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Arike Ogunbowale has gotten engaged with Lala Ronay, this image has the WNBA superstar down on one knee proposing.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

WNBA Superstar, Fashion Icon Arike Ogunbowale Is Officially Engayged!

Putting up 35 points and then dropping on your knee to propose that same night? Icons only.

Carmen Phillips May 19, 2024 2 Comments
A collage of gay WNBA players
Sports

Where To Follow 2024’s Gay WNBA Players On Instagram

After hours of research, here is every out gay WNBA player that I could find, and the hottest picture of them available on their Instagram… for reasons. We’re all grown here. Enjoy.

Carmen Phillips May 16, 2024 35 Comments
A collage of WNBA Players
Sports

WNBA 101: Everything You Need to Know for Your Hot Sports Summer

I’m going to hand hold you step-by-step through everything you could possibly need to know about the WNBA. From “the Caitlin Clark effect” to the rules of the game, where to buy fire merch, and what to yell to impress a date when you have no idea what’s going on. Get ready for the best summer of your life.

Carmen Phillips May 14, 2024 15 Comments
Brittney Griner and Robin Roberts interview
Sports

10 Things We Learned From Brittney Griner’s Very Gay, Cathartic Press Tour

In the past week, Brittney Griner has been interviewed by legendary queer journalists and athletes like Robin Roberts, Megan Rapinoe and J Wortham. Here’s what we learned about her imprisonment in Russia, her return to the U.S. and the WNBA, and how she’s coping now.

Riese May 8, 2024 1 Comment
A polaroid style image of the Instagram post in which Candace Parker announces her retirement from the WNBA. In the photo she is a young girl, playing basketball with a backwards cap.
Sports

Candace Parker Announces Her WNBA Retirement, There Is No Doubt That She Changed the Game

I know Candace Parker left the game better, and not just because she’s one hell of hooper. But because with her confidence, her playful cockiness, her swagger, her heart — she made room for all of us in it.

Carmen Phillips April 28, 2024 7 Comments
A collage of the stars from the 2024 WNBA draft class
Sports

Top (Get It?) Moments From Inside the WNBA Draft

Monday night I had the honor of sitting amongst basketball legends at the 2024 WNBA Draft. The gayest thing in the room? The crowd! Seated in front of me was a group of lesbians that included multiple ex-girlfriends attending together.

Tina Sieben April 16, 2024 3 Comments
Brittney and Cherelle Griner as well as images of an ultrasound of their future baby
Queer Pregnancy Sports

Brittney and Cherelle Griner Are Having a Baby!

CUTENESS ALERT! Baby Griner is due in July.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 13, 2024 1 Comment
Zendaya photoshopped into an image of Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks celebrating their national championship
Sports

The Gamecocks Are Crushing on Zendaya, and We’re Crushing on Dawn Staley

Perhaps you would be curious to find out which Gamecocks listed Zendaya as their own personal celebrity crush?

Carmen Phillips April 8, 2024
A collage of photos of Bev Francis from Pumping Iron II. Bev is in a pink bikini against a psychedelic purple and blue backdrop.
Sports

Bodybuilding Icon Bev Francis Reveals Real World Behind ‘Love Lies Bleeding’

“It’s pretty simple. I wanted to win. That’s pretty much it, I wanted to be Ms. Olympia.”

Stef Rubino April 4, 2024 5 Comments
bodybuilders and Jackie in Love Lies Bleeding
Movie Features Sports

‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and the History of Female Bodybuilding Reveal Society’s Fear of ‘Monstrous’ Women

In Love Lies Bleeding, the two main female characters exist outside of the dominant cultural ideas of what makes a woman and what makes a man, not just in their bodies and in their actions, but also in their queerness.

Stef Rubino March 27, 2024 6 Comments
Brittney Griner reacts with a smile as her jersey is retired at Baylor University. Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
Sports

Brittney Griner’s Jersey Retired at Baylor in an Overdue Homecoming Fitting of Her Greatness

Every outtake from the weekend, every interview, showcased Griner’s eyes shining brightly. The joy were palpable. It felt like an amends was made: the place that Griner had once loved, the place that she had found love, would finally feel like home again.

Natalie February 20, 2024 3 Comments
Kristie Mewis
Sports TV Reviews

“Under Pressure” Re-Centers the Identity of the U.S. Women’s World Cup Team

Netflix’s “Under Pressure” begins the work of re-establishing the USWNT as more than just pawns in someone else’s narrative. And to that, I can only say: LFG.

Natalie December 21, 2023 3 Comments
A thumbnail collage of various WNBA Team's 2024 season rollout video.
Sports

Every WNBA Team’s 2024 Season Rollout Promo, as Ranked by Brittney Griner Dunks

This week, each of the league’s 12 teams dropped their schedules for the 2024 season — and some of them were 🔥🔥🔥

Natalie and Carmen Phillips
December 20, 2023 4 Comments
Candace Parker and wife Ana Petrakova announce pregnancy. The collage has three images of Candace Parker's announcement instagram, which show the Parker family on a basketball court with Anna Petrakova-Parker visibly pregnant.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

Candace Parker and Wife Anna Petrakova-Parker Are Having Another Baby, Basketball Wives Takeover Nearly Complete

I am so happy to see the GOAT living her truth out loud. I am so happy for her family.

Carmen Phillips December 14, 2023 6 Comments
jess & tziarra at their wedding, megan rapinoe, ali krieger and sue bird a tthe wedding
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

BREAKING: Jess Fishlock and Tziarra King Got Married in a Soccer-Star-Studded Wales Wedding

OL Reign teammates Jess Fishlock and Tziarra King got married this week and Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird and Ali Krieger flew all the way to Wales to witness this epic soccer wedding!

Riese December 13, 2023 3 Comments
Sports

My First Powerlifting Meet Confirmed It’s a Sport for Misfits Like Me

In my experiences in strength sports so far, I’ve seen nothing but kindness and compassion and enthusiasm for fellow competitors.

Stef Rubino November 30, 2023 6 Comments
Kahleah Copper is engaged: Three photos of Kahleah Copper and her fiancée Binta Daisy Drammeh, they are in bronze colors and smiling in love
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

WNBA Star Kahleah Copper’s Engaged To Swedish National Team Member Binta Drammeh, Look at That Love!!

It’s giving “Love and Basketball” with a passport!

Carmen Phillips November 20, 2023 5 Comments
The Syd + TP Show: WNBA Stars Theresa Plaisance, a tall white brunette with curly hair, and Sydney Colson, a Black woman with hair in a ponytail, are both in bathrobes lounging on blue pool chairs.
Sports TV Feature

Syd Colson and TP Are Laughing All the Way To Becoming the Faces of the WNBA

Sydney Colson and Theresa Plaisance started their sketch comedy “The Syd + TP Show” to become the faces of the league. We got together to talk about how that’s… worked out better than expected.

Carmen Phillips November 18, 2023 6 Comments
The author's strength coach Vinny, the author's friend Brendan, and the author Stef Rubino at the gym posing
Health Sports

I Never Thought I’d Love Powerlifting; Now I’m Training for My First Competition

Tomorrow, I take the platform to see what year and some change has done to my body, my drive, and my spirit.

Stef Rubino November 17, 2023 5 Comments
Candace Parker with her wife Anya and her two children, the photo is from ESPN's "Candace Parker: Unapologetic"
Sports TV Reviews

“Candace Parker: Unapologetic” Shows That Behind Every GOAT Is a Love Story

“Unapologetic” may ultimately be a testament to a mother’s love for her children, but it takes the audience on a journey of her career that’s worth relishing.

Natalie November 16, 2023 3 Comments
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