Sage Steele calls out Stephen A. Smith over transgender athletes: ‘Why did it take you three years?’
"I’ve said it on First Take from day one"
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Bob Costas supports Olympics transgender ban as ‘common sense’
Longtime Olympics primetime host Bob Costas spoke out in favor of the IOC's transgender ban in a CNN interview.
NBC removes footage after 2026 Winter Olympics feed commentators misgendered Swedish trans athlete
"Today, we streamed an international feed with non-NBCUniversal commentators who misgendered Olympian Elis Lundholm."
Angel City FC organization, team captain disavow defender Elizabeth Eddy’s Op-Ed
"That article does not speak for this team and this locker room."
Stephen A. Smith sides with Riley Gaines on transgender athletes competing in women’s sports
"Transgenders should be competing against transgenders."
Katie Nolan skewers Riley Gaines over harassment of Simone Biles: ‘I don’t know how you go to sleep at night’
"You're not protecting women's sports. Simone Biles is."
Jemele Hill, Nancy Armour show support for Simone Biles in defense of transgender athletes
"Simone Biles is a far better human being than you’ll ever be."
Is the ‘stick to sports’ crowd out of things to say?
Kate Fagan defends trans athletes in final ‘Around the Horn’ appearance
"Trans kids deserve to play sports."
Charles Barkley takes stance on transgender athletes: ‘Men should not play sports against women’
"Men should not play sports against women. If anybody thinks that, I think they're stupid."
Stephen A. Smith says transgender athletes are ‘prying on the rights of females’
"That's about prying on the rights of females out there everywhere who were born female, and they're at a decided disadvantage."
NWSL’s BOS Nation FC abandons ‘Too Many Balls’ website and shirts after criticism
"I honestly did not perceive this team to be so unserious."
Exclusive: ‘Unfightable’ trailer shows transgender MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin’s supporters and critics
"People have a lot of feelings about trans athletes."
Kirk Herbstreit enters transgender athlete culture war: ‘I’m done giving any sh*ts [about pushback]’
"I’ve been biting my tongue on a lot of topics for three years."
Boston Globe roasted for ‘flat out lie’ headline of ‘Transgender boxer advances’ on AP story that didn’t say that
Pat McAfee isn’t made for this
ESPN’s Chris Evert defends Martina Navratilova’s stance on transgender athletes: ‘Science doesn’t lie.’
"Everyone is entitled to their opinion and shouldn't be attacked because of it."
Martina Navratilova feuds with reporter who labeled her ‘transphobic’
"Yet another man telling women what they should care about."
Louisiana newspapers remove GOP senator’s trans athlete op-ed for not meeting ‘ethical standards’
"Should the Senator wish to resubmit the editorial without the loaded language, we would be happy to consider it."
Dawn Staley, Lisa Bluder asked about transgender women inclusion at press conferences
"If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play. That's my opinion."
UFC’s Dana White after Sean Strickland’s homophobic comments: ‘I don’t f***ing tell any other human being what to say.’
"Free speech, brother. People can say whatever they want and they can believe whatever they want."
Sage Steele claims ESPN told her to stop tweeting about transgender sports
“I was asked to stop tweeting about it.”
ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ will examine the debate about transgender athletes this week
ESPN is wading into the debate about transgender athletes on 'Outside the Lines' this week.
Fox News, ex-ESPN figure Will Cain blasts USWNT ‘arrogant celebrity activists’
"This team came to be defined by arrogant celebrity activists who went out of their way to exhibit shame in the US, begin the process of destroying their own sport (advocating for men to play women’s sports) and curry victimization with false narratives about equal pay."
