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  • Suspicious betting patterns emerging in sports wagering now

    03/15/2024 2:19:30 AM PDT · by Libloather · 9 replies
    NY Post ^ | 3/14/24 | Phil Mushnick
    **SNIP** What should’ve been the biggest story of the week — five Division I college basketball games being examined for highly suspicious or “irregular” betting patterns can’t compete with the latest speculation of free-agent linebackers of varied achievement. According to multiple reports and the schools’ acknowledgments, four of those games include Temple’s team and the other was played by Loyola (Md.). Both teams had rotten seasons. But the most conspicuously suspicious among the games in question was University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) at Temple on March 7, a barely contested 100-72 UAB win. As curious games go, this one...
  • PICTURED: Arizona teen Talan Renner whose millionaire dad tried to 'cover up his role' in murder of Preston Lord who was beaten to death outside Halloween party - as cops apologize for giving family court valet for their Tesla

    03/14/2024 12:32:06 PM PDT · by Morgana · 34 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | March 14, 2024 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo
    An Arizona high school football star has pleaded not guilty after his father was accused of trying to help him cover up the murder of 16-year-old Preston Lord. Seven young men including Talan Renner, 17, have been charged in the brutal killing of Preston, who was found critically injured on Queen Creek road, outside Phoenix, after being attacked at a Halloween party in October. Talan and five other suspects - Dominic Turner, 20, Talyn Vigil, 19, Taylor Sherman, 19 and Jacob Meisner, 17 - appeared in court on Wednesday and all pleaded not guilty the murder. They are all charged...
  • Female Athletes Sue NCAA Over Transgender Competitors in Sports

    03/14/2024 10:34:26 AM PDT · by CFW · 19 replies
    The Free Press ^ | 3/14/24 | Francesca Block
    Over a dozen female athletes are suing the National Collegiate Athletics Association for letting transgender athletes compete against them and use female locker rooms in college sports. At the center of the class-action lawsuit is Lia Thomas, the trans athlete who dominated the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships while a student at the University of Pennsylvania. The suit states that both the NCAA and Georgia Tech, which hosted the event, knowingly violated Title IX, the federal statute that guarantees equal opportunity for men and women in college education and sports. The lawsuit, the first federal action of its kind, seeks to...
  • Megyn Kelly Shares Heartfelt Apology, Praises Caitlyn Jenner for Speaking Out

    03/10/2024 9:10:33 AM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 19 replies
    Conservative Brief ^ | 2/9)23 | Jon Dougherty
    Former Fox News star Megyn Kelly shared some heartfelt apologies with her SiriusXM podcast audience last week while also commending Caitlyn Jenner for speaking out about preventing trans athletes from competing in sports competitions with those of the opposite biological sex. Jenner, formerly Bruce Jenner, a champion Olympic swimmer and outspoken conservative who transitioned in 2015, has railed against biological men competing in all-female sporting events, stating they should only be allowed to compete against other men. “Caitlyn Jenner is out there every day tweeting about this kind of thing. Caitlin understands how unfair this is,” the journalist alleged in...
  • Fans offer condolences to USC football coach Lincoln Riley after Biden flubbed murdered nursing student’s name

    03/09/2024 12:39:22 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 12 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 9, 2024 | Jon Levine
    He’s not dead yet. Fans and well-wishers of University of Southern California football coach Lincoln Riley took to social media this week to offer faux condolences after President Biden accidentally mentioned his name during his State of the Union address on Thursday. During his remarks Biden intended to offer his sympathies to Laken Riley — a Georgia women killed by an illegal migrant — but instead flubbed the slain woman’s name. “Lincoln — Lincoln Riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal.” And while Laken Riley’s family expressed outrage over the snafu, fans of Coach Riley went...
  • Outrage grows after Nevada college oversight leader asked if state's universities have any men 'masquerading as women' on sports teams and hurting girls

    03/07/2024 12:51:59 AM PST · by Libloather · 45 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3/07/24 | Bethan Sexton
    A Nevada college oversight leader is facing calls to resign after referring to trans athletes as 'men masquerading as women.' Patrick Boylan has been slammed for making the comments during a meeting of the Nevada System of Higher Education's Board of Regents on Friday. He said he had 'one simple question' for the athletic directors who were presenting to the board before asking, 'Do we have any men masquerading as women playing in any of our teams and hurting any of the women?' The question was shut down by board attorney Michael Wixom, who advised it was against federal privacy...
  • Caitlin Clark sets the highest scoring record in NCAA Division I history

    03/06/2024 1:55:50 PM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 18 replies
    Sportsry ^ | March 6, 2024 | Aiah Bathan
    Positioned all by herself at the free-throw line, Caitlin Clark with her foul shots made her way to the top of the NCAA Division 1 scoring board. Her team, No. 6 Iowa, won against No. 2 Ohio State with a score of 93-83, all thanks to her two free throws on a technical penalty. Clark undoubtedly surpassed the previous 54-year-old record held by Pete Maravich. Clark needed to score eighteen points to beat Maravich’s record of 3,667 points, which the player accumulated in a total of 83 games. She made history by gaining 3,685 points in her 130 games. Caitlin...
  • New York AG Letitia James threatens ‘decisive legal action’ over Nassau County’s transgender athlete in women’s sports ban

    03/03/2024 1:17:00 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 44 replies
    The Hill via MSN ^ | 03/02/2024 | Brooke Migdon
    New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Friday demanded that a Nassau County official immediately repeal an executive order restricting the ability of transgender women and girls to participate in athletic events at county-run facilities, arguing it is “in clear violation” of state law. “ The law is perfectly clear: you cannot discriminate against a person because of their gender identity or expression. We have no room for hate or bigotry in New York,” James said in a statement, referring to an executive order issued last week by Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman. Blakeman’s order, which prohibits athletic events...
  • Andy Russell, a star outside linebacker who helped turn the Steelers into champions, dies at 82

    03/02/2024 11:52:41 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 13 replies
    AP, MSN ^ | 3/2/24 | Will Graves
    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Russell, the standout linebacker who was an integral part of the Pittsburgh Steelers' evolution from perennial losers to champions, has died. He was 82. The team confirmed Russell's death on Saturday. There was no immediate word on the cause or place of death
  • Ranking Sports Leagues From The Least To Most Woke

    03/02/2024 1:06:24 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 61 replies
    Jrzy.com ^ | 6/23 | JRZY
    Here is a ranking of major sports leagues by level of woke starting with the most: 1st. WNBA: The WNBA is the most woke major sports league. The league has been very vocal in its support of social justice causes, such as Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ rights. The league has also donated millions of dollars to support these causes. The WNBA has also been praised for its support of players' rights, and it has been a leader in the fight for equal pay for women athletes.
  • Girls’ high school basketball coach banned for forfeiting game over transgender player has no regrets: ‘Asking for injury’

    02/27/2024 11:53:51 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 10 replies
    New York Post ^ | Feb. 27, 2024 | Yaron Steinbuch
    The coach of a Vermont high school girls basketball team that was banned from state athletics after forfeiting a game against a squad with a trans player defended the decision — stressing the danger of a biological male playing against girls. “I’ve got four daughters. I’ve coached them all at one point in their careers playing high school basketball,” Chris Goodwin, coach of the girls’ team at the Mid-Vermont Christian School, said Monday on “Fox & Friends.” “I’ve also filled in for the boys’ coach when he can’t make a practice, and I run those practices, and boys just play...
  • Coach of Vermont school banned for forfeiting game over transgender player defends action

    02/27/2024 7:45:25 AM PST · by GrandJediMasterYoda · 29 replies
    NYPost.com ^ | 2/27/24 | Yaron Steinbuch
    Coach of Vermont school banned for forfeiting game over transgender player defends action The coach of a Vermont high school girls basketball team that was banned from state athletics after forfeiting a game against a squad with a trans player defended the decision — stressing the danger of a biological male playing against girls. “I’ve got four daughters. I’ve coached them all at one point in their careers playing high school basketball,” Chris Goodwin, coach of the girls’ team at the Mid-Vermont Christian School, said Monday on “Fox & Friends.” “I’ve also filled in for the boys’ coach when he...
  • BLM co-founder slams Taylor Swift fans as 'racists' and Travis Kelce-led Chiefs winning the Super Bowl as a 'right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy'

    02/25/2024 1:13:18 PM PST · by dennisw · 79 replies
    DAILYMAIL.COM ^ | 25 February 2024 | MACKENZIE TATANANNI
    Melina Abdullah unloaded criticism of the pop singer and her boyfriend online 'Virtually everything is racist,' the BLM Los Angeles co-founder wrote online She doubled down, calling Swifties 'full-fledged violent white-delusionists' after receiving a heated voice message from an unknown man The co-founder of a Black Lives Matter chapter has slammed Taylor Swift fans as 'racists' and referred to Kansas City's Super Bowl victory as a 'right-wing, white-supremacist conspiracy' in a series of posts on social media. Melina Abdullah, 51, a professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State University Los Angeles, took to X, formerly Twitter, to unload her opinions...
  • Arizona teen is the 1st girl to win boys state wrestling title

    02/24/2024 10:14:36 PM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 78 replies
    Scripps News Phoenix ^ | Feb 21, 2024
    In a triumphant display of grit and determination, 18-year-old Audrey Jimenez hit the mat over the weekend and made history by becoming the first girl to win the Arizona state wrestling title while competing against boys. The Tucson teen earned a Division 1 title, but it took more than just hard work and athleticism to get there. She first had to win matches over boys this season before being crowned champion. "The crowd was just super crazy," Jimenez told Scripps News Phoenix. "So that's what made it seem more of like 'Oh wow, like I just won state." While the...
  • NY Attorney General Condemns Long Island Nassau County's Transgender Athlete Ban

    02/23/2024 7:43:13 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 24 replies
    Daily Voice ^ | 02/23/2024 | Sophie Grieser
    Hours after a county executive on Long Island announced an order prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, the New York State Attorney General publicly denounced the motion.On Thursday, Feb. 22, just hours after Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed his executive order, Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office would look into the next steps to protect transgender athletes from the ban, which she called “dangerous.” “This executive order is transphobic,” she said in a statement. “In New York, we have laws that protect our beautifully diverse communities from hate and discrimination of any and every kind...We...
  • Nassau County Bucks Liberal New York Establishment, Bans Transgender Athletes from Playing as Women

    02/22/2024 7:08:22 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 11 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/22/2024 | Warner Todd Huston
    Officials of Nassau County, New York, are bucking the liberal establishment of the state after moving to place a ban on men competing as women in the sports facilities the country controls. County Executive Bruce Blakeman says the ban is intended to protect the integrity of women’s sports. “What we are saying here today with our executive order is that if a league or team identifies themselves or advertises themselves to be a girls or women’s league or team, then biological males should not be competing in those leagues,” Blakeman said, according to WLNY-TV.
  • A 6' tall, bearded trans basketballer arrogantly slams a young girl to the ground.... she collapses in agony. RILEY GAINES hits back: We used to call this domestic abuse - so why are we now calling it 'sport'?

    02/22/2024 9:40:22 AM PST · by Morgana · 40 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 22, 2024 | Riley Gaines
    Riley Gaines is a former NCAA swimmer, the host of OutKick's Gaines For Girls podcast and an ambassador for Independent Women's Forum. We used to have a name for violence against women and girls. When men punched, pushed or slapped us, that was 'domestic abuse', 'assault'. Now it has a different name – 'sport'. The latest exhausting headline: a girls basketball game at a Massachusetts high school had to be abandoned earlier this month after three female players were injured at the hands of a trans student. Footage of the incident at the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell is shocking....
  • How Pickleball Became America's Fastest-Growing Sport: The game's popularity has led some to speculate that it may someday become an Olympic sport.

    02/21/2024 10:15:44 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 69 replies
    Dogo News ^ | 01/17/2024 | Jono Sison
    Move over, tennis! There is a new recreational sport in town — pickleball. In 2023, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) deemed it the fastest-growing sport in America for the third consecutive year. They estimate that about 36.5 million people have played the game at least once in the year.Pickleball is a combination of tennis, badminton, and ping pong. It was invented in 1965 in Bainbridge Island, Washington, by three friends. The first game was played on a badminton court with a pair of ping-pong paddles. It followed the same rules as those of court tennis. However, after playing...
  • Girls high-school basketball team forfeits after trans player injures 3 players in Massachusetts

    02/20/2024 3:54:26 PM PST · by Twotone · 45 replies
    The Post Millennial ^ | February 19, 2024 | Hannah Nightingale
    A Massachusetts charter school ended a girls’ varsity basketball game at halftime on February 8 after multiple players were injured by a trans-identified male on the opposing team. The coach of the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell Girls’ Basketball Team made the decision to end the game against KIPP Academy "after watching a third player injured in the game," a press release from the school states. "The bench was already depleted going into the game with the 12-player roster having four players unable to play. When the coach saw three more girls go down in the first half leaving him...
  • High school basketball game is abandoned after trans player 'injures three female opponents' with shocking video showing the biological male hurling an athlete to the floor(MA)

    02/20/2024 12:05:20 PM PST · by Baladas · 58 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 20 February 2024 | RACHEL BOWMAN
    A Massachusetts high school girls' basketball team was forced to forfeit its game after a transgender player on the opposing team injured three players. The Collegiate Charter School of Lowell Girls' Basketball team dropped out of their February 8 game against KIPP Massachusetts after one of KIPP's players, who is a biological male, injured three of their athletes. Collegiate Charter School officials said the team decided to forfeit because the other players feared getting injured and not being able to compete in the playoffs that were a few days later.