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HS girls b-ball team quits game early due to opposing squad’s antisemitic harassment

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:09:14 +0000

A private Jewish high school girls basketball team had to be escorted off the court before their game’s official ending due to antisemitic harassment from opposing players. Members of The Leffell School team allegedly were shouted at by Roosevelt High School players and faced “hostility and aggression with ‘substantially more jabs and comments'” than in past encounters, according to the New York…

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Ohio governor nixes bill that would have blocked males in women’s sports

College Fix Staff — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:59:43 +0000

Vetoed legislation would also have banned puberty-blocking drugs, ‘cross-sex’ hormones The governor of Ohio vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned male athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said he had “sought out people on all sides of the issue to hear their concerns,” according to a Friday statement. House Bill 68, also known as the…

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New study proves reality: Biological sex is a huge factor in sports performance

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:03:22 +0000

What would we do without studies? Despite a growing trend of downplaying biology’s significance in athletic performance, a recent study — refreshingly — shows what should be obvious: Biological men are stronger and faster than biological women. The study “Performance of non-binary athletes in mass-participation running events” by two U.K. university scholars and an independent researcher found…

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SDSU punter who lost NFL gig vindicated as accuser drops rape claim against him

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:03:36 +0000

Matt Araiza’s 16-month nightmare looks to be finally coming to an end. The former San Diego State University and Buffalo Bills punter was recently dropped from a civil lawsuit alleging he raped a then-17-year-old intoxicated girl at an off-campus party in 2021, and with that he said he plans to return to the NFL to reignite his punting career. “When I was cut, I was an NFL starter…

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NCAA silent on GOP governors’ call to exclude men from women’s sports

Giovanna Johnson - Gordon College — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:11:00 +0000

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has yet to publicly address a letter sent by nine Republican governors asking the group to rewrite its Transgender Student Athlete Policy to “protect, preserve, and encourage fairness in women’s athletics.” Although the association’s Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports discussed the transgender athlete topic at its Dec.

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Leftist journalist knocks DeSantis for not praising HBCU football team with more words

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:39:39 +0000

‘This column is about how the powers that be in the state aren’t celebrating a historic win with the same energy that they complained about a historic snub’ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis should have used at least six more words to congratulate Floridia Agricultural and Mechanical University for its recent football championship, according to a Deadspin journalist who recently smeared a 9-year-old…

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Scholars: Conservative politics, biases behind transgender sports bans, not fairness issues

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 18:35:07 +0000

Bans exist ‘despite a lack of consistent scientific evidence of unfair advantages’ A pair of scholars from the University of Florida have a study out which claims conservatives’ efforts to ban transgender athletes, in particular transgender women, from participating in sports is rooted in biases and politics, not concerns about fairness. Professor of Sport Management George Cunningham and…

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Trans athlete offered women’s Division 1 scholarship, would be first male recipient

College Fix Staff — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:16:58 +0000

UPDATED University of Washington ‘should rescind the scholarship if they really care about women,’ Riley Gaines wrote A transgender volleyball player and high school junior from California verbally committed to play for the University of Washington, which could make him the first known male recipient of a women’s Division 1 athletic scholarship. If the university signs athlete Tate Drageset’…

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College Football Playoff faces antitrust investigation after snubbing undefeated FSU

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:12:58 +0000

‘No rational person or college football fan can look at this situation and not question the result’ College Football Playoff is facing an antitrust investigation from Florida officials after it excluded Florida State University’s undefeated football team from the post-season tournament. The decision came after star quarterback Jordan Travis “suffered a season-ending leg injury in mid-November,”…

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Collegiate sports embed DEI: Athletics departments hire DEI directors, require trainings

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 05:31:32 +0000

Even student sports clubs have diversity and inclusion officers now Many universities’ athletics departments, both public and private, now have statements, programs, and staff dedicated to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion narratives in collegiate sports, according to an analysis this month by The College Fix. The University of New Mexico is currently hiring an associate athletics…

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