In Spanish, we’re a Spursazo.

Spursy but somehow more…
Super Spursy?
Spursy on steroids?
Spursy+?

Foudy would be holding a donut 🍩

Image of Jolly Ranger on black tree background. Text reads, “GUTTING America's Best Idea. The Trump admin is once again proposing massive budget cuts to the National Park Service for FY2027. We need your voice.”

Image of trees behind black background. Text reads, “This administration is spending ~$1 billion PER DAY on war. Meanwhile, all 433 national parks sites operate on just ~$9.5 million per day. 3-4 days of war spending equals 1 year of national parks. This isn't about affordability, it's about priorities.”

Image of trees behind black background. Text reads, “You -THE PUBLIC- value protecting public lands, wildlife, and cultural history. But the FY2027 proposal includes a $736 million cut (down 25%) to the National Park Service.”

Defunding America’s Best Idea.

The proposed FY2027 budget includes a ~25% cut to the National Park Service, along with major reductions to other public land agencies.

A big mistake to not retain her. Blayney is one of the top up and coming coaches in the world.

Elder NWSL Fan Drunkenly Relates The Story Of MagicJack To Spellbound Audience Of Zoomer Soccer Fans — The Nutmeg News WASHINGTON - An Elder NWSL fan was found drunkenly relating the story Of MagicJack to a spellbound audience of zoomer soccer fans as the story of Dan Borislow’s hubris began to take shape.

Elder NWSL Fan Drunkenly Relates The Story Of MagicJack To Spellbound Audience Of Zoomer Soccer Fans

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Field level shots from Barcelona look like they’re out of a video game. Putellas’s 30th Champions’ League goal. Madrid had no chance today, but Alexis just wanted to make that clear. Now 7-2 on aggregate.

They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Mark Shearman MBE (@AthleticsImages). ​The text of the post reads: "After today's excellent decision by the IOC.,if the Rio 2016 women's 800m. was held today, the 3 medallists in my photo. Wambui, Niyonsaba & Semenya would be barred and the medals would go to Canada's Melissa Bishop, Poland's Joanna Jozwik & GB's Lynsey Sharp @AthleticsWeekly" ​Below the text is a photograph of several female track athletes running a race on a blue track. Prominently featured in the front pack are runners wearing race bibs that say Wambui (wearing a red Kenya uniform), Niyonsaba (wearing a green, white, and red Burundi uniform), and Semenya (wearing a green and yellow South Africa uniform). Several other runners, including one with the name Arzamasova, are visible trailing slightly behind them.

The push for sex verification tests is rooted in racism and they're explicit about it. Not a surprise they want to eliminate the 3 Black women in this photo.

Week 4 and it looks like Chris Armas’s Current are about to be 1-3. So the question is how long the Longs allow this from a team that broke records a year ago to go on?

Ashlon Jackson hits a buzzer beating three and Duke knocks out LSU

U.S. 2031 Women’s World Cup bid waiting on Trump guarantees while host cities want better deal FIFA has not yet received crucial Trump government guarantees around the 2031 bid from the U.S., Costa Rica, Mexico and Jamaica

Exclusive:

Approval of U.S.-led bid to host Women’s World Cup in 2031 was postponed in significant part because… Trump’s White House has not provided required govt guarantees to FIFA & host cities want much better terms than 2026.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...

Amazon Prime Video is go90 with better PR

Gianni Infantino says of global turmoil ahead of the World Cup …

Hearing that after two years, and multiple procedural and administrative delays, FIFA has finally made a decision on the Palestinian FA's case against Israel. It has decided it cannot do anything of substance and the case is closed. The Palestinian FA can take matter to CAS.

Arsenal Men 2-0 on Saturday
Arsenal Women 2-0 on Sunday

Love a good 6 point weekend!

COYG

It's legitimately encouraging to hear people inside the league say what is obvious to anyone outside of it. There clearly aren't enough of them, but at least we know there are people in the room making the case.

Who put the ACC in charge of the tie-breakers?

Iran’s sports minister says football team will not play at 2026 World Cup Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after the US killed their leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the sports minister has said

Seemingly inevitable since the strikes but still so so sad www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The town of Foxboro isn't backing down. New statement (first saw this posted by @adamcrafton.bsky.social in the bad place).

Support the players

Meet Huntingdon Valley-bred Erica Dambach, who built Penn State’s pipeline to the USWNT Nineteen years into her tenure as Penn State’s head women’s soccer coach, Dambach has built one of the nation’s top college programs and has sent a raft of players to the sport's biggest stages.

It's not just about how good a coach Dambach is. It's how she has built an outstanding pipeline of players who've gone on to the NWSL, the #USWNT, the #CanWNT, and more.

Words here from Dambach and people who know her - Emma Hayes, Sam Coffey, and Emily Sonnett:

www.inquirer.com/soccer/erica...

‘Wartime traitors’: Iran state TV condemns women’s football team for anthem silence Iranian commentators have warned the lives of Iran’s national team “are in imminent danger”.

there is a very real public threat to the lives of Iran’s women’s national team players after state media accused them of being “wartime traitors” for refusing to sing the anthem. surely @ausgov.bsky.social cannot allow these players to return to Iran?!

www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

in a world with the unprecedented as standard, spursiness is one of our last remaining connections to a more normal time

Read this article.
Stand with the players.

USL Championship opener uncertain amid ongoing CBA dispute USL Championship opener uncertain amid ongoing CBA dispute

A five-hour bargaining session on Wednesday between the USL and USLPA - with a mediator present - resulted in some movement on key issues, but the two sides still seem far away from agreeing on a new CBA.

www.espn.com/soccer/story...

so i mentioned this a couple months ago and now I can officially say 🚨 WE ARE HIRING 🚨

the first job is a hybrid soccer/breaking sports news writer
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and the second is a national soccer writer position
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First one that came to mind, not sure if he’s obscure enough for the masses, but gotta go with the first name that popped in: Tree Rollins.

Perhaps an on field decision followed by a clear & obvious (timed?) review or maybe this is where teams are allowed 1 challenge per game (maybe per half).

Preface: I don’t know the answer.

Marginal offside decisions are imho wrong, goals are hard to score in our game, marginal decisions should favor the attacker.

I don’t like the idea of moving lines but VAR measuring a different place for 10 minutes.