Maitreyi Anantharaman

I went to a labor fight and a hockey league broke out! My story on the new PWHL, its union and women's hockey's first-ever collective bargaining agreement: defector.com/womens-hockey-…

Papi's Home.

@alexaphilippou most important offseason signing! congrats!

Beyond thrilled for this next chapter at ESPN! Can’t wait to continue to work alongside my incredible colleagues and tell stories about the sport I love ☺️

and congrats white sox 🫡

go tigers 😭⚾️ 🍾✨

@sabreenajm ty!!

@Marisa_Ingemi this is exactly how i once ended up seeing mamma mia 2 in IMAX...

Angel Reese has genius in her fingertips: defector.com/angel-reese-ha…

wrote a bit about the Olympic team stuff, mostly to plug Sara Corbett’s VENUS TO THE HOOP, about the ‘96 Olympic team and the birth of the WNBA. not sure anything has shaped my writing and thinking about women’s basketball more. defector.com/basketball-isn…

@snapwilson retiring from blogging

This is a gross misuse of power, @maitreyiaa

@RachGall I will use these powers for good next time, I SWEAR!

@maitreyiaa your powers!!!!

Ahhh yes. Exactly what we need right now.

@alexaphilippou @sabreenajm sorry sorry I’m trying to delete it!!!!

@sabreenajm @maitreyiaa omg you manifested this

@ikeyouguysredux I’ve become too powerful!

@SarahSpain thank you!

This is beautiful writing, @maitreyiaa! Really good stuff. defector.com/on-the-caitlin…

like six women's basketball news cycles behind at this point 😵‍💫 but wrote a little about the whole "young phenom vs. jealous vet" trope, which seems to misunderstand both parties defector.com/caitlin-clark-…

@amidanruo @DefectorMedia she will NOT keep getting away this

@fromkurtis seems like I have to go back now to write the Fagbenle Effect follow-up story...

is it frustrating to see a sport you really love wrung through the take machine? yes! in a lot of ways! but also i've found it helpful in sharpening my own thinking about some stuff, and it's fun to have more people to talk to :)

@Marisa_Ingemi means a lot coming from you, thanks!

anyway, a theme of this story is that your working conditions shape the kind of work you’re able to do, and I’m grateful to work full-time at a place that gave me all the time, resources, and editing I needed. way too few people who cover women’s sports are allowed those things.

also I'm like 45 percent sure I witnessed the Ohtani deal while reporting this

I went to a labor fight and a hockey league broke out! My story on the new PWHL, its union and women's hockey's first-ever collective bargaining agreement: defector.com/womens-hockey-…