#sports movement

[s-u-w-i]

A bit belatedly this year but here it goes! The eighth annual Figure Skating Championships sketches ⛸ Previous years can be found here -

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

[ashleyloob]

would you ever consider putting together a workout guide?

at this point I'm convinced the only way to get a bunch of terminally online gay ppl into weightlifting is if I draw cute OCs doing it so probably

[muncedes]

a scary video to watch being able to see the sheer physical exhaustion charles and many other drivers were talking about taking over especially in his neck when hitting the high speed corners with high g forces

[alkalinetrios]

rowing 🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️

yashica 35-me, on kodak color plus 200

[nr1-logo-design-inspiration]

Nike logo - funny meme

[copingchaos]

I'll never give disney+ my money again. If you think about it, boycotting these vile companies would even save you money. So if you're not able to donate because of financial struggles, maybe try this instead

[shyfoxten]

Be honest 🤭

[coochiequeens]

Saving Women's Sports also means learning about women athletes

ROSEDALE, Miss. —

Mildrette Netter, Mississippi's first woman Olympic medalist, was the catalyst for change in women's track in the state.

"I wanted to go and experience a better life," Netter said.

Netter grew up in Rosedale, Mississippi.

"Two things I was at a disadvantage for was being from Mississippi and being short," she said.

This was the reason given by the coach at Tennessee State when he declined to give her a scholarship in 1967.

"There were no women's track programs in the state of Mississippi at all," Netter said.

She thought her career was over until Alcorn State University head track coach Grant Dungee reached out to her.

"She was the only girl," Dungee said. "Some of the guys she could beat."

Netter competed in out-of-state meets, shocking the competition as the short girl from Mississippi exploded onto the scene and into the 1968 Olympic 4 by 100-meter team.

"It made me eager and hungry," Netter said.

Her personal struggle was set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., just months before her Olympic debut.

Netter's husband, Alcorn teammate and Vietnam vet Willie, experienced the struggle firsthand.

"He had so much spirit, it put chills through you. That night that he was assassinated, we were at Alcorn college. Something happened there on base, they came on base, we got beat up on base on campus that night," Willie said.

"That was a very turmoil time in our country," Netter said.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos protested through their raised fist on the podium.

"Everyone protests in their own way," she added.

The lesser-known story of American social justice from the 1968 Olympics was Netter's effect on the state of Mississippi.

"They can see me, then hey, maybe they can be me," she said.

The Magnolia State was watching, and after seeing Netter help Team USA set a new world record in the 4 by 100 meters, it started to change.

"The next year, that's when they formed the team," Netter said.

Alcorn was one of the first, and other schools followed. No longer did Mississippi women have to go out of state to pursue their track and field dreams.

Netter wasn't the first woman to play sports in Mississippi, but she very well may have been the most important.

[gilettefusion5]

One of the funnier things about having FND is that I can tell when I’m about to have a pseudo seizure and I usually have time to prepare. So I go find my knee braces and grab a pillow and put on some chapstick and then get on the floor to writhe around like a fish out of water. Just, hmmm I should run to the bathroom first, where’s my water, should I listen to a podcast. Ok now I can’t get up for half an hour.

[s-u-w-i]

The annual European Figure Skating Championships sketches, a seventh year already! ⛸ Previous years can be found here - 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

[comraderoscoes]

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[azulock]

It's leaks time again and I will not stop singing Nomura his praises, portraying movement is so very hard, same with all the intensity and desperation, and this guy nails it. Lots of Kaiser this chapter which is always great. I still haaate the PXG uniform but I won't complain much cause I love Bastard's one.

[sergeifyodorov]

gonna say one thing about the state of the nfl and then leave because I am not a ball (of the foot variety) knower: the major injustice of the swiftie influx is that the ch*efs are a good team and probably going to win the superbowl... they need to learn that sports is really about eternal suffering and inability to relinquish hope nonetheless (and their blorbo is there too). none of this apple pie handsome boyfriend like you were a trophy or a champion ring nonsense... patrick mahomes can u leaf it up out there PLEASE queen you're only setting them up for unwatchably rancid fairweather fan discourse

[zaynes-left-chesticle]

72 days....

It took 72 days...

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Open Orbit 60... YOU HAVE ACTUALLY RUINED MY LIFE. GFY 🖕

Love, Ash (and probably everyone else still playing this game)

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Representative Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, took to Twitter on Sunday afternoon to complain about the Black National Anthem being performed during the Super Bowl.

Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is slated to perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the Black National Anthem, ahead of the Sunday night football game. The song, written more than 100 years ago, emerged as a rallying cry during the civil rights movement, according to the NAACP. The NFL began including the song in its games following the Black Lives Matter protests that occurred during the summer of 2020, but the move has faced backlash from some conservatives.

Boebert became the latest prominent Republican to criticize the National Football League (NFL) over the song's inclusion, which will be performed alongside the "Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful." The GOP lawmaker accused the league of attempting to "divide" Americans by including the Black National Anthem in the performance lineup.

"America only has ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM," she tweeted. "Why is the NFL trying to divide us by playing multiple!? Do football, not wokeness."

Critics argued, however, that Boebert's tweet was more divisive than the inclusion of the performance. Condé Nast editor Luke Zaleski accused Boebert of "gaslighting" viewers.

"The gaslighting is the fact that she's using the concept of unity to divide. She's doing what she's accusing the NFL of. It's a fake grievance contrived to irk and produce the effect of further fracturing society," Zaleski tweeted.

"It's black history month. The song is meaningful to African Americans. It's also a historic game with 2 black quarterbacks, the first time ever. Get over yourself and your ridiculous white grievances. If you don't like it, don't watch. Simple," another Twitter user tweeted on Sunday in response to Boebert.

Other conservatives have previously criticized the NFL over the song. In 2021, Fox News host Sean Hannity decried a performance as an attempt to "inject politics into sports." Several conservative pundits also complained when Vanessa Williams performed the song during a PBS Fourth of July special that same year.

WHAT IS THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM?

NAACP leader James Weldon Smith first wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in 1900. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, composed the music for its lyrics, according to the NAACP.

The song was first performed by students at a segregated school in Jacksonville, Florida, to celebrate the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, who presided over the emancipation of slaves during the American Civil War, according to the NAACP.

The song became a landmark of African American culture. According to Time magazine, it was performed during meetings in which civil rights leaders planned the Montgomery Bus Boycott and has been quoted in speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Following the 2020 racial protests after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, the NFL sought to confront what many players have described as systemic racism following years of protests.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told The New York Times in 2021 that the inclusion of the song is "an opportunity to highlight messages that are important to the league, players and personnel and our communities."

"We've seen tremendous work done by our players to make an impact, and we can increase that through the high-visibility platform that the NFL provides," he said.

Newsweek reached out to Boebert's press office for further comment.

[emsloe]

Im so impatient for my chest to be healed

Like logically yes I know it’s been less than a month and healing from a major surgery takes time etc etc etc but also

1) i feel normal and fine i wanna go to the GYM my beloved gym. I was gazing longingly at the gym today as I walked by. I’m having barbell withdrawal. I keep spacing out fantasizing about bench press

2) my chest looks good and my brain keeps going “yeah it doesn’t hurt, so that means it’s healed. Take the wrap off.” I want to just wear a shirt with nothing under it and I want to move without restriction and i also kinda wanna roll in the dirt like a dog. It’s like the marshmallow test to me and I am barely holding on