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This is a great article (with expert testimony) to explain why Vonn raced today.

"Old Jeremiah" cannon at University of Guelph, painted with "Let's Go Blue Jays".

As seen on campus at UofG today.

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How can leagues report losses & still have big valuations? How is the WNBA ownership model affecting CBA negotiations? What are fair salaries for W players, and why is revenue share so important?

Economics professor @wagesofwins.bsky.social breaks it all down.

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Economics professor and author @wagesofwins.bsky.social discusses why losses or setbacks in men’s sports have almost always been met with more investment, while women’s sports haven’t historically been given the time and money to thrive.

Listen to the full ep: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.

Whoa.

blue = biden
red = trump

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

U.S. job growth turns ugly over the summer as Trump’s economic agenda falters As MSNBC’s Ali Velshi summarized, “Turns out firing the ref doesn’t change the score.”

"If we exclude 2020, when the pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy, the first eight months of this year show the slowest job growth in the U.S. since 2009, when the economy was still hemorrhaging jobs from the Great Recession..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Ken Dryden has died.
A Hockey Hall of Famer with the Montreal Canadiens, he won six Stanley Cups, the Conn Smythe, Calder and five Vezinas.
A best-selling author, he also served in Parliament from 2004 to 2011.

Hall of Fame Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78 Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender who helped the Montreal Canadiens win six Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, has died after a fight with cancer. He was 78.

Six-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78, Montreal Canadiens say.

And academics from many other disciplines!!

Et voila! Case proven.
#solar

“In June of 2024, the Washington Post reported the WNBA’s losses had grown to $50 million! Yes, while Bloomberg had reported in 2023 that revenues had doubled from 2019 to 2023, the WNBA/NBA insisted that losses had grown five times!”

I have been talking about pay in the WNBA for nearly ten years.

It feels like this time, the story has changed.

I did three interviews today (two TV interviews, one video podcast) and it seems like so many people now understand how much the WNBA players are NOT being paid what they are owed!

U.S. Olympic Officials Bar Transgender Women From Women’s Competitions

They went from “we listen to science & data” to “we talked with federal officials.”

FYI, this doesn’t just affect trans women.

“The policy says that nonbinary athletes, transgender men and intersex athletes will also be limited to competing in the men’s category.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...

U.S. Soccer Star Catarina Macario Scores 10-Year, $10 Million Sponsor Deal From Nike The partnership is among the richest in a sport where women’s shoe contracts usually run in the mid-five figures per year—but the paychecks are rising fast.

SCOOP: U.S. Soccer star Catarina Macario is joining Nike on a 10-year, $10 million sponsor deal. (She was previously with Adidas.)

More details on the new partnership, which cements Macario as one of the highest-paid players in her sport, at @Forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/justin...

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Every bunny was kung fu fiiiiightiiiing 🎵🎶

Goose and a Watermelon.

Pro tip: say no to at least 50% of requests and, whenever you decline, provide the names of two male colleagues who are shirking their share of service. (Gold star for BCCing the dean when you do so.)

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Apply to Undergraduate Programs | International Students The University of Guelph, and everyone who studies here, explores here, teaches here and works here is committed to one simple purpose: To Improve Life

American friends, do know many Canadian universities will still accept applications for fall entry? I'm Dean of an excellent College of Arts at a beautiful university in a small very safe city. And we're not far from the US border.

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Women's sports are booming. Why now?  | CBC Sports The rise across all women's sports has been steadily gaining momentum in recent years. From soccer, to hockey, to volleyball, women's sports are experiencing a record-shattering surge like never befor...

#UofG | Dr. Ann Pegoraro talks to CBC Sports about why now is the moment for women's sports.

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