maya goldberg-safir on Mythryl: “thank you to @alexsimonsports.bsky.social & @sfgate.com for the…”

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thank you to @alexsimonsports.bsky.social & @sfgate.com for the opportunity to write this piece. to me, the heart & soul of valkyries fandom - FOR THE GAYS - includes thousands of queer people filling the seats of ballhalla now, and the extraordinary lives of those no longer with us:

maya goldberg-safir@roughnotes.bsky.social

Ballhalla has become a nationally-celebrated phenomenon, but something's missing from the headlines: GSV's founding support by queer fans like Cheryl & Deb Espinosa-Jones, who embraced the WNBA as Deb battled terminal cancer. I wrote about her legacy & the "full blown lesbian history" of Ballhalla:

sfgate.comLove and grief turned a sports skeptic into a lifelong Valkyries fan"This is a one-of-a-kind place, and it feels as if the Valkyries were born from that."

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