REAL SPORTS magazine

20/08/2026

Great performance

13/08/2026

Meet Kinley Rasmus, the 12-year-old ace whose team just punched their ticket to the Little League World Series! ⚾️🔥Kinley threw a complete-game shutout to lead Phenix City, Alabama to the Southeast Region title. She comes from serious baseball royalty, her dad is former MLB pitcher Cory Rasmus and her uncle is former MLB outfielder Colby Rasmus.💪🥎

Phenix City, Ala., is heading back to the Little League World Series for the first time since 1999, and a family rich with both LLWS and MLB history is at the forefront. Kinley Rasmus, the daughter of former big league pitcher Cory Rasmus, threw a complete-game shutout to help lead

25/07/2026

At the NHRA races in Sonoma last weekend, the Della Penna Foundation gave girls a close-up look at the people, technology, teamwork, and careers that power motorsports. Just wanted to give a shout-out to all the amazing organizations out there providing unique access to girls to experience sports in a new light. Give a shout-out in the comments to other groups providing access to girls!

Women's Sports Foundation Susan Lucas-Conwell Nu-Gina Rogers

20/07/2026

Are you ready…for 2027 Women’s World Cup…Brazil.

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28/06/2026

Such a fabulous rivalry. WNBA players, including Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever, as well as those looking to take her out, could learn from how this rivalry benefited the players and the game! Indiana Fever 🏀

25/06/2026

Tonight, Team USA takes on Turkey in the 2026 World Cup and the moment feels especially meaningful in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you haven't heard the NPR/KQED special on how that region helped shape the rise of U.S. soccer, now is the perfect time. The on-demand version is worth every minute.

🎙️ https://www.kqed.org/news/12087770/how-the-bay-area-helped-shape-u-s-soccer-ahead-of-the-2026-world-cup

Let's go USA. 🇺🇸

A new KQED and Arizona State University project examines the people, teams and institutions that made the Bay Area a center of soccer culture and innovation.

22/06/2026

Now sharing: Bay Area Soccer Legacy, featuring **Brandi Chastain**, **Marlene Bjornsrud**, and **REAL SPORTS founder Amy Love**. An inspiring look at the people and moments that helped expand opportunity in girls’ and women’s soccer.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1itDpZob8WplJNZApe0NCz?si=4cfeefda12114af6

Marlene Bjornsrud National Women's Soccer League Coca-Cola Amy D Love

Bay Area Soccer Legacy · Episode

21/06/2026

Tonight at 6 pm on 88.5 KQED News, KQED and Arizona State University’s Great Game Lab will air 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲, a one-hour special exploring how Northern California became such an important hub for soccer in the United States.

REAL SPORTS founder and publisher Amy D. Love was interviewed for the project, sharing part of her personal soccer story and the role she played as a young girl in challenging barriers that kept girls from competing on the best teams available to them.

As the World Cup comes to the Bay Area, this is a powerful moment to reflect on the people, communities, programs, and stories that helped shape soccer in this region.

Tune in tonight at 𝟔 𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝟖𝟖.𝟓 𝐊𝐐𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬.

KQED PBS NPR Laurence Scott Arizona State University

20/06/2026

As the World Cup comes to the Bay Area, KQED and Arizona State University’s Great Game Lab are airing a one-hour special, 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲, exploring how Northern California became such an important hub for soccer in the United States.

REAL SPORTS founder and publisher Amy D. Love was interviewed for the project, sharing part of her personal soccer story and the role she played as a young girl in challenging the barriers that kept girls from playing on the best teams available to them.

Her story is one small piece of a much larger Bay Area soccer legacy. From grassroots youth programs to women’s soccer, tech, culture, community, and the global game, this region has helped shape soccer in powerful ways.

Tune in to 𝟖𝟖.𝟓 𝐊𝐐𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟏 𝐚𝐭 𝟔 𝐩𝐦.

KQED PBS NPR Laurence Scott Arizona State University

18/06/2026

Sunday night, tune in to KQED 88.5 FM for something worth your time. "𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲" is a one-hour radio special, produced by Arizona State University's Great Game Lab, that tells the story of 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫.

From the early days of professional leagues to 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 National Women's Soccer League'𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, from tech giants shaping the global game to organizations like Soccer Without Borders and Oakland Roots Sports Club changing lives on the ground.

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 Amy D Love 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦, bringing the women's sports perspective to a conversation long overdue.

Sunday, June 21 at 6 pm on 88.5 KQED News. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.