The IX Newsletter

19/08/2024

In this week's edition of Soccer Monday, Annie Peterson shares her conversation with National Women's Soccer League commissioner Jessica Berman.

This week's edition of Soccer Monday includes a wide-ranging conversation with NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman.

17/08/2024

Jackie Powell and Howard Megdal discuss his latest reporting for The IX about the Las Vegas Aces investigation and Dearica Hamby lawsuit.

16/08/2024

In this week's Hockey Friday, Lydia Murray of The Ice Garden provides you with an updated list of PWHL players who have decided to hang up the skates.

This week's edition of Hockey Friday provides you with an updated list of PWHL players who have decided to hang up the skates.

14/08/2024

New The IX Newsletter: internal discussions around the LVCVA's proposed payments to Las Vegas Aces players, including advice from a top Aces executive not to inform commissioner Cathy Engelbert. We've got the emails:

New emails bring the timeline and role of the Las Vegas Aces into sharper focus, The IX's latest deep dive reveals.

12/08/2024

In this week's Soccer Monday, Annie Peterson recaps her time in France covering the USWNT, which won an Olympic gold medal for the first time since 2012.

In this week's Soccer Monday, Annie Peterson provides the main takeaways from the 2024 Paris Games, including how the Americans secured gold.

10/08/2024

The Olympic Games are showing how much performance benefits from good mental health and athletes’ openness about pursuing mental health treatment, our Lela Moore writes.

The Paris Games showed that Olympic gymnasts benefit from good mental health and athletes' openness about pursuing mental health treatment.

09/08/2024

In this week's edition of Hockey Friday, The Ice Garden reminisces on some of the good branding moments across past women's professional hockey leagues.

Let's take a moment to reminisce on some of the good logos — or at least, the less egregious ones — in women’s professional hockey.

08/08/2024

You better believe Addie Parker is all over women's golf in the latest Golf Thursday. Plus: where does Lydia Ko keep her medals?!?

Olympic golf is here, and our Addie Parker is breaking it down for you. Plus: where does Lydia Ko keep her medals?

07/08/2024

Our Howard Megdal has instant reaction from USA Basketball's win over Nigeria to advance to the semifinals in 5-on-5.

Stream of consiousness thoughts from USA Basketball vs. Nigeria — Coquese Washington talks Rutgers in Basketball Wednesday.

05/08/2024

It's Monday and our Annie Peterson has you covered with another edition of Soccer Monday from France

The Paris Olympics have reached the medal rounds and our Annie Peterson is in Lyon covering the action across France.

03/08/2024

It's a special edition of Gymnastics Saturday! Our Lela Moore writes about the medals, of course, but she also discusses why the MyKayla Skinner-Simone Biles back-and-forth is significant for the culture of gymnastics.

A busy week yielded some long overdue clapbacks against those pining for the old, toxic systems that once ruled the sport at the highest level

02/08/2024

As we head into the dog days of summer what better way to kick off the weekend than another Hockey Friday from The Ice Garden? Emma Sullivan takes you through the summer's most impactful NCAA transfers.

In this week's Hockey Friday, Emma Sullivan writes all about the NCAA, specifically the deep transfer pool that saw a lot of movement.

01/08/2024

We need to talk about Lauren Coughlin.

In Golf Thursday, Addie Parker takes a look at how Lauren Coughlin got to this point. She also catches up with LPGA rookie Gigi Stoll.

31/07/2024

Just posted: the LVCVA provided The IX Newsletter with a large batch of records in response to our public records request. A rundown of what the documents, and what isn't in the documents, tell us about the 's investigation into the Aces

What newly-released documents tell us about Las Vegas Aces investigation, the latest from Basketball Wednesday.

29/07/2024

While the USWNT is off to a successful start, arguably the biggest women's soccer story of the Olympics so far is the DroneGate scandal facing Canada. Our Annie Peterson reports from France.
https://www.theixsports.com/features/canada-faces-significant-sanctions-us-coming-together-under-hayes/

26/07/2024

In this week's edition of Hockey Friday, Leighann Strollo from The Ice Garden highlights five moments from the accomplished career of goaltender Amanda Leveille, who announced her retirement from professional hockey.

It’s no question that Amanda Leveille has had a very successful hockey career full of impressive numbers and accolades.

24/07/2024

Howard Megdal is thinking a lot about the Chicago Sky lately — but not necessarily for positive reasons.

In this subscriber-only edition of Basketball Wednesday, he discusses why the Sky's vision for their future is so hard to figure out.

The vision is opaque for the Chicago Sky, our Howard Megdal writes in the latest edition of Basketball Wednesday.

24/07/2024

Tennis Tuesday with Joey Dillon returns for a preview of the women’s field, going over the top 16 seeds, who has a chance to beat Iga Świątek and what to expect from the tournament:

Joey Dillon discusses if there are any players that could challenge Iga Świątek at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

22/07/2024

https://www.theixsports.com/features/soccer-monday-let-the-games-begin/

Everything you need to know to prepare yourself for women's soccer in the Olympic games, at the link!

Annie Peterson walks readers through a description of each team playing in the Olympics and shares what to look out for

20/07/2024

Twelve former LIU gymnasts posted statements on Instagram this week accusing coaches Randy Lane and Olivia Courtney of abuse. Our Lela Moore catches you up on the allegations. ⬇️

Twelve former LIU gymnasts posted statements on Instagram this week accusing coaches Randy Lane and Olivia Courtney of abuse.

19/07/2024

Despite the hockey season and the colder weather being several weeks away, there is still hockey being played. Alyssa Turner from The Ice Garden has you covered with summer hockey updates from the LSHL and Da Beauty League.

Despite the hockey season and the colder weather being several weeks away, there is still hockey being played.

18/07/2024

With The Amundi Evian Championship behind us, what's ahead for women's golf? Of course our Addie Parker has your back on this

Takeaways from Evian — What's next for women's golf? all in the latest Golf Thursday with Addie Parker, here at The IX.

18/07/2024

Our Basketball Wednesday, presented by BIG EAST, is here with my explainer on all you need to know about the reported new WNBA media rights deal. Who wins? And how much?

The WNBA's massive media rights win, explained — Lynne Roberts talks Utah Utes women's basketball, all in the latest Basketball Wednesday.

16/07/2024

As usual, our Joey Dillon ends Wimbledon with a tribute to Jon Wertheim's coverage, and it starts with Barbora Krejcikova

Joey Dillon wraps up the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, shares quotes from the champions, including Barbora Krejcikova.

15/07/2024

It's Soccer Monday and, before leaving for France, our Annie Peterson catches you up on the latest women's soccer news.

Catarina Macario won't be playing at the Olympics. Lynn Williams, initially named as an alternate, will take Macario's place.

13/07/2024

The USA Gymnastics leotards for the Paris are here — and their impressive reveal spotlighted gymnastics in a new way, our Lela Moore writes. Subscribers can read more in the latest edition of Gymnastics Saturday! ⬇️

Team USA revealed its leotards for the 2024 Paris Olympics with a fashion show that highlighted the prestige of Olympic gymnastics.

12/07/2024

In this week's edition of Hockey Friday, LJ from The Ice Garden brings you women's hockey headlines, including way too early PWHL predictions.

It’s never too soon to start thinking about it! Here are my five way-too-early predictions for the 2024-25 PWHL season.

11/07/2024

The The Amundi Evian Championship is heating up, and our Addie Parker is here to tell you all you need to know for the weekend ahead. Golf Thursday is here!

Recapping round one at Evian — Celine Boutier talks Evian title defense all in the latest Golf Thursday with Addie Parker.

10/07/2024

Back in 2017, Dawn Staley told our Howard Megdal she thought A'ja Wilson could reach Candace Parker's standard. In today's Basketball Wednesday, Megdal writes about the ways Wilson's 2024 is, somehow, even exceeding CP.

A'ja Wilson is fulfilling Dawn Staley's prophecy — Talking Dallas Wings with Arie Graham in Basketball Wednesday.

09/07/2024

WHAT IS HAPPENING at Wimbledon?!? Our Joey Dillon breaks down the action so far and provides a guide to what's ahead in Tennis Tuesday

Joey Dillon previews the 2024 Wimbledon quarterfinals and how the players got there and also shares the week's biggest women's tennis news.