Rush Olson

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Sports Rush: Bueckers And The Big Picture

1 week ago | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

Monday night, the Dallas Wings, who currently play their home games in Arlington, Texas, controlled the first selection in the WNBA’s annual draft of college and international players. They chose UConn star Paige Bueckers. Amazingly, Bueckers, the top pick of the best women’s basketball league in the world, also reportedly signed a contract with an entirely different hoops league the week prior.
Sports Rush: Women’s Sports Not A Given - Yet

2 weeks ago | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

It’s a pretty good time for women’s sports right now. We shouldn’t take it for granted – not yet. This past week, I spent some time around the Dallas Trinity FC women’s soccer club. The context had to do with a docuseries I directed called “Raising Her Game” (now streaming on Victory+) that traces the concurrent evolution of U.S. soccer and women’s sports through the lens of the University of Texas women’s soccer program.
Sports Rush: Electric State Ethics

1 month ago | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

Remember the 1990s? The Dallas Stars hockey club moved from Minnesota to play in Reunion Arena. Of course, that was also the decade when a massive robot rebellion rent society asunder. OK, you might remember the former better than the latter. That’s because the robot revolt luckily only happened in a movie. This is a sports column about a film. And more. I attended a cinema screening of “The Electric State” on Wednesday, prior to the motion picture’s Friday debut on Netflix.
Sports Rush: Tipping Off Women’s History Month

1 month ago | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

For TCU Women’s Basketball Head Coach Mark Campbell, last season probably felt like the early days of women’s intercollegiate basketball. “We didn’t have enough healthy bodies. We were doing open tryouts,” he pointed out Wednesday after his now fully-staffed squad defeated the Houston Cougars in its penultimate regular-season game.
Sports Rush: Still A MFFL?

2 months ago | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

It’s been two weeks since many Dallas Mavs fans’ worlds came crashing down. How ya doing? I went to watch the SMU men’s basketball team play Pitt on Tuesday. Mavericks’ GM Nico Harrison had come to scout the game. A friend watching from home had alerted me to his presence because the ACC Network broadcast had cut away to him at one point. Not too long after that, I heard a lone “Fire Nico” emerge from someone in the crowd who also realized he was there.
Sports Rush: The Stars, Soccer, and Southlake

2 months ago | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

The crowd at the Dallas Stars game cheered loudly Friday night – for a professional soccer player. Actually, she hasn’t played her first pro game yet. That will come February 15th. And, in fact, her team has itself only played 14 official games in its history. Dallas Trinity FC joined the USL Super League for the circuit’s inaugural 2024-25 season and will try to create a niche for itself in the North Texas sports scene.
Sports Rush: CGS Rolls With It

Jan 13, 2025 | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

An American football has points, which means it doesn’t always bounce smoothly. We saw that quality on display metaphorically and physically in Fort Worth this past week. The College Gridiron Showcase holds its annual event in Cowtown each January. Aspiring pro football players aim to showcase their abilities to punt, pass, and kick the prolate spheroid in front of scouts.
The Holiday Rush

Dec 4, 2024 | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

So, you’ve got a sports fan in your life who made the nice list this year (clearly not a Commanders or Yankees fan), but hockey sticks and goalposts are so hard to wrap. And tickets to sit in Taylor Swift’s suite at a Chiefs game are kind of tough to find. For you, we put together a few ideas Tarrant County gift givers can easily procure to elicit joy from their sports-obsessed family and friends. Game TicketsWell, duh, sports fans like to go to games.
Sports Rush: Choosing the Sports We Watch

Nov 3, 2024 | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

On Saturday, I, like many Americans, went to a football game. I watched it in a historic stadium, where the likes of Lee Roy Selmon, Bob Lilly, Earl Campbell, and Doak Walker once dug their cleats into the grass. It was a great game even though I didn’t see a single touchdown. “We’re absolutely delighted every time that we’re here at the Cotton Bowl. The crowd has been incredible, and we want to put on an entertaining match,” said the coach of the home team afterward.
Sports Rush: Soccer As A Summer Sport

Oct 26, 2024 | fwweekly.com | Rush Olson

Friday evening’s soccer match did not go perfectly for NY/NJ Gotham FC goalkeeper Abby Smith. She entered the game in the 90th minute, did not have an opportunity to touch the ball, and her team lost the NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup Championship to the Kansas City Current. In many ways, however, the match represented a triumph for Smith. “I’ve been injured for more than a year. It’s been 433 days since I have stepped foot on a game field.