How the flagship event in women's tennis outlived its usefulness to Saudi Arabia's ambitions

Saudi Arabia’s sports commitments are clearly changing. Here’s the backstory on where the kingdom stands with the WTA and its flagship event: www.nytimes.com/athletic/718...

Keep it coming Carole

It takes a lot to play at South Carolina — most notably a lack of ego The Gamecocks relied on a balanced attack to reach their second consecutive national championship game, and it only worked because Coach Dawn Staley got everybody to buy in.

South Carolina has no star in this star-driven era, their balance got them to the national title game. Here’s how Dawn Staley builds depth in the transfer-portal era: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

It takes a lot to play at South Carolina — most notably a lack of ego The Gamecocks relied on a balanced attack to reach their second consecutive national championship game, and it only worked because Coach Dawn Staley got everybody to buy in.

South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley didn’t quite plan it this way, but she has managed to make her team’s singular plurality into a superpower (via @avarwallace.bsky.social):

madison keys to win her 1st grand slam title:

ann li
elena gabriela ruse
[10] danielle collins
[6] elena rybakina
[28] elina svitolina
[2] iga swiatek
[1] aryna sabalenka

1st to beat 1 and 2 b2b to win a GS since sharapova at 2006 us open

Naomi Osaka defeats Muchova in a fantastic match. Biggest win for Osaka since ???

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Unfortunately (for my brain cells, free time, personal peace, etc) I became overly invested in CFP rankings this year.

If you are *not* like me… here’s what’s important and what you can ignore ahead of the bracket reveal Sunday! In this week’s newsletter: www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...

Also in this week’s send: Geno Auriemma makes history, NWSL championship and we’re going DEEP on Big Ten tiebreak scenarios (ha ha ha just kidding, never). And Rafa 👋🏽

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Kinda fascinated by the “Trump Dance” athletes have started doing as celebrations, not as a political act but for what it says about how Trump is showing up in culture ahead of his second term. I get into it in this week’s newsletter, subscribe for free here: www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...

Behind the boom in U.S. women's pro soccer - The Washington Post This Saturday, the two best teams in the National Women’s Soccer League face off in the championship. The NWSL is booming after years of scandal and struggle. Today, how the league became so successfu...

Joined @avarwallace.bsky.social and @stevengoff.bsky.social today on Post Reports, @washingtonpost.com's daily podcast, to chat about the NWSL ahead of Saturday’s final. (!)

We talked Spirit vs. Pride, attendance booms, media deals and how far women’s pro soccer has come. ⬇️

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