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A women's college volleyball match has been forfeited amid controversy surrounding the presence of a transgender player. Boise State announced the forfeiture of Saturday's match with San Jose State on the school's athletics website without offering a specific reason. 'Boise State volleyball will not play its scheduled match at San José State on Saturday, Sept. 28,' read the statement. 'Per Mountain West Conference policy, the Conference will record the match as a forfeit and a loss for Boise State. The Broncos will next compete on Oct. 3 against Air Force.' **SNIP** San Jose State, meanwhile, declined to address the gender...

Angry Olympics viewers have been called out as sexists after taking to social media to fume over beach volleyball players ditching bikini bottoms for leggings in Paris. Previously, women's beach volleyball players were forced to wear the bikini bottoms with the International Olympic Committee even mandating how skimpy they were, with official rules stating they could not be more than 7cm on the sides. Those rules were torn up for the Paris Olympics, with athletes now allowed to compete in more modest leggings - creating a social media firestorm. Plenty of viewers have been labelled 'sexist' and 'creeps' for complaining...

Van de Velde’s presence in Paris has drawn negative attention to 2024's beach volleyball games. Advocates for rape victims and some Olympics officials have said he should have been left at home.Steven Van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted in 2016 of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in England, will make his Olympic debut Sunday when he and teammate Matthew Immers meet Italy on the sand at the Eiffel Tower Stadium. “If an athlete or a staff member had that conviction, they wouldn’t be allowed to be a member of our team,” the head of...

A South Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her [son who pretends to be a girl] to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing investigation destroyed the [boy's] life. Jessica Norton said her [son] was thriving at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek before an anonymous tipster notified a Broward County school board member in November

Reduxx has learned that a feminine male has been participating in elite women’s collegiate sports in California after his biological sex was reportedly withheld from his teammates and his opponents. Blaire Fleming, born Brayden, is currently playing women’s Division I volleyball for San Jose State University in the reputable Mountain West Conference. Speaking to Reduxx, the mother of an opposing player revealed that her suspicions were first raised during the 2022-2023 season. “I first watched my daughter play Blaire via live stream and then in person for a second match,” the mother, who wished to remain anonymous, said. “My daughter...

Toronto is in an uproar after a college women’s volleyball match showcased the participation of five men. The match took place between Seneca College and Centennial College on January 24, with three men representing Seneca and two men representing Centennial. Unsurprisingly, the men dominated their female opponents. Utilizing their biological advantage, all five transgender athletes remained on the court for the entire duration of the volleyball match

This is the shocking moment five transgender players hijack a women's college volleyball game in Canada. Footage showed the five athletes 'dominate' a women's volleyball match between Seneca College and Centennial College in Toronto on on January 24. The biologically male athletes were seen smashing the ball past their female teammates. The controversial players each stayed on the court for the entire game - while the biologically female players were substituted on and off the bench. This is the shocking moment five transgender players hijack a women's college volleyball game in Canada. Footage showed the five athletes 'dominate' a women's...

former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines has emerged as a powerful advocate for the integrity of women's sports. Poised beyond her years — she's 23 — Gaines has handled everything that the frothing, hate-filled advocate Left has thrown at her because she speaks the truth. She recently spoke before the House Oversight Committee and brilliantly smacked down an idiot Democrat who called her "transphobic." Another female NCAA athlete has been getting some attention for speaking truth to insanity. .. volleyball player Macy Petty spoke about her two biggest concerns regarding trans athletes, the first being a growing number of stolen opportunities...

A 17-year-old boy who claims to be a girl could become the first male athlete to receive a women’s scholarship in NCAA Division I sports, according to Reduxx. The outlet reported Wednesday that California resident Tate Drageset made a verbal commitment to play women’s volleyball at the University of Washington in June. If he signs the offer, he will claim one of 12 scholarships available for women on the team. Drageset, who plays for the Actyve Volleyball Club in Santa Monica, California, already has helped several girls volleyball teams to championships, according to Reduxx. He was named the MVP at...

In 2021, the Florida legislature passed, and Governor Ron DeSantis signed, the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which prohibits biological males from participating in women's sports in Florida schools or clubs, and assesses civil fines for any school in the state, at any level, that violate the prohibition. The law was celebrated by many seeking to protect women's and girls' spaces in athletics. Apparently, however, one high school in Florida decided to test that law. And they just found out it has exactly the teeth that the legislature and DeSantis promised it did. Florida athletic board bans transgender volleyball player...

Allowing boys to play in girls' sports is a scourge in America. It not only erases young girls, it destroys their athletic hopes and dreams and puts them in serious physical danger. Examples of young women being seriously injured by their male counterparts increase nearly every week. It is undeniable that teenage boys in general possess natural physiological advantages over teenage girls, and we have seen the results of that over and over. But if that was not enough, the insanity has now reached the inevitable next level: humiliation. It is not enough anymore for boys to beat the girls,...

Nebraska volleyball's outdoor match against Omaha was attended by 92,003 setting a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event. The Nebraska Athletic Department had history on its mind when it announced the one-of-a-kind event in February. Husker volleyball coach John Cook and Gov. Jim Pillen wore cowboy hats as they stood aside Athletic Director Trev Alberts and spilled the details of Volleyball Day in Nebraska. “We’re going to do this once,” Alberts said. “And I want to hope that the number is large enough that nobody dares even try to attack our all-time record.” One time was...

A female high school volleyball player who was injured while competing against a male player last year testified Tuesday to the mental and physical trauma she’s dealt with since the incident. Speaking during a committee hearing of the North Carolina legislature, Payton McNabb, a senior at Hiwassee Dam High School in the state, recounted the lingering injuries she’s suffered from since she was struck in the face by a ball that was spiked by a male competitor in a match last September. “I suffered a concussion and neck injury that to this day I’m still recovering from,” she said. Other...

A North Carolina high-school volleyball athlete has suffered a severe injury after a transgender player threw an “abnormally fast” ball at her head, newly released video footage shows. The male opponent hurled the volleyball at approximately 70 mph, according to the Daily Mail. One bystander claimed that it was “abnormally” fast, the publication said. The female teammate at Hiwassee Dam High School experienced trauma to the head and neck, reportedly. She is still recovering from long-term concussion symptoms, including problems with her vision. She has not yet been approved to compete again. Hiwassee Dam will forfeit all games against the...

The school has escalated the situation by investigating the girls for bullying. I heard about this story last week, but the details were vague, so I left it alone, preferring to wait for more information. Now there’s more information, and the story is just as bad as I’d first heard: Girls on a high school volleyball team in Vermont were unhappy that there was a boy in their locker room. When they complained, the school said that, if they didn’t want to shower and change in front of a boy, they were free—all ten of them, to use a single...

“He just like looked at me with some pretty hateful eyes,” said Glass, who thought the man was about to hit the car she was standing near. Instead, the man flung a metal pipe that struck her in the face. Stitches were required to close the wound over her eye, she said. Bystanders came and held the man down until police arrived at the intersection of South Olive and West 8th streets and took him into custody. Glass said she had no previous interaction with the man and warned others to be ready for anything when out in public. “There’s...

Legendary Women’s Volleyball Coach Russ Rose Announces Retirement Winningest coach in NCAA Division I history retires after 43 years as the leader of the Nittany LionsUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State women's volleyball head coach Russ Rose announced his retirement today after 43 years leading the Nittany Lions. Rose retires from his post as the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women's volleyball history with 1,330 victories in his illustrious career.Rose will remain in an advisory role within the athletics department. Katie Schumacher-Cawley will serve as interim head coach as Penn State opens a national search for its next head...

Taliban militants allegedly beheaded a member of the Afghan junior women's national volleyball team, a coach told the Persian Independent. In an interview, coach Suraya Afzali (name changed) said a woman player named Mahjabin Hakimi was killed by the Taliban earlier in October, but nobody learnt about the gruesome murder as the insurgents had threatened her family not to talk about it. Mahjabin played for the Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club before the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government, and was one of the club's star players. Then, a few days ago, pictures of what seemed to be her severed head...

Two women’s volleyball coaches at the University of Oklahoma argue in a legal motion that they have the right to discipline players for their political beliefs. Player Kylee McLaughlin sued coaches Lindsey and Kyle Walton along with the OU Board of Regents earlier this year, alleging “she had been excluded from the team […] over her politically conservative views.” The OU Daily reported that McLaughlin, the OU team captain and first team All-Big 12 selection in 2018 and 2019, had made comments that “at least one” of her teammates considered “racist” following a team viewing of the Netflix documentary “13th.”...

A Serbian volleyball player has been banned for two matches after making a racist gesture during a game against Thailand last week. Sanja Djurdjevic was pictured on camera narrowing her eyes with her fingers, causing outrage from fans online. The player has since apologised along with the Volleyball Federation of Serbia, who described the incident as a "simple misunderstanding". The federation has also been fined 20,000 Swiss francs (£15,832; $22,392). The money will be donated to "a cause tackling discriminatory behaviour and/or to fund educational programmes on cultural sensitivity for the global Volleyball Family," the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced...