A high school girls’ volleyball team in California garnered national attention on Friday when its players forfeited to a team with a trans athlete on its roster. Now, three women who saw their own volleyball careers affected by a trans competitor have spoken out in response. Riverside Poly High School announced its girls’ volleyball team…
The Colorado Rockies have leaned on relief pitcher Jimmy Herget this season. But in the past week, he has experienced a noticeable uptick in his workload. After being called from the Rockies bullpen for the fourth time within the span of a week, Herget arrived at a news conference with a humorous T-shirt that referenced…
Zack Wheeler will miss at least a few of his next scheduled starts after the Philadelphia Phillies placed their ace on the 15-day injured list Saturday after learning of a blood clot diagnosis. Dave Dombrowski, the Phillies’ president of baseball operations, said the blood clot is located near Wheeler’s shoulder. No timetable was set for…
Swarthmore College has responded to a lawsuit filed by transgender track and field athlete Evelyn Parts that alleges the school removed Parts from the women’s team after the NCAA changed its rules to prohibit males from competing in women’s sports, but later added Parts back to the team despite the new rules. Parts filed the…
Mike Vrabel, who played linebacker for the New England Patriots for eight seasons and won three Super Bowls with the team, is tasked with turning the once proud franchise around. But the first-year Patriots head coach’s attention recently turned to a reporter who raised a question about star receiver Stefon Diggs’ availability for the team’s…
The Cleveland Browns’ rookie quarterback competition ramped up Saturday. After the team took Dillon Gabriel in the third round and Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round of the NFL Draft in April, coaches have gotten to see what each looks like in game action. Gabriel made his preseason debut Saturday after Sanders made his last…
ESPN host Monica McNutt went viral for making an on-air mistake Saturday. During a segment that included an appearance by influencer Drew “Druski” Desbordes, who was wearing the jersey of former Detroit Lions superstar running back Barry Sanders, McNutt incorrectly assumed it was the jersey of Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders. “The jersey, let’s…
The Milwaukee Brewers erased an early seven-run deficit to come back and defeat the Cincinnati Reds Friday night. The rally secured the Brewers’ 13th straight win and added to the best record in MLB. The Brewers’ winning streak tied the franchise’s single-season record previously set in 1987. The Reds jumped out to an early 8-1…
NASHVILLE — Friday night at Stampede Days, the energy inside Bridgestone Arena was electric. Of course, watching world-class athletes get tossed around by nearly 2-ton bucking bulls had a lot to do with that. But the man fueling the fire, keeping thousands of fans on their feet and screaming, was Brinson James. Folks at home…
Police in England have arrested a Liverpool fan after the team’s opening match of the Premier League against Bournemouth Friday was interrupted when Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo accused a man of racial abuse. Merseyside Police released a statement Saturday confirming that a 47-year-old man from Liverpool was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order…