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In an interview with Fox News Channel, former University of Kentucky NCAA swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler praised the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for banning trans women from competing against women in sporting events it sponsors. “It’s huge,” Wheeler told “Fox & Friends First” on Tuesday morning, noting that “all eyes are on the NCAA right now.” “The NAIA took …

Amid a major shake up in college basketball, Dan Hurley reassured UConn fans that he is not going anywhere any time soon, and they may have his wife to thank for that. The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team successfully defended their reign as national champions after a dominant 75-60 win over Purdue on Monday night. Connecticut Huskies head coach …

Caitlin Clark set, and broke, her own record three times in her final three college games. Iowa’s 2023 championship rematch against LSU in the Elite Eight averaged over 12 million viewers and peaked at 16 million, then the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record. Then, their Final Four matchup against UConn surpassed that, and their championship game against South …

Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander joins the ranks of the many concerned over the rising injuries plaguing MLB pitchers this season, but he believes it’s not as simple as blaming the league’s new pitch clock rules. “I don’t know, man. It’s tough,” Verlander said Saturday, speaking to KPRC. “I think the game has changed a lot. I think it would …

A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle wasn’t enough to draw in the interest of NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. The basketball legend tore into the millions of spectators that stared up at the sky on Monday to witness the total solar eclipse whose path of totality included several U.S. states. People watch as the moon partially covers the sun during a total …

Greek authorities launched a ban on paper tickets for all league soccer matches on Tuesday as part of an effort to crack down on the violence that has plagued the sport for decades. Under new rules, fans will only be allowed into stadiums using their cellphones and displaying a government-issued QR code so they can be identified and attendance bans …

A judge ruled that Ja Morant acted in self-defense during his physical altercation at his house in July 2022. The incident occurred during a pickup basketball game when then 17-year-old Joshua Hollaway, who currently plays at Samford, aggressively threw the basketball at him with a one-handed, baseball-style pass and hit him in the face during a check-ball situation. Following the …

Julio Urias was able to avoid felony charges from his alleged domestic dispute last September, but he isn’t out of the woods yet. The former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher was hit with five misdemeanor charges, authorities said on Tuesday. The left-hander faces charges including one count of spousal battery, two counts of domestic battery involving a dating relationship, one count …

The WNBA and the manufacturer of the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill announced a multi-year partnership on Tuesday — a partnership that will make its debut during the 2024 WNBA Draft on Monday. In a joint press release, the WNBA and Perrigo announced the new partnership which focuses on the league’s efforts this season to bring attention to “civic engagement …

A bad era for the Boston Red Sox continues to get worse. The Sox signed two-time Silver Slugger shortstop Trevor Story to a $140 million contract before the 2022 campaign – by the end of this year, he likely will have played less than a full season’s worth of games from 2022-2024 combined. After playing in just 94 games in …