Claire Watkins
@scoutripley
Senior Writer for Just Women’s Sports. Host of the Late Sub podcast.
Highest attended WNBA All-Star Game of all time, in Chicago, Illinois
Amber Mark is also performing at halftime in-stadium, which is pretty neat!
Rains holding off for now. I’m biased but I like this field so much
Ohioan of the hour Rose Lavelle warranted her own scrum in Columbus today
Reminder soccer fans, I'm gonna be in Columbus for the Challenge Cup next week, and we wanna hook you up with swag as part of the festivities — JWS trivia night (yes there is a 'lore' category), Thursday, City Tavern, don't miss it:
I have been a little resistant to the “nobody in the U.S. cares about the World Cup” narrative because I fundamentally don’t think that’s true but it is true not a lot going on at the Iowa 80 truck stop
JK here is the USWNT XI for tonight. The midfield gets a big “I Guess” from me
You’re going to be hearing this a lot from me this month - the Challenge Cup is in my beloved Columbus, and I’m gonna be there! Pregame with us on Thursday for trivia, drinks, prizes, and maybeee a Buckeye appearance you won’t want to miss: www.eventbrite.com/e/just-women...
I am on junket TikTok all the time and have naturally been getting Euphoria stuff this week - v cool to see Maryland native Darrell Britt-Gibson (Bishop’s actor) in Spirit gear
Triple espresso as teased, Olivia Moultrie must be good to go, Croix returns in lieu of Coffey, out with injury, fun group
No Kansas City is a missed opportunity but the Dallas one is kind of a slay
As someone who almost exclusively clothes myself from the men's section at Abercrombie I'm not surprised they've got some of the only cute World Cup 26 merch I've seen so far
This is a lovely initiative but also Furt lives on forever for those with eyes to see
USWNT April roster: Mcglynn still injured, so Campbell is in. Davidson, Wilson, Cooper return from injury. Young NWSL talent is sticking
Google’s continued integration of AI into search is just not going to work for womens sports this has been up for days.