Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw is blasting the NCAA for allowing transgender athlete Lia Thomas to take gold at the Division I women’s swimming championship. Thomas, a transwoman, who now swims for the University of Pennsylvania women’s team, spent three seasons on the men’s team before starting hormone treatment. Although Thomas passed all of the NCAA’s […]
Category: Misc Sports
Tiger Wins Masters For First Time Since 2005
It was a Sunday unlike any other at this tradition unlike any other. But as on four previous Sunday afternoons at Augusta National Golf Club, Tiger Woods stood alone at the top of the Masters leaderboard. Woods, 43, shot a 2-under par 70 to win his first green jacket since 2005 and his first major […]
Racetrack Shutdown Amid 21 Horse Deaths In 2019
LOS ANGELES — One horse death followed another at Santa Anita Park, a racetrack for thoroughbreds outside Los Angeles. In the past month, the track was shuttered for testing and repairs, then reopened and declared safe, then quickly shut down again after the deaths continued, reaching 21 earlier this week — more than double the […]
Colorado Wrestlers Forfeits Champion For Refusal To Wrestle Girl
A Colorado high school student forfeited the state tournament match rather than wrestle a girl during the match. Brendan Johnston, 18, a senior at the Classical Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., forfeited his match against Jaslynn Gallegos, a senior at Skyview High in the first round of the tournament on Thursday, Feb. 21, KDVR reported. A […]
Serena Williams Praises Collin Kaepernick
Serena Williams praised former NFL players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid for “doing so much more for the greater good.” Williams made her comments at a press conference after a U.S. Open match at which she beat older sister Venus. Kaepernick and Reid, both former San Francisco 49ers, drew a standing ovation from the audience […]
7th Wrestler Says Jordan Knew Of Abuse At Ohio State
David Range told The Washington Post that Jordan must have know about the alleged sexual abuse by athletic doctor Richard Strauss because it was regularly discussed. “Jordan definitely knew that these things were happening — yes, most definitely,” Range told the newspaper. “It was there. He knew about it because it was an everyday occurrence.” […]
Transgender Boy Wins Girl State Wrestling Championship For 2nd Time
18-year-old senior Mack Beggs from Euless Trinity High School near Dallas wins Texas girls’ Class 6A 110-pound division for second year in a row. For the second year in a row, a transgender wrestler has won the Texas girls’ Class 6A 110-pound division. Mack Beggs, an 18-year-old senior from Euless Trinity High School near Dallas, […]
Mayweather Stops UFC’s McGregor In Round 10
LAS VEGAS — In a moment of honest clarity following his 50th and final victory on Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather admitted something about the tail end of his career that most of his critics had been thinking all along. Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs), who returned from a two-year retirement to defeat UFC lightweight champion Conor […]
Tiger Woods Seeking Professional Help To Deal With Prescription Drugs
Beleaguered golf legend Tiger Woods confirmed via Twitter that he is seeking professional help to manage prescription drugs he was taking for back pain and a sleeping disorder. Radaronline reported that Woods, 41, checked into the Jupiter Medical Center for a 28-day stay to deal with a painkiller addiction. “I’m currently receiving professional help to […]
Standing For The National Anthem Now Required For US Soccer
U.S. Soccer has adopted a new policy requiring all players to stand for the playing of the national anthem. The move comes after one of the women’s team players, Megan Rapinoe, took a knee during the anthem in several matches last fall to protest racial oppression in the country. “We have an expectation that our […]
Harvard Cancels Men’s Soccer Season Due To Lewd Emails
The Harvard men’s soccer team has been suspended for the remainder of the season after the school discovered the team had repeatedly written and circulated vulgar, sexually explicit “scouting reports” about new recruits on the women’s team, in a practice that continued up to this year. “The decision to cancel a season is serious and […]
T.I. Calls Out Floyd Mayweather for All Lives Matter Comments
During a recent interview with Tha Boxing Voice, Floyd Mayweather randomly decided that he wanted to talk about All Lives Matter. He was asked a question about why other boxers aren’t selling out fights like he used to, and rather than answering that question, he took the interview in a completely different direction. “I’m here […]