in a genuinely relevant, heavily scrutinized professional sports league.

KM talked about how hard it is being a Fever player. About waking up every day and giving your best, only for your best to not be enough for some people.

And my lifelong sports-fan reaction was basically:

Well...yeah. 😅

Ask an NFL kicker who misses a 38-yarder to lose a playoff game how many fans appreciate that he "gave his best."

Ask an NBA point guard who goes 3-for-17 in Game 7.

Ask an Iowa QB after three straight three-and-outs. 😅

She talked about how hard it is "showing up every day to compete for fans that may or may not like you."

Kelsey...

Sports fans have disliked players ON THEIR OWN TEAM since approximately 15 minutes after sports were invented. 😂

Iowa fans can love the Hawkeyes with every molecule in their bodies while simultaneously demanding that somebody be benched, fired, or launched directly into the sun.

That's SPORTS. 😅

And I've never seen a professional sports league collectively so consumed by social media discourse.

Players talk about tweets. Coaches talk about tweets. Reporters ask players about tweets. Other players respond to those comments. ESPN discusses the response. Then somebody's podcast discusses ESPN discussing the response to the response. 😂

Caitlin Clark didn't invent obnoxious sports fans.

She brought an enormous number of mainstream sports fans into a league that had never experienced this level of attention and scrutiny before.

And THAT'S the distinction.

What they're experiencing may genuinely be new for the WNBA.

It is absolutely NOT new for professional sports.

Fans second-guess you.

Fans criticize you.

Fans irrationally blame you for losses.

Fans love the superstar more than they love you.

Fans scream that you should pass her the damn ball.

Fans demand trades.

Fans say stupid shit on the internet.

Welcome to big-time sports! You've made it! 😅

For decades the WNBA wanted more attention. Bigger audiences. Packed arenas. Better TV ratings. More money. More relevance.

Well...

Mainstream sports relevance comes with mainstream sports bullshit. 😂

[Doug Kyed @DougKyed]

Just for the record, Efton Chism has never been on a practice squad. CJ Gardner-Johnson has been on a practice squad.

[(fan) Drake Maye Lover @drakemayeloverr]

NOTED

[Carlos A. Lopez @LosTalksPats]

EFTON CHISM WITH THE ONE-HANDED TOUCHDOWN GRAB TO TAKE THE LEAD!!!

[Pats Buzz @PatsBuzz]

DRAKE MAYE TODAY

269 PASSING YARDS
56 RUSHING YARDS
3 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS

STAY ON THAT SIDE.

[correlation @nosyone4]

yall wtf these players gonna do when the Philly team gets here 😭😭😭😭

[FOX Sports: NFL @NFLonFOX]

"I had 2 losses in that stadium. Which would leave a bitter taste in my mouth if I didn't beat them 33 other times." -@TomBrady 😂

📺 FOX/FOX One

[Julian Edelman @Edelman11]

RT

[Zoya @Zoyag9fc]

Why do pregnant women get checked and looked after constantly for nine months, but after giving birth no one cares about your body falling apart from lack of sleep and the things you went through to give birth?

[𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝𒀭 @dvxenrx]

Being babied by your man & treated like the most delicate thing to ever exist is top tier. That feeling is unmatched.

[KNBR @KNBR]

Preach, brother.

[New England Patriots @Patriots]

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