Nancy Armour
Sports Columnist at USA Today
Columnist for USA TODAY Sports, writing about little bit of everything. Runner; Starbucks junkie. Didn’t pay for a blue check
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Nancy Armour
For someone who is the head of soccer’s global governing body, FIFA president Gianni Infantino sure does hate the sport. Or the players who play it, at least. The expanded Club World Cup, the latest frontier in Infantino and FIFA’s incessant cash grab, kicks off Saturday. An idea that no one was clamoring for, the 32-team, month-long tournament adds to what is already an overcrowded calendar and threatens to dilute the quality of the game.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Nancy Armour
Simone Biles doesn't want anyone picking on kids. The seven-time Olympic champion tried to add some clarity to her exchange last week with anti-transgender activist Riley Gaines, apologizing for her personal criticism but doubling down on her feelings about Gaines' attacks on kids.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Nancy Armour
INDIANAPOLIS â Caitlin Clarkâs favorite color is blue. Outside of the gym, sheâs happiest being on the water or a golf course. She says the same thing to teammate Aliyah Boston before every Indiana Fever game. When you buy one of the basketballs in Clarkâs new line from Wilson, youâre not just getting a ball. Youâre getting a glimpse of Clark herself.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Nancy Armour
After decades of making do with leftovers and scraps, women’s sports teams now officially have a seat at the table in Illinois. The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act was amended last weekend to ensure women’s teams are included in any conversations about public funding. The bill now goes to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who intends to sign it. “That codification is everything,” Karen Leetzow, president of the NWSL's Chicago Stars, which led the push for the change, told USA TODAY Sports.
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3 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Nancy Armour
Simone Biles is the GOAT in every sense of the word. The seven-time Olympic champion stood up for transgender athletes Friday night, taking to X to chastise Riley Gaines for the relentless verbal abuse she directs at transgender girls and women. “You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser,” Biles wrote.
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