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Female Students at U. Idaho Fighting to Keep Biological Men Out of Women’s Sports

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 01, 2020 3 Comments

“I believe that allowing males to enter women’s sports defeats an entire aspect of sports: It eliminates the connection between an athlete’s effort and her success”...

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U. Michigan President Says There Will be No Football in Fall if Students Aren’t on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 25, 2020 3 Comments

“If there is no on-campus instruction then there won’t be intercollegiate athletics, at least for Michigan”...

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Aiming for College Football to Start On Time

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 23, 2020 2 Comments

"if you want a prediction, my prediction is yes, we are gonna have college football beginning as scheduled"...

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Barstool Sports Founder: ‘When Did Flattening The Curve Turn Into Finding The Cure?’

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 15, 2020 56 Comments

When it comes to shutdowns, the goal posts keep getting moved and people are noticing. We were told we needed to quarantine to keep the healthcare system from collapsing, and we did that. So why are we still shut down? Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports did an epic rant about this on Twitter which has picked up millions of views in a very short period of time.

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Connecticut: Judge Rules Transgender Sprinters Competing Against Girls Cannot Be Called “Males” In Court . . . Or Else

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 12, 2020 61 Comments

In February 2019, two Connecticut high school transgender sprinters claimed the two top spots in the Girls Indoor Track Championship for the second year in a row. Three of the biological girls who competed in the 2019 track championship filed a federal discrimination complaint against a statewide policy on transgender athletes.  Although she's the fastest biological female sprinter, one of the girls "nonetheless lost four state championships to male competitors who identified as female."

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Carnival Cruise Bookings Reportedly Surge 600% After Announcing August Relaunch

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 11, 2020 28 Comments

Perhaps this is another sign of disdain for pandemic-phobia.

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UVA President Unsure What College Football Season Will Look Like This Year

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 11, 2020 0 Comments

"We're taking it day by day."...

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Judge: U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Member Claims Of Unequal Pay Were Bogus

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2020 47 Comments

Did you hear the one about how the female soccer players on the U.S. Women's National Team (WNT) were paid less than the players on the U.S. Men's National Team (MNT)?

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Texas A&M to Reopen Campus in the Fall, Will Play Football

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2020 1 Comment

"We need to recognize that campus life will be different when we return in the fall"...

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Critics Claim New UVA Athletic Logo ‘Disregards’ Injustice of Slavery

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2020 9 Comments

“I felt as if they were attempting to ‘glorify’ past University wrongdoings”...

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Watch Live (Online, May 5): Campus to Culture: A Pandemic of Free Speech Repression

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 30, 2020 10 Comments

Are y'all ready for our second ever live event?

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College Football Programs Stand to Lose Billions if Season is Canceled

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 20, 2020 10 Comments

"potentially adding to an already bleak economic outlook for many of the nation's top institutions of higher education"...

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Golf Can Be An Act of Civil Disobedience During the Coronavirus Crisis

Posted by Randy Steinberg on April 12, 2020 46 Comments

On April 2, 2020, three men from Massachusetts were arrested in Rhode Island after crossing state lines to play a round of golf.

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2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Postponed Due to Wuhan Coronavirus

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 23, 2020 2 Comments

Veteran International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound said that the organization will postpone the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics due to the Wuhan coronavirus.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: California Gov. Newsom Issues Stay-at-Home Order

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 20, 2020 23 Comments

Next week my plans were to sit on a beach in Fiji, drink rum cocktails, and read fantasy novels. Needless to say, one of the victims of the pandemic was my tropical vacation.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Trump Takes Emergency Action to Slow Down Virus Spread

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 12, 2020 59 Comments

Before beginning my daily update on coronavirus news, I wanted to share a few thoughts on President Donald Trump's address from the Oval Office.

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Honoring White Basketball Player Gets U. Wisconsin-Madison Accused of Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 08, 2020 8 Comments

“What message do you think that sends to potential recruits and to past and current players of color?”...

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‘Miracle on Ice’ Players Facing Backlash for Attending Trump Rally, Wearing MAGA Hats

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 26, 2020 36 Comments

Members of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" hockey team have faced backlash and criticism after they attended a rally for President Donald Trump and wearing MAGA hats.

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