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What is going on between the WNBA and star player Napheesa Collier?
Collier made a statement criticizing a "lack of accountability" from the league’s executive leadership.
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For the first time in decades, women baseball players have a league of their own
Over 70 years after the end of the first professional women’s baseball league, a new league is emerging with a reimagined, inclusive mission where “every girl deserves the dream.”
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Women's tackle football is on the rise
Players across the country are part of a growing movement, as leagues like the Women's Football Alliance draw fans and broadcast deals.
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Meme coins and misogyny: What the dildo-throwing trend at WNBA games can teach us
The trend, connected to a cryptocurrency group’s moneymaking scheme, is yet another example of online misogyny escalating to real-world violence against women.
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Without public notice, U.S. Olympic officials exclude transgender women from competing
The committee's move — a break from global standards — is intended to comply with President Trump’s executive order barring transgender women from women’s sports.
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In 2025, why are men still afraid to come out in professional sports?
There are zero openly gay and bi men actively competing in America’s top pro sports leagues. What’s keeping the closet door shut?
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The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders score a 400 percent pay raise
Season two of Netflix’s “America’s Sweethearts” reveals the cheerleaders have been fighting for higher pay — and won.
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Trumpmania: How the world of professional wrestling influenced the presidency
The two are connected through enthusiastic fandoms, pageantry, machoism — and allegations of sexual assault.
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Gavin Newsom, self-described leader for LGBTQ+ issues, signals interest in restricting trans women athletes
“Well, I think it’s an issue of fairness. I completely agree with you on that … it’s deeply unfair," the California governor said in conversation with right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
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Why the far-right chose Riley Gaines for the trans sports debate
Riley Gaines has become the darling of the far-right by using transphobia before science to make bank from attacking the community.