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June 20, 2026
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Breakaway is an SB Nation vertical focused on women’s sports: from basketball to boxing, from soccer to softball. We take the success and ever-increasing popularity of women’s sports as a given, not a novelty. And we help define the growing fan culture around women’s sports.

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Report: NC Courage trade USWNT’s Jaedyn Shaw to NJ/NY Gotham FC for NWSL record $1.25 millionReport: NC Courage trade USWNT’s Jaedyn Shaw to NJ/NY Gotham FC for NWSL record $1.25 million

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