A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia’s transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete. The 2-1 ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law cannot be applied to Becky Pepper Jackson. She has been taking puberty-blocking medication and publicly identified as a girl since she was in the third grade. Judge Toby Heytens wrote that offering her a “choice” between not participating in sports and participating only on boys teams “is no real choice...
Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports, South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley said ahead of her team’s NCAA Tournament championship game. Staley made the comments during a news conference Saturday when asked by OutKick reporter Dan Zaksheske whether she believes “biological males” should be “included” in women’s sports. “I’m on the opinion of if you’re a woman you should play,” Staley said. “If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports,...
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports on Monday. The NAIA said it supported "fair and safe competition for all student-athletes" and that "Title IX ensures there are separate and equal opportunities for female athletes." The organization laid out its participation rules with conditions. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Participation by students in sports designated as male by the NAIA: All...
Transgender athletes should be banned from competing against women, the Culture Secretary, Lucy Frazer, (pictured) told sporting chiefs yesterday.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Turnstone Center was awarded a $50,000 grant from The Hartford, an insurance company, for new adaptive sports equipment. The equipment will be used in collaboration with the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne to increase access to adaptive sports opportunities throughout the community, including locations at four YMCA facilities. Turnstone CEO, []
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) approved a measure on Monday that would block any male identifying as a female from infiltrating women's sports.
One of the big things that happened, when the rise of streaming TV kicked off roughly a decade ago, is that everybody got very cagey about numbers, very quickly. Netflix was the first to get the big idea, of course, realizing that, since they’d essentially sidestepped Nielsen ratings entirely (with the polling company only recently able to offer even loose numbers of its own to track who’s watching what), it didn’t do anybody any good to tell the public what they weren’t watching. This...
Naomi Osaka refused to blame a lengthy trip from Japan to France after losing in straight sets to Martina Trevisan in the first round of the WTA event Rouen on Wednesday. The former world number one was making her first appearance on clay since the 2022 French Open, when she
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy today that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the governing body
Ashley Ayers moved from South Carolina to North Carolina to be closer to her husband's medical team while he was in hospice care.
Last weekend the annual Masters golf tournament took place and while professional golf is clearly physically challenging, making it into the top tier also requires mastering your mental state. Athlete mental health has become a hot topic over the past few years and Alphabeats just announced a product that it says uses music and neurofeedback to train the mind.The Alphabeats technology, paired with a BrainBit headband, offers mental training sessions that aim to help you reach your peak...