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  • Sedona Prince Not Picked in WNBA Draft With Sexual Assault Claims Hanging Over Her

    04/15/2025 10:05:22 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 31 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 15, 2025 | Madeline Kenney
    Skilled 6-foot-7 center Sedona Prince didn’t hear her name called at Monday’s WNBA draft. Prince was projected to go as high as late first round, but a series of concerning allegations made her one of the toughest WNBA prospects to evaluate. Multiple women have accused Prince of sexual assault or abuse in recent months. She also faced backlash from fans, with more than 200,000 people signing a Change.org petition to have her removed from the TCU women’s basketball team. “Sedona has not been charged with a crime or found guilty of any wrongdoing,” Prince’s lawyer, A. Boone Almanza, told ESPN...
  • ME Gov. Mills: Trump Is Not the Law, His Administration Is ‘Not Rational’

    04/14/2025 10:33:27 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 64 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/14/2025 | Pam Key
    Governor Janet Mills (D-ME) said Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that President Donald Trump is not the law and his administration’s actions were “not rational” while discussing their transgender athletes dispute. Mills said, “Very unexpectedly the president called on me to answer a question that was unrelated to the topic at hand. I’ve been to the White House and talked to President Trump before, President Biden, President Obama, several presidents, always been a good conversation, exchange of ideas. This was different, very different, and when he said, ‘I am the law,’ basically, ‘we are the law,’ my jaw dropped, and...
  • Maine ‘MAGA’ parent silenced at school board meeting during speech opposing trans athletes in girls’ sports

    04/11/2025 7:13:43 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 27 replies
    NYP ^ | 04 11 2025 | Jackson Thompson
    A school board meeting in Maine’s capital city of Augusta on Wednesday night featured a contentious interaction between a parent in a “MAGA” hat and the school board president over the state’s ongoing controversy over trans athlete inclusion in girls’ sports. Augusta School Board Chair Martha Witham cut off local parent Nick Blanchard while he discussed the controversial issue and a petition he launched to have Cony Middle and High School Principal Kim Liscomb removed from her position, as seen in footage of the meeting. Liscomb is currently the president of the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA), which supports transgender athletes’...
  • Caitlin Clark doubles down on controversial WNBA 'white privilege' stance... despite past backlash

    04/10/2025 8:07:17 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 56 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 10 Apr 2025 | ISABEL BALDWIN
    Caitlin Clark has maintained that she benefits from 'white privilege' amid her WNBA success, despite previously suffering severe backlash to her previous comments on the issue. The Indiana Fever star first addressed the topic of race in the WNBA in December when she was named TIME Magazine's Athlete of the Year, acknowledging the 'white privilege' that fell her way as she entered the league and drove up the interest levels. The 23-year-old faced criticism over her comments at the time but that hasn't deterred her as she doubled down on the stance in her episode on David Letterman's Netflix show,...
  • Ray Shero, Stanley Cup-winning GM, dead at 62

    04/10/2025 1:44:01 PM PDT · by airborne · 9 replies
    NY Post ^ | April 9, 2025 | Andrew Crane
    Ray Shero, a longtime NHL executive who constructed the Penguins’ Stanley Cup-winning roster in 2009 and assembled the Devils’ current star-filled core, died Wednesday, the league announced. He was 62 years old. No cause of death was announced.
  • Stephen A. Smith Says He’s Now Considering A 2028 Presidential Run

    04/09/2025 11:53:52 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 40 replies
    NEWSONE ^ | 4/8
    Speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters Monday, the ESPN host said people have been pressing him about getting into politics.Stephen A. Smith isn’t jumping into politics just yet—but he’s not ruling it out either. While speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, the outspoken ESPN star said he’s starting to take the idea of running for president in 2028 a bit more seriously. “I’ve got a good life. I don’t want to be a politician,” he said. “But I won’t close the door.” According to Smith, people have been pressing him more and more about...
  • Caitlin Clark: 'I definitely have Privilege ', and stand on the shoulders of black women

    04/08/2025 10:13:45 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 67 replies
    Breitbart News on X ^ | April 8, 2025 | Breitbart News
    Breitbart News @BreitbartNews @CaitlinClark22: "The more we can elevate Black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing.” 10:46 PM · Apr 8, 2025
  • The all-male women’s pool final

    04/08/2025 10:54:04 AM PDT · by algore · 31 replies
    This is what the endgame of trans ideology looks like: an all-male final of a women’s pool championship. Last night, the UK’s Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series Event 2 in Wigan had its final match. This women’s pool event wouldn’t ordinarily have grabbed the headlines, except for one curious detail: this year, there were no women in the final. It was played between two transgender-identified men – Harriet Haynes and Lucy Smith. They had defeated four female opponents each before making it to the final, which Haynes ultimately won. Broadcaster Piers Morgan took to X to call the incident ‘preposterous’...
  • USA Fencing's 'insulting' pro-trans policy to be investigated after woman refused to face transgender rival

    04/08/2025 9:35:58 AM PDT · by Morgana · 13 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | April 8, 2025 | Alex Raskin
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into USA Fencing over the disqualification of a female participant who refused to compete against a transgender opponent. The incident went down on March 30 at a USA Fencing-sanctioned regional tournament in Maryland, but Paxton has nonetheless issued a ‘Civil Investigative Demand’ over potential violations to Texas law. As Paxton described in his statement, Stephanie Turner was disqualified by USA Fencing for ‘bravely taking a knee instead of competing against a biological male.’ Turner was set to face Redmond Sullivan, who is reportedly transgender. The investigation will uncover documents related to...
  • Two Trans Players Face Off at Women’s Pool Championship After Defeating Female Competition

    04/07/2025 7:10:59 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 52 replies
    Breitbart ^ | April 07, 2025 | Staff
    A pair of male pool players who identify as females faced each other at a championship match in the United Kingdom. Harriet Haynes faced Lucy Smith at the Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series Event 2 at Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan, after the trans players beat four female opponents each, Fox News reported. Haynes led 6-3 early in the tournament, but Smith battled back to only one down. Despite the comeback, though, Haynes ended up winning it all. Regardless, both trans players tore through their female opponents this season. Smith won 85 of his 113 matches and 62 percent...
  • New Orleans Saints’ Khalen Saunders Hosting LGBTQ-Friendly Football Camp: ‘Football Is For All’

    04/07/2025 5:39:31 AM PDT · by Recovering_Democrat · 23 replies
    People ^ | 4/2/2025 | Natasha Dye
    Saunders said the NFL can be very "heterosexual dominant" while announcing his upcoming camp ...Saunders, 28, made the announcement on stage during the 2025 GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday, March 27 and spoke about the initiative during an appearance on NFL Network's "Good Morning Football," where the Super Bowl champion said, "Football is for all."
  • California Lawmakers Reject Bills To Ban Males From Female Sports

    04/05/2025 7:48:02 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 33 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 04/05/2025 | Kimberly Hayek
    California state lawmakers have rejected a change to state policies that would have required male student athletes identifying as transgender to compete on sports teams consistent with their sex.On April 1, Democratic lawmakers on the state Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism rejected two bills introduced by Republican lawmakers—AB 89 and AB 844. Democrats hold a supermajority on the committee.AB 89 would have required the California Interscholastic Federation, which governs high school sports, to follow rules banning male students from playing on girls’ sports teams at school.AB 844 would have effectively repealed the 2013 California School Success and...
  • Trans track athlete wins varsity girls competition after previously placing last against JV boys: report. ( Oregon )

    04/04/2025 5:44:18 PM PDT · by george76 · 25 replies
    Fox News ^ | April 4, 2025 | Ryan Morik
    Lia Rose reportedly used to compete as Zachary Rose ... A transgender athlete took home first place in a varsity high jump competition at an Oregon high school meet Wednesday, roughly two years after finishing last while competing against junior varsity boys ... Lia Rose, who reportedly used to compete as Zachary, won the high jump at the Portland Interscholastic League Varsity Relays with a height of 4 feet, 8 inches, beating the second-place finisher by two inches.. while competing against JV boys May 3, 2023, Zachary Rose finished 11th out of 11 competitors with a jump of 4 feet,...
  • Dad of football star Austin Metcalf 'murdered' at track meet shares distressing details about son's dead body

    04/04/2025 2:30:49 PM PDT · by Morgana · 95 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | April 4, 2025 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo
    The father of a teen who was stabbed to death at a high school track meet has shared harrowing details of how his son looked right after he died. Jeff Metcalf rushed over to the David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco after his son Austin, 17, was stabbed in the heart by a student from a different school, Karmelo Anthony, 17. He found his dying son in a gurney and saw a hole in his chest, with blood coating the teen's skin, the grieving father told The Dallas Morning News. Jeff said he knew his son was not breathing at that...
  • Washington state high school forced to allow men to play women's sports after legal threats from Democrat leaders

    04/04/2025 7:16:42 AM PDT · by george76 · 33 replies
    Post Millennial ^ | Apr 4, 2025 | Ari Hoffman
    The WIAA was told by the state’s Attorney General Nick Brown and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal, both Democrats, as well as the state’s Office for Civil Rights, that the proposals would violate state law.. The governing body for high school sports in Washington State has announced that it will not ban men from women’s sports following legal threats from Democrat officials. Washington state law currently requires educational agencies to allow students to participate in interscholastic sports "that most closely aligns with their gender identity.” The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) previously announced that it had proposed two bylaw...
  • Female Fencer Refuses to Compete Against Trans Opponent, Gets Ejected

    04/03/2025 3:37:41 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 60 replies
    Hotair ^ | 04/03/2025 | John Sexton
    This happened last weekend at the University of Maryland. A female fencer named Stephanie Turner chose not to compete against a trans woman named Redmond Sullivan at an event called the Cherry Blossom Open. As the match began, Turner took a knee and removed her mask. For this she was given a "black card" and ejected from the competition. Here's the video. 🤺🚨Historic Protest: Female Fencer Takes a Knee in Bout Against Male Opponent, Faces Immediate DisqualificationAfter receiving a black card for refusing to compete against a man, Redmond Sullivan's female opponent was expelled from the @USAFencing event at the...
  • Tennis star Martina Navratilova criticizes USA Fencing for disqualifying female fencer refusing to compete against transgender [male] athlete

    04/03/2025 11:32:34 AM PDT · by Republican Wildcat · 34 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 4/2/2025 | Heather Hunter
    A recent incident at a USA Fencing tournament has sparked outrage after a female fencer was disqualified for taking a knee in protest of competing against a transgender athlete. The incident, which took place at the University of Maryland on March 30 during the USA Fencing-sanctioned regional tournament “The Cherry Blossom – D1A/VET ROC,” was captured in a viral video posted by the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, or ICONS. In the video, fencer Stephanie Turner can be seen taking a knee instead of competing against Redmond Sullivan, a transgender athlete who switched from the men’s fencing team to the...
  • Women’s Fencer Takes a Knee in Protest, Refuses to Face Trans Opponent: ‘This is a Man’

    04/03/2025 4:39:37 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 112 replies
    Breitbart ^ | April 03, 2025 | Staff
    Women’s fencer Stephanie Turner refused a match against a transgender opponent at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland this past weekend, opting to take a knee instead. When Turner learned that she would be facing off against transgender fencer Redmond Sullivan, she wanted her protest to be caught on video and decided to take a knee just before the match began. She had already participated in warmups and competed in four bouts that day. Take a look: Woman immediately disqualified and expelled from a @USAFencing event after refusing to face a male opponent.This type of protest needs to be mirrored...
  • California lawmakers reject 2 bills to ban trans athletes in girls sports

    04/01/2025 4:36:47 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 22 replies
    KTLA ^ | April 1, 2025 | Associated Press
    The battle over transgender athletes’ participation in youth sports came to California on Tuesday as state lawmakers rejected two bills aimed at keeping trans kids and teens off sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Lawmakers voted to block a bill that would have required the California Interscholastic Federation, the governing body for high school sports, to adopt rules banning students whose sex was assigned male at birth from participating on a girls school sports team.
  • What happened to Kelli Stavast, the NBC reporter who started the "Let's go Brandon!" meme?

    03/31/2025 12:00:00 PM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 29 replies
    Old news | 3-31-25 | Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
    What happened to her besides being fired by NBC, and where did she go? What is she doing now? In which city does she live? If a conservative mskes a miscomment, whether deliberate or not, the MSM resurrects it forever. Most people forget stuff and some of us never forget. So, media, where is she?