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Three-time Olympic cyclist Inga Thompson sounded off on policies allowing transgender women to compete in Olympic sports, warning the idea is both unfair and unsafe for female competitors. “We’re watching transgender women when they’re serving volleyballs onto women and physically hurting them,” Thompson told Todd Piro during “Fox & Friends First” on Thursday. “We’re seeing in cycling where people are …

Tyrese Haliburton is not the only NBA player who has been negatively affected by gambling. The Indiana Pacers star said on Tuesday that his social media mentions are flooded with those who lost a bet because of him. Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said he actually had to get authorities involved after he received threats from gamblers. CLICK HERE FOR …

USC freshman JuJu Watkins has taken the college basketball world by storm. Her productive season has propelled the Trojans women’s basketball team to nearly the top of the college basketball ranks. Watkins is among the growing list of stars in women’s college basketball that is headlined by upperclassmen such as Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, LSU’s Angel Reese, and UConn’s Paige Bueckers. …

Former NHL player Konstantin Koltsov was “most likely… very drunk” when he died of an apparent suicide earlier this week, his ex-wife says. Koltsov was 42 when he died – police say they were dispatched to the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort after a male “jumped from a balcony.” While no foul play is suspected, Koltsov’s ex-wife, Yulia Mikhailova, says …

Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins was on the receiving end of a tense moment between Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and Memphis Grizzles guard Desmond Bane during Wednesday’s night game that resulted in both players receiving a technical. Late in the second quarter, with the Grizzlies leading by one, Green got tangled up beneath the net with Santi …

The No. 10-seeded Nevada Wolf Pack looked like they were going to move on to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a win over the No. 7 Dayton Flyers. But this is March, and wacky things happen on the hardwood. The Flyers posted a 63-60 victory in the first round instead, closing out the game on a 24-4 …

Attorneys for Shohei Ohtani accused his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, of stealing “millions of dollars” from the MLB superstar to gamble. Mizuhara, Ohtani’s personal interpreter throughout his MLB career, is accused of making wagers with an illegal bookie. Mizuhara had been employed by the Los Angeles Dodgers after Ohtani signed with them, but the organization has fired him, the Los …

Bobby Plump’s last shot for tiny Milan High School was a 17-foot jumper that captured the 1954 Indiana state basketball championship. The victory by the Milan Indians, 70 years ago today, inspired the David-beats-Goliath 1986 Hollywood sports flick “Hoosiers.” Plump’s Last Shot is the family’s slam-dunk sports bar in Indianapolis that today serves giant breaded fried pork tenderloin sandwiches, an …

Don Smerek, a former Dallas Cowboys defensive star, died last week after a fight with cancer. He was 66. Smerek played college football at Nevada. After going undrafted, Smerek eventually signed with the Cowboys in 1981. The defensive lineman went on to spend seven seasons with the franchise, playing in 69 games. He finished his career in Dallas with 14.5 …

MLB All-Star Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn’t hold back about how he felt his Miami Marlins were during his first three seasons, which he called “the worst.” Chisholm made an appearance on The Pivot podcast with ex-NFL players Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder, where he unloaded on how poor the Marlins were when it came to the team’s clubhouse …