Schuyler Bailar, the first openly transgender NCAA athlete who swam on the men’s team at Harvard University during the 2018-19 season, dismissed the argument that transgender female athletes have an advantage over biological females when it comes to sports. Bailar hosted former
ESPN personalities Sage Steele and Samantha Ponder panned Lia Thomas’ support of the Biden administration’s plan to release new Title IX rules that would bar states from banning transgender students from competing against the gender they identify as. Steele and Ponder each
Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird and Becky Sauerbrunn were among the 40 professional, Olympic and paralympic athletes who co-signed a letter to House lawmakers in opposition to the Protection of Girls and Women in Sports Act. Athlete Ally, an athlete group that supports
Top-ranked tennis pro Iga Swiatek criticized the sport’s governing bodies on Wednesday, saying officials should have taken a stronger stance in banning Russian and Belarusian players following the invasion of Ukraine. Athletes from Russia and Belarus have been able to participate in
No Russian or Belarusian athletes are expected to compete at this year’s swimming world championships in Japan because the sport’s governing body isn’t expected to rule on their eligibility until it’s too late for them to enter. World Aquatics said Wednesday it
No Russian or Belarusian athletes are expected to compete at this year’s swimming world championships in Japan because the sport’s governing body isn’t expected to rule on their eligibility until it’s too late for them to enter. World Aquatics said Wednesday it
Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to participate at Wimbledon this year after the All England Club announced Friday that players from those countries will be eligible for competition under certain “appropriate conditions.” Organizers released a statement confirming its reversal from
Joe Rogan sounded off on transgender athletes, specifically transgender women competing against biological women in sports, in the latest episode of his podcast on Tuesday. Rogan was talking with physician Peter Attia on “The Joe Rogan Experience” about the physical size of
World Athletics on Thursday announced its decision to exclude transgender female athletes who have been through male puberty from world rankings competitions. The international governing body for track and field and other running-related athletic events said its decision would have no consequences
Hannah Arensman, a 35-time winner on the national cyclocross circuit, revealed in an amicus brief filed to the Supreme Court last week that she retired from the sport after finishing in fourth place in between two transgender females. The brief was filed