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FINA, the international governing body for swimming, voted Sunday to restrict the participation of trans women in elite women’s races, ESPN reports. The new policy will require transgender athletes to have completed their transition by the age of 12 in order to compete in women’s competitions. “This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by […]
A Memphis TV station is investigating its meteorologist after he used a racial slur in a tweet directed at Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. Fox 13’s Joey Sulipeck, who is white, wrote the since-deleted tweet on Saturday during Game 3 of the Grizzlies-Warriors playoff game. “And chew on this: Draymond runs his knuckle-dragging open mouth ALL GAME LONG, […]
Drake, as a growing number of headlines are pointing out this weekend, does indeed appear to have lost a decidedly not small bet of the sports variety. As UFC enthusiasts already know, the Saturday evening showdown between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington resulted in a win for the latter. Per TMZ, Drake had put down approximately $275,000 […]
Sixteen student athletes on the University of Pennsylvania swim team had their names attached to a letter sent to both the school itself and the Ivy League, asking for legal action to not be taken regarding the NCAA’s new transgender athlete policies, per CNN. CEO of Champion Women Nancy Hogshead-Makar wrote the letter on behalf of the swimmers, touching on […]
The Washington Football Team officially has a new name. On Wednesday, Washington’s NFL team confirmed that it would be known as the Commanders moving forward, per ESPN. Previously, the team dropped its original name that had repeatedly been called out as deeply offensive to Native Americans, opting to instead go by the Washington Football Team […]
Is there anything Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse can’t do? Between willing his team to back-to-back victories against some of the hottest teams in the Eastern Conference over the last few days, Nurse quietly made a cameo in CBC period drama Murdoch Mysteries on Monday night. Currently in its 15th season, the show featured Nurse playing a locker room attendant. He gave coaching tips to […]
After a tense and gruelling 120 minutes of action followed by several missed penalties in the shootout, Vancouver’s Julia Grosso stared down both the ball placed on the penalty spot and the opportunity to win her country its first-ever Olympic gold medal in soccer. The Canadian women had huffed and puffed their way past Brazil […]
Among the many things that 2021 stood for, it was the year live sports returned in full effect. After COVID hit the world in March of 2020, canceling major sporting events and causing professional sports leagues to create “bubbles” in order to carry out their seasons, this year was much more normal. Better than normal, […]
Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks may have demolished the Denver Nuggets on Friday night, but one pair of Denver boys didn’t leave the Ball Arena too upset. After the game, Giannis spotted a sign in the crowd that read “All I want for my birthday is to meet Giannis,” took off his shoes and his jersey and asked […]
When it was reported that LeBron James would be participating in Friday’s game, fans rejoiced – still, the Los Angeles Lakers succumbed to the Boston Celtics 130-108. During a press conference after the game, James was asked about Celtics player Enes Kanter – of whom he replied, “If you know me, I don’t give too many people my energy, and he’s […]
