Posted on 08/07/2023 7:19:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
ESPN was bashed for an homage to US women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe shortly after the team was bounced from the World Cup. The sports network ran a three-minute segment narrated by Rapinoe’s fiancee, WNBA legend Sue Bird, on Sunday morning that paid tribute to the soccer star’s 20-year career.
The tribute, titled “Unapologetically Rapinoe,” so soon after the two-time defending champs’ stunning defeat to Sweden in the the quarterfinals — in which Rapinoe missed a key penalty kick — didn’t sit well with Clay Travis, a sports journalist and founder of Outkick, a sports-focused news site. “Here’s how ESPN covered Rapinoe and the US women’s choke job. This isn’t sports, it’s left wing propaganda,” Travis tweeted on Monday. “Megan Rapinoe airmailed her penalty kick & the US women’s soccer team had their worst World Cup performance ever,” he added.
His post was accompanied by a 17-second clip of the tribute, which showed a slew of photos of Rapinoe kneeling during the national anthem as her teammates stood with their hands on their hearts. “Her patriotism has led her to lend her voice to those who need it,” Bird said in the segment.
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Were any non-Lesbians involved?
That’s Clay, from Clay and Buck, who took over for Rush Limbaugh. I listen to them sometimes.
He created this segment?
Sounds like he took excerpts and added his own commentary.
“Stunning defeat”?
No...it was rather expected...and welcomed.
It's not like it was a large defeat, considering it was by one shoot goals, by one millimeter.
I would also note that there is no such thing as a WNBA “legend.”
...the hell am I thinking. Of course they would. It's what they do.
The name is “Rappin’ Hoe”
ESPN is Disney so no surprise
By a millimeter? More like 3-4 feet. There should be an investigation, to see if she bet against her own team.
It saved them from humiliation at the hands of Japan.
“ It’s not like it was a large defeat, considering it was by one shoot goals, by one millimeter. ”
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Rapinoe missed her kick by a couple THOUSANDS OF MILLIMETERS. Had they not brought her in from the bench to replace Alex Morgan, that kick could have well been made and would have won the game. Rapinoe is an over the hill disgusting ingrate and hater.
The good news for her is that the Cowboys are still looking for a placekicker.
I did not say her goal was a miss by a millimeter. The goal that won the game was detected by a milimeter.
ESPN is Disney so no surprise
Lesbo loser needs to be propped up because she’s a POS
She’s an old bag and too ugly to find a man
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