Lauren Smith @laurensmith.bsky.social

Professor, Rowan University | Research Director - Center for Sports Comm & Social Impact | Researching effects of narratives & portrayals of gender, race, & social issues in sport | Triathlete | Ironman x 3 | Traveling the 🌎 w/ Kenny Smith | War Eagle

Our community of scholars who study all things sport is amazing, so I made a #starterpack. Let’s grow this community! If you want to be added please let me know!

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You should all go read this post from @bmoritz99.bsky.social - not just because he graciously featured @kennysmith.org’s and my research - but because it provides a great and interesting look at some research around gambling and fantasy sports.
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And you know what? They don’t need an idiot like Tommy to create a bill to save them. They could, you know, actually go back to enforcing the rules and system they created.
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Yes. I am still bitter. I get that the rule was in place to prevent athletes from transferring to stay ahead of flunking out, but I was a dean’s list student.

When I hear about a QB like TJ Finley who has now played at SIX different schools…rage. Utter rage.

The NCAA can only blame themselves.
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Tommy Tuberville is a stupid piece of human garbage.

When I was in college *mumble* years ago, this was EXACTLY the rule. I sat a season because I transferred 2x. I appealed to show my grades were fine, & the NCAA denied me.

So he’s trying to play savior to a system the NCAA broke? Sit down.
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Just presented some new research with @laurensmith.bsky.social. Turns out there’s not a lot of work done studying why people stop playing fantasy sports.

Let’s dive in!

#IACS26
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This semester, I have started doing trivia at the start of my mega events class. Today?

"Name three people who have won March Madness as both a player and a coach?"

I really want to give the answer as "Three people who have never been in my kitchen."

IYKYK.
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Good things happen when you support and invest in women’s sports, rather than laugh at them.

notjustagame.substack.com/p/when-women-arent-the-punchline
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GOOD
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I hope the entire women’s team tells him to take his invite and shove it, and then to go F himself.

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NBC10 Philly reporter Ted Greenberg - who got the short straw and is down the shore - hates life right now.
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And this afternoon there are new American flags over Johnny and Matt Gaudreau’s ghost bikes, marking where they were killed.

#USAhockey #Olympics #Gaudreau #bikes #cycling @bikesky.social
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He’s now working on his second diagnosis. Let’s see if he’s right…
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Today’s post by @kennysmith.org explores the notions of fan identity, nationalism, and how quickly a fan will turn on “their” athletes if that athlete dares to use their voice in a way the fan doesn’t agree with.
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We had a conversation about indoor drafting techniques while watching the individual races last night because @laurensmith.bsky.social and I know how to party.
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When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms. @josiecox.bsky.social
www.thepersistent.com/milan-cortina-winter-olympics-2026-lindsey-vonn-broken-leg/
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Tomorrow?

Tomorrow!?!?
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They heard the halftime show had a bunny. #SuperBowlLX
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Is that a tree coming out of it?

Or a bone?

Why do people ruin food like this?
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Why did Bon Jovi introduce the Patriots?

BON JOVI.

The same Bon Jovi who is from NJ. Who has a friggin rest stop on the Jersey Turnpike named after him.

THIS IS NOT OK.

#superbowlLX
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Everyone watches women’s sports.
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Official from Unrivaled:

21,490 fans in the building tonight.

That’s an all-time record for the highest-attended regular season professional women's basketball game ever.

Also, a record for a professional basketball game — men’s or women’s — at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com
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Grew up watching the men fill up this arena, now the city of Philadelphia is showing up - SOLD OUT - for her. I fucking love women’s sports.

#unrivaled
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In my Mega Events class this semester we will talk about Olympic scandals. I did not expect a current scandal to be “skin doping,” aka “illegally altering the crotch of a ski jump suit.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/6961222/2026/01/20/olympics-norway-ski-jumping-scandal-suspensions/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=8249848&source=dailyemail
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Tonight’s conclusion: Jamaica is large enough to host a Games. Kenny was correct. I was not.
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I’m just over here waiting for the “keep politics out of sport crowd” to be furious and denounce this.

I’ll get a snack, because I’m thinking I’ll be here a while.
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Waiting for the “Save Women’s Sports” crowd to be completely outraged at a woman handing over her award to a man that didn’t earn it.

🤷🏼‍♀️

edition.cnn.com/2026/01/15/americas/venezuela-machado-trump-meeting-nobel-intl-hnk
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I'm teaching a new class I've developed this spring called "Sport Mega Events." I plan to incorporate a day (at least) talking about the halftime show. And, well...can you talk about the halftime show without paying homage to this king?

youtube.com/shorts/fCPhwo4eySU?si=gtn1f1UAzQgGaUUA
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It was Brandi Carlisle radio!
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Dan Devine would like a few words.
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Ok @newyorkgiants.bsky.social , go make an offer.
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