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WNBA Expansion: Can Toronto or Portland Match Golden State’s Playoff Feat? WNBA expansion betting preview: Can Portland Fire or Toronto Tempo match the 2025 Valkyries? Odds, history and 2026 playoff outlook.

With two new franchises slated to join the @wnba.com this summer, it's worth taking a look at how other expansion clubs have performed out of the gate.

Our team did just that at @rotowire.bsky.social here:

www.rotowire.com/wnba/article...

The weird dude saying "Jesus, I see what you've done for other people, and I want that for me" meme

College sports fans that didn't go to school at an SEC school waiting on the SEC's downfall:

Same, tbh...

The 'hands clasped' meme but with 'UNC' on one side and 'USA' on the other with the unifying theme above being "Storied institutions crumbling before our eyes'

In light of the Billy Donovan news...

A screenshot of the EDSBS Charity Bowl 2026 confirmation page showing a donation for $24.33, which is $23.70 plus the $.66 processing fee, in honor of Arizona's 23-7 win in Tempe last year.

In honor of Arizona's triumphant 23-7 rout of ASU I’m donating $23.70 (plus processing fees and whatnot) to the cause.

Let us never forget those who gave all (Jeff Sims and his 3 INTs) so that the Wildcats could go to a bowl game in San Diego

cc: @edsbs.bsky.social

I believe in my heart of hearts that the Baltimore Orioles did, in fact, delay a game once so that Cal Ripken Jr. could kick Kevin Costner's ass for sleeping with his wife to keep his chase of Lou Gehrig's record intact...

We're sweetening our fundraiser: Happy hour is on New Times You help us pay the bills, we cover the Valley and help you get your drink on. Do we have a deal?

Readers who sign up for our membership program and send us a little dough get invited to parties. Oh, and they support a functional American democracy while they're at it.

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A picture of Sturgill Simpson’s new alter ego LP Johnny Blue Skies’ “Mutiny After Midnight” on my living room turntable

Ladies & gentlemen ,,, we got em…

I’ve heard the new Sturgill Simpson album and one thing I can definitely say is this thing fucks

More like LIV and let die, amirite

Image of the pregame scene in PHX for tonight’s play in game between the Suns and Trail Blazers

Let’s do that quasi-playoff basketball…

Incredible sequel. Edge of my seat!

Happy 25 year anniversary to Mikhail Gorbachev throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game at my high school in college station, texas

Matt Brown on UCSB joining the WCC: “With the addition of the Gauchos, who are slated to join the league in 2027, the WCC will now have 12 schools: UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Denver, Seattle, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Diego, Saint Mary’s, Portland, Pepperdine, Pacific and Loyola Marymount. But could the league get even bigger?”

“We have Gonzaga at home”

The Gonzaga at home:

WNBA 2026 Pay Raise Tracker: Every Salary Increase The WNBA's new CBA transformed player salaries overnight. We tracked every confirmed 2026 signing and verified each AAV individually against Spotrac player pages.

Our team at @rotowire.bsky.social is keeping tabs on WNBA free agency to see how much of a raise the league's players are getting under its new CBA.

Here's what we've found so far on who the biggest winners out of the league's new pact are:

www.rotowire.com/wnba/article...

How many Bruins will get picked in tonight’s WNBA Draft?

Broke down the numbers on whether UCLA can be the 1st team with 6 draftees in WNBA history for @rotowire.bsky.social here:

www.rotowire.com/wnba/article...

Fañomakan 2022: Triton Men's Basketball League Teams W L MVP Stars 11 1 KFC Bombers 9 3 Team Wu Tang 6 5 Team OG 5 6 UOG Tritons 3 10 M.B.I. Four-Stars 2 11

Evidently the University of Guam plays a bunch of random teams in the region, barnstorm style, which produces some top-tier team names.

See, for instance, Team Wu Tang:

In our collective hopes and dreams, yes.

In reality, no. They're joining the MWC as a full member starting in 2026.

A picture of the University of Guam's men's basketball team, who wear what look like knockoff Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors jerseys

Tired: Adding Hawai’i to the Pac-12 to expand the conference’s TV rights window

Wired: Adding the University of Guam to the Pac-12 to expand the conference’s TV rights window

NYT: Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has inspired populist movements globally, could not overcome the growing dissatisfaction of his own citizens.

The JD Vance Kiss Of Death continues…

A screenshot of the navy and nasa planes circling where Artemis II touched down, which is mere miles from a bunch of commercial planes taking off from San Diego International Airport

Imagine taking off from San Diego International Airport and casually seeing a space capsule touching down out your window…

A screenshot of the NASA Artemis II live feed where one of the astronauts tells mission control "Houston. The toilet is unpowered." as a sunlit Earth glimmers in the background

Behold, the beauty of space exploration...

A screenshot of the Artemis II YouTube livestream that shows the exterior of the craft with a half-illuminated Earth coming quickly into view

My god, what a shot from Artemis II as it careens its way back to Earth...

2026 NBA Mock Draft Risers and Fallers: How the NCAA Tournament Changed Everything The 2026 NBA Draft stock report after March Madness: see biggest risers, fallers and Michigan stars to watch before the NBA Draft.

Now that the 2025-26 NCAA men's basketball season is over, where will the players that shined in the Big Dance go in the draft?

Check out the latest intel our team at @rotowire.bsky.social has on where March's stars will go in June's NBA Draft here:

www.rotowire.com/basketball/a...

Aaron Judge's 2024 World Series: 1 hit, 12 at bats, 7 strikeouts

UNC's head coaching searches in football & men's basketball:

The thinking guy pointing at his temple meme but with University of North Carolina Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham's mugshot over the original guy's face

Can't get fired for hiring an NFL retread if you hire an NBA retread first

Michael Malone hasn't coached in college since he was an assistant under Bobby Gonzalez at Manhattan in 2001.

Good luck in Chapel Hill, Mike...

The Arizona watch party setup at Hotel Congress in Tucson

Well, it’s not Indianapolis, but there’s nowhere else I’d rather watch the Arizona-Michigan game than on the patio at Hotel Congress in Downtown Tucson