lizz gore

everything is funnier when you're not allowed to laugh

[Sydney Leroux @sydneyleroux]

This is Omar Abdulkadir Artan. Once a little boy from Somalia who fell in love with the beautiful game. A boy who dared to dream of something so big that most people thought was impossible. But he kept going. Year after year. Match after match and sacrifice after sacrifice. That dream led him to become the FIRST Somali referee ever selected for a FIFA World Cup. Think about that. Out of millions of people. Out of entire countries.
He earned a place on the biggest stage this sport has to offer. Imagine finally getting there. Imagine calling your family. Imagine knowing that every sacrifice was worth it especially when you questioned it. Imagine not just the pride of your own country but countries celebrating you.
Then imagine being told you can’t be there. Football doesn't care where you're from, what language you speak or what flag is on your passport. It doesn’t care about politics. It cares about sacrifice. It cares about the years nobody saw. The early mornings, missed holidays, time away from your family and the moments you can never get back. It cares about what you’ve earned and a place at a World Cup should be decided by what you've given to the game and not where you were born.
The World Cup is supposed to bring the world together and not remind us of the lines that divide us because football is and always will be, for everyone.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Standing on the brink of history.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Arsenal: 2025/26 Premier League champions.

[UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague]

✊ Arsenal go to Budapest undefeated.

#UCL

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

BUDAPEST-BOUND.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALISTS ❤️

[ESPN @espn]

Breaking: A'ja Wilson, the WNBA's first-ever four-time MVP, is signing a three-year, $5 million supermax contract to return to the Las Vegas Aces, sources tell @ShamsCharania and @Andraya_Carter.

The deal is the largest in WNBA history to date.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

THE MOMENT. 🥇

[Art Candee 🍿🥤 @ArtCandee]

Donald Trump is asked how we can fix this country and come together.

His response?

“I couldn’t care less.”

Bro is unfit for office.

https://t.co/Dq02ELG3Mg

[Drew @HeyImReallyDrew]

She ate yall right on up!

[۟ @FNLFLSH]

there’s like 5 active genocides on Earth rn and the God you pray to is more concerned with a gay boy dressing up in a video?

[FC Barcelona Femení @FCBfemeni]

Detalls de qualitat ✨

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Slavery was bad.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Palestinian children who have lost parents were overcome with emotion as they graduated in a ceremony at Gaza's al-Wafaa Orphan Village.

The UN says Israel has damaged 97% of educational facilities in the besieged enclave.

[John Connolly @johnmconnollyjr]

I’ve lived in DC for 10 years. The only crime I’ve ever seen on the National Mall was when a mob ransacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021 at the direction of the man who lost the 2020 presidential election.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

George Orwell, 1984

[Andrew Dukowitz @adukeMN]

I know this will be a firestorm topic

WNBA players currently receive just 9.3% of the leagues revenue(this includes ticket sales, merch, TV deals) for reference their male counterparts in the NBA is 50.0%.

This resulted in their salary cap being set at just 1.507 million for this year(less than half of Joe Ingles 3.634M)

In theory if they received even 40% of the leagues revenue that salary cap would be at 6.481 M.

That increase would mean roster expansion could occur, players could theoretically still make 3x their current salary and owners would still bring in 60% of the revenue.

Now to put that into perspective, that still means an entire WNBA roster would be paid less than Rob Dillingham will make in 2025-26(6.576M)

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Now yes, the WNBA did lose 40 million dollars in 2024, but this is in large part due to the TV deal they are currently signed to, which in 2026 goes from roughly 45 Million annually to 200 Million annually.

This will result in essence result in the league making money over night from losing 40 to a net gain of 115M just on the TV deal alone. Even if the game and tickets sales were to stop growing, and merch stopped selling, it would still be in the green.

The current CBA would amount to players going from 1.507M in salary cap to just 4.0 M… a substantial raise however it would cost the league just 2.5 M out of that 115M TV deal profits.

If the players got 40%, that’s just 17.204M as a salary cap… a 11x raise over their current salaries, and still in the grand scheme of things less than 1 Jaden McDaniels(24.393M)

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The league is built on players whether you’re a CC, Aja, or Phee fan they deserve to get a bigger slice of the pie for the work they all have put in, and as the revenue grows, they should as well.

The WNBA players are not asking to be paid dollar for dollar what the NBA players make, from what I understand they just want a fair share of the revenue.

Now let’s enjoy some hoops.

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

she CHEWED him up like men just aren't smart i'm crying😭

[MLB @MLB]

Honoring 715 on 7.15 ❤️💙