Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird Announce Split After Nearly A Decade Together

Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird — 2 legendary sports stars who were successful a narration for astir 10 years — announced their separation Friday successful a connection connected societal media.

“This hasn’t been an easy decision, but it’s 1 we’ve made together, pinch truthful overmuch love, respect, and attraction for each other," nan Olympic golden medalists wrote successful an Instagram post. "We’ve shared a full life complete nan past decade, done large moments and successful quiet ones, and that is thing we’ll ever transportation pinch us."

The brace besides announced they will extremity their podcast, “A Touch More,” which relaunched successful 2024 to attraction connected women’s sports and its intersection pinch politics, equality and inclusion.

“While this section of doing nan podcast together is ending, what we’ve built pinch you isn’t,” nan connection read. In a video, Rapinoe and Bird said they would separately big six episodes arsenic a “farewell” to fans.

The retired duo began making love successful 2016 and went nationalist pinch their narration nan pursuing twelvemonth earlier getting engaged successful 2020.

Both athletes are considered icons successful their respective sports and are fierce advocates for societal issues, including equal pay, transgender rights and racial justice.

Rapinoe, 40, is simply a two-time World Cup champion and Olympic golden medalist pinch nan U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. Bird, 45, is simply a 13-time WNBA All-Star, four-time WNBA champion pinch nan Seattle Storm and five-time Olympic golden medalist.