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Gaines leads 16 female athletes suing NCAA for allowing male-born athletes to compete as women
Sixteen female athletes led by All-American swimmer Riley Gaines filed a federal lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing the organization of violating Title IX by allowing male-born athletes to compete in women’s sports based on gender identity.
The landmark class-action lawsuit also named the University System of Georgia, which includes Georgia Tech, home of the 2022 NCAA women’s swimming championships at which transgender swimmer Lia Thomas became the first known male-born competitor to capture a Division I women’s title.
Female Swimmers Sue NCAA over Male Competition, Demand Return of Trophies, Monetary Damages
A group of female athletes on Thursday sued the National Collegiate Athletics Association for permitting male intrusion into their sex-specific sports and private spaces.
University of Tennessee Fined Millions for Cash Payments to Athletes
Jeremy Pruitt, wearing a white pullover, was fired as coach of Tennessee football in 2021 as it investigated a scheme to pay athletes improperly. The N.C.A.A. said Tennessee had a culture of wrongful payments to athletes, including cash for hotels, meals and car payments, among other things. The university was fined $8 million but avoided a postseason ban. The N.C.A.A. punished the University of Tennessee football program for recruiting violations and direct cash payments to athletes, imposing an $8 million fine and taking away scholarships for what it described as...
No, NCAA Didn't Strip Lia Thomas of National Championship After Test Results
Claim: The NCAA stripped transgender swimmer Lia Thomas of her Division I national championship after “unfavorable” test results.
Rating: Labeled Satire
About this rating: On May 11, 2023, the website The Dunning-Kruger Times published an article claiming that the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) had decided to strip transgender swimmer Lia Thomas of her national championship title:
NCAA Strips Lia Thomas Of National Championship After "Unfavorable" Test Results
West Virginia Suspends Bob Huggins and Cuts His Pay Over Homophobic Slur
Bob Huggins will keep his job as the head men’s basketball coach at West Virginia, the university said Wednesday, but will be suspended for three games and receive a pay cut after he used an anti-gay slur twice and derisively mocked Catholics during an interview with a Cincinnati radio station this week. The university said it would rework Huggins’s contract and reduce his annual salary by $1 million, down from $4.15 million. He will be required to undergo sensitivity training and will miss the first three games of the 2023-24...
Former college swimmer says she was assaulted at an event opposing the inclusion of trans women in women’s sports
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines said she was assaulted Thursday on the campus of San Francisco State University.
Gaines was at the school to speak about her views opposing the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, according to the event announcement.
Swimmer Gaines claims she was ‘punched’ at speaking event
Former champion swimmer Riley Gaines says she was ambushed and assaulted by trans rights activists at San Francisco State University (SFSU) on Thursday evening at an event where she was invited to speak.
Gaines has been an outspoken critic of transgender athletes competing in divisions in which they self-identify.
Riley Gaines defiant after 'terrifying' encounter pro-trans protesters: I won't be silenced
Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines vowed to Fox News that she would not be silenced or deterred after her speech at San Francisco State University was violently disrupted by pro-transgender protesters.
"This does not deter me. This assures me that I am doing the right thing," she said Friday on "Tucker Carlson Tonight." "This will not silence me. When they want me to be silenced, it just means I need to speak louder."
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Angel Reese: LSU wouldn’t let Jill Biden into its locker room before championship game
The Lady Tigers apparently weren’t interested in a pep talk from First Lady Jill Biden before the NCAA championship game on Sunday.
LSU star forward Angel Reese — who called the First Lady’s invitation for Iowa to visit the White House a “joke” — said the team declined to meet with her prior to defeating the Hawkeyes 102-85 in Dallas.
“Apparently she was supposed to come to our locker room before the game but we said ‘no,'” Reese said on I Am Athlete’s “Paper Route” show on Tuesday, adding that the team did not directly speak with the First Lady.