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$500,000
— What #1 WNBA draft pick, Azzi Fudd, will make in her first year with the Dallas Wings. Thanks to the new WNBA contract, it'll be 6x what last year's #1 pick made.
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Why couldn't we watch the *whole* women's race at Paris-Roubaix?!
Despite showing the full men's and men's junior races at the famous Paris-Roubaix this past weekend, the broadcast only aired 90 minutes of the exciting women's race. Why... (Sexism.)
Our Feisty Cycling team broke it down:
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Broadcasts in cycling are funded by the race organizer, who then sells the feed to broadcasters.
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Broadcasters then air the feed on their distribution channels (TV, streaming, etc) with their own commentary.
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Women's races are typically bundled into men's media deals — not sold as standalone premium products in their own right. This then sabotages female racers and doesn't give them a chance to showcase their racing or build up a fan base on their own.
This system disadvantages the women: Teams need coverage to attract sponsors, but coverage is controlled by race organizers. Race organizers say the women get less viewership than the men, but don't give them the opportunity to build a fan base by showing fans their races. And men's cycling has a HUGE headstart: The men's Paris-Roubaix race started in 1896; the women's race started in just 2021!
What happened in the race 💥
Of course, the women's race was exciting and dynamic (!) — and when fans get to see it, they become even bigger fans. This year's race also happened on the same day, but after the men's race.
In the end, it was Franzi Koch, a super domestique for FDJ & for Demi Vollering (who was out early with a mechanical), up against two of the greatest: Marianne Vos and defending champ Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
Koch attacked and attacked in the final kilometers, and then outsprinted Vos on the velodrome.
😭 Watch the surprise winner celebrate with her family |
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(Photo: ASO)
Now it's time for the Boston Marathon
Up next: This Monday (Marathon Monday! 🏃♀️) 32,500 runners — including 14,101 women and 116 nonbinary athletes — will hit the streets of Boston.
FUN FACT: This year marks 60 years since Bobbi Gibb first unofficially ran the Boston Marathon, initially disguised in a sweatshirt among the crowds of men
How do you qualify for Boston?
Runners at the Boston Marathon either have to qualify to get there by running a time under the qualifying standards OR they can be one of the athletes who raises money for a charity bib.
For 2026, the race made its qualifying times even harder. For runners under 60, the times got five minutes faster: a 40-year-old woman now needs to run a 3:35 and a 50-year-old woman needs to run a 3:50. Plus, starting for 2027, qualifying times run on downhill courses (any course with over 1,500 feet of elevation loss) will have a penalty added to your finishing time!
To throw another wrench in the bucket list for runners: So many athletes enter the lottery with fast times, that the race can't accept them all. Ultimately, they accept the fastest qualification times in each age group until the race reaches capacity. For this year's race, that meant runners ended up having to run 4 minutes, 35 seconds faster than the listed qualification time for their age/gender.
📺 WATCH on ESPN2 in the U.S.: Last year's winner, Sharon Lokedi, is back, and matched up against two runners who have gone under 2:18 (Irine Cheptai and Workenesh Edesa); and the American contingent will be led by Fiona O'Keeffe, Emily Sisson, and Jess McClain
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Small groups, led by expert mechanic and instructor, Casey Wytaske
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Daily mechanic sessions & gravel rides
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Amazing swag
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The highlight reel
- 🤸 This weekend is the NCAA gymnastics championships — with a number of don't-miss routines.
- 🚲 Jamie Whitmore, a former XTERRA world champion triathlete, who was diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma and became a para-cycling gold medalist, won two more national para-cycling titles this past weekend.
- 🏂 Snowboarder Mia Jones won both the Rookie of the Year and was overall Freeride World Tour champion for 2026.
- Asayech Ayichew won the Cherry Blossom 10-Mile, but (in third place & first American) Emma-Grace Hurley took the U.S. national title. 🏃♀️
- 🏃♀️ At the USATF 100K championship, Sarah Morrison won in 7:17:03.
- As part of her wild schedule for the year, Heather Jackson won the Desert Rats 100K. 🌵
- 🏃♀️ Maryline Nakache won the famous Marathon des Sables stage race across the Sahara, while Des Linden was third.
- 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ A team of six women (who were all strangers before the race started) broke the all-women's team record for the Speed Project, from L.A. to Las Vegas.
- 💪 Saskia Millard broke the European Hyrox record.
- 🏄♀️ Gabriela Bryan moved into the #1 spot in the World Surf League after winning the RipCurl Pro Bells Beach competition.
- Seattle was eliminated from PWHL playoff contention. 🏒
- 🏐 The LOVB championships will come down to Austin v. Salt Lake City this Thursday & Saturday.
- ⚽ After the U.S. beat Japan 2-1 in California, Japan won 1-0 three days later in Seattle. They play a third game on Friday in Colorado.
- The women's 2031 World Cup bid is waiting for guarantees from the Trump administration. ⚽
- ⚽ The Bundesliga (Germany's pro soccer league) hired its first female head coach.
- One of the first female refs in the NFL is now suing the league for harassment and discrimination she faced. 🏈
- The WNBA free agency period remains volatile, as players sign new contracts and change teams.
- And Coco Gauff spoke out about criticism of her natural hair in a photo shoot.
Your Feisty recommendations
🎧 What to listen to: "The science of cognitive fatigue in running"
📚 What to read: "ACL tear fears, TikTok myths and the fight for credible women’s health science in sports"
📺 What to watch: Coming to Term — a doc about professional ultrarunner Clare Gallagher & her not-easy pregnancy
💜 What we loved: Triathlon gold medalist Gwen Jorgensen is giving away bikes to grant recipients of her scholarship fund; youth and junior athletes can apply here!
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