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An Open Letter to Mark Evangelisto, General Manager, Philadelphia Spinners

by April 5, 2013, 1:22pm 0

Dear Mark, I’m a devoted ultimate player, coach, and mother. I am also part of your potential revenue base—someone who has paid and is still willing to pay her hard-earned…

Bates Motel: A Rankings Story

by April 5, 2013, 4:00am 0

In the preliminary end-of-season USAU rankings released yesterday, one of the most surprising teams was Tufts-B, ranked #34 overall. What the rankings don’t show, is that according to the USAU…

Skyd Power Rankings: College Women’s (04/03/13)

by April 3, 2013, 1:09pm 0

These rankings and the 2013 Skyd College Tour are brought to you by Spin Ultimate. [spreadsheet 0AoHsej_RKFvMdC1oTWNrN2IxakppaXBFUjNNRlhNRXc 600 1100] Welcome back to our 2013 Women’s Division Power Rankings! As the regular…

Skyd Power Rankings: College Open DIII (04/02/13)

by April 2, 2013, 12:02pm 0

These rankings and the 2013 Skyd College Tour are brought to you by Spin Ultimate [spreadsheet 0ArO5e8BJa0podDk0dFdGY3R5bmhIb1ktTEZ4WWxQUGc 600 200 ] Puget Sound The easy number one. Dominated DIII Warm Up, and…

MLU Proposes Drastic, Dog-related Changes

by April 1, 2013, 1:54pm 0

This Monday, MLU has announced drastic changes to the league rulebook and rostering.  In response to less-than-ideal initial ticket sales and little media presence, team owners have hired an outside…

Identities at Easterns

by March 29, 2013, 1:38pm 0

I used to think that the concept of team identities was a bit of a joke.  While I respected that players could develop chemistry by playing alongside each other for…

Announcing Skyd’s Coverage of the 2013 Windmill Windup

by March 29, 2013, 3:00am 0

All of us at Skyd Magazine are extremely pleased to officially announce our return to Amsterdam for a second year of coverage at Windmill Windup on June 14-16, 2013. A…

USA Ultimate 2013 World Games Roster Announced

by March 28, 2013, 10:31am 0

USA Ultimate announced today their roster selections for the World Games team in Colombia this summer. 20 athletes were selected as the practicing squad for Cali, but only 13 players…

“A Special New England Open Preview”

by March 28, 2013, 8:43am 0

The following piece was submitted by the Middlebury State Pranksters. Skyd Magazine does not endorse anything stated below: Hi Skyd, This is Middlebury STATE speaking.  Remember a while ago when we tweeted…

A Glimpse Into Wonderland: What To Expect at Paganello 2013

by March 27, 2013, 5:30am 0

For the first time in the tournament’s 22-year history, Skyd will have a presence at the most famous beach ultimate tournament in the world: Paganello. Dutifully fulfilling my role as…