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Axios
4 days ago
- Business
- Axios
Seattle pub helps lead women's sports bar revolution
Women's sports bars are on the rise — and Seattle is helping lead the charge. Why it matters: With viewership and attendance for women's sports soaring, fans are building new hubs that are about more than simply watching games. Driving the news: Three years ago, there was only one women's sports bar nationwide — now, there are a dozen, says Kaitlyn Laabs, who is making a documentary about them. Six women's sports bars have opened this year, per Laabs' count, with as many as 21 on the way in various stages of funding and construction. Catch up quick: It all started with The Sports Bra, a Portland bar dedicated to supporting and showing women's sports founded by Jenny Nguyen in April 2022. Rough & Tumble Pub in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood followed later that year. By the end of 2024, three more women's sports bars had opened across the country. What they're saying: The bars "galvanize the community," says Laabs, whose upcoming documentary about women's sports bars is called "Untapped." The vibe: Bar owners mix the fun and camaraderie of team sports with an atmosphere that's welcoming to everyone, including nontraditional sports fans, according to Monica Brady, co-owner of Kansas City's upcoming women's sports bar The Dub.
Engadget
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
OG Fortnite may have as many as 92 bots per match
Has your competition in Fortnite ever felt a bit… off? If so, Epic's minimum real player counts may be to blame. A leaker with a proven track record claims (via Polygon ) that the game's OG version can sometimes be populated with over 90 percent bots. The leaker AllyJax used a Discord bot called The Dub to find the number. (Among its other features, the tool lets you count the number of real players in a lobby.) "The minimum real player count has been reduced from 25 to as low as 8 in Fortnite OG ," AllyJax wrote. "There is a probable chance you can have matches with 92 bots." AllyJax says this only applies to Fortnite OG . That's the mode that lets you play the game's original map as it was in 2017. (It also includes old-school loot and seasons.) Epic brought the game mode back for good in November after a 2023 trial. In a vacuum, companies like Epic using bots isn't necessarily a bad thing. For starters, they can be used to shorten wait times for matches. The AI rivals can also size up new players' abilities, leading to better matchmaking. Their counts can change over time as publishers weigh these factors against the number of people playing. (AllyJax suggests Fortnite 's can change from month to month.) But being surrounded by as many as 92 bots and only seven other humans is… probably not what you signed up for. Engadget emailed Epic for a confirmation or comment. At the time of publication, we haven't heard back. But we'll update this story if we do.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
🎧 July date for Oxford stadium plans
Oxford United's plans for a new stadium will face a crucial planning hearing on 3 July, says the club's development director Jon U's have agreed a deal to continue playing at the Kassam Stadium for a maximum of three want to build a new ground at the Triangle site near Kidlington and their planning application will be heard by Cherwell councillors in six weeks time."We have a clear plan to deliver (the new stadium) and the next big step is to get that planning decision from the committee," Clarke told BBC Radio can hear the full interview with Jon Clarke of BBC Radio Oxford's podcast, The Dub.
BBC News
05-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
🎧 Swansea draw 'a microcosm' of Oxford's season
"It was almost like the season in a microcosm because it was much better than you expected, entertaining to the last, but I think I'd go further than that and talk about how vibrant it was, how the atmosphere was brilliant."It was an advert for what you want the Championship to be. The one thing it didn't have was the nail-biting, stomach-crushing pressure of some of the previous weeks."BBC Radio Oxford's Jerome Sale shares his thoughts on the 3-3 draw at Swansea on the final joins BBC's Robyn Cowen, former U's defender Ben Purkiss and supporter and podcaster George Elek on the latest episode of The Dub reflect on Oxford's final week of the season, staying in the Championship and what might happen in the summer transfer window. Listen to the full episode of The Dub podcast on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
14-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
🎧 Are Oxford safe after 'seismic' win?
"Take out the disappointment of the midweek defeat against QPR. For us to pick up six points from these three games, for us to beat the team that were top of the league in Sheffield United, for us to then go away from home and win, which we've done so few times this season… it is a seismic win."Those are the thoughts of Oxford United supporter and podcaster George Elek after the U's picked up a crucial 1-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday in the battle to avoid relegation from the was just a second away win in the league this season for Oxford, which helped them move six points clear of the drop zone with four games to appeared on The Dub podcast alongside BBC's Robyn Cowen and Jerome Sale, as well as former defender Ben discuss "the most Oxford United seven days imaginable" and whether or not the win at Hillsborough means they are now "close" to safety in their first season back in the second tier since to the full episode of The Dub podcast on BBC Sounds.
