T.J. Simers, former Los Angeles Times sports columnist, dead at 73
Former Los Angeles Times sports columnist TJ Simmers has died at the age of 73. According to Lance Pugmire of boxingscene.com:. Simmers had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. According to Awful Announcement. “Longtime @latimes sports editor Bill Dwyer just let me know that legendary columnist TJ Simmers has passed away,” Pugmire posted to X. […]
NYC sports stars who should be next for number retirements
Jersey numbers don’t look good on everyone, and even my supposedly avid sports fans friends can barely remember who wore which number, and have little motivation to further study the technology. I have a friend who thinks uniform numbers are essential to investing in sports. I’m the chairman of this little extracurricular group. I’m not […]
Urban Meyer a prime example of how far sports broadcasts can sink
Wow, spring intercollegiate football is now on afternoon television, and in the middle of final exams! How do scholarship athletes manage to juggle it all?! Now that paying bail is no longer a necessity for big-city criminals, I hope to commit a few acts of trespassing misdeeds to leave my mark on Robin Hood’s newfound […]
Insane Video Shows Baseball Play That Could Possibly The First Of Its Kind In Sports History
Folks, you’re just gonna have to see this one to believe it. A centerfielder for an Ohio high school baseball team thwarted his opponents’ daring dash to home plate Friday, not with his arms but, shockingly, with his legs. Have you ever seen a center fielder tag someone out at home plate? Well here you […]
‘Happiest I’ve ever seen her’: the sports teams giving trans kids a safe place to play | Transgender
and othersLike any 7-year-old, Gregory’s daughter discovered she loved soccer on the playground at recess. When she came home, she started talking about soccer and asked to join her friends’ recreational teams. Gregory (whose name has been changed to protect her family’s safety and privacy), an attorney in Portland, Oregon, enrolled her, but she ended […]
Sports announcer caught on hot mic making suicide jokes, lewd remarks
A male high school sports announcer is demanding an apology after he was heard making suicide jokes and inappropriate sexual comments about a female player’s mother on a hot microphone during a football game in Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday. Toby Moore is Terrible announcementCoach John F. Kennedy, who had video of the hot mic incident, […]
Sports lessons are life lessons: Let trans Americans play
I wrestled from the age of 4 until I was 20. My father was a wrestler, so I fell in love with the sport, not just through competition but also through spending time with him. I practiced hard and won five state championships in the 15 years I was involved in wrestling. Above the door […]
EXCLUSIVE: Swing-State Dem Senator Says Concerns About Males Competing In Female Sports Are ‘Unfounded’
Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey believes that concerns over males competing in female sports are based on “overgeneralized” and “unfounded assumptions,” according to a June 2023 letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Casey wrote the letter in response to an individual asking about “transgender youth participation in athletics,” just months after announcing his […]
Ryan Blaney discusses NASCAR fight at All-Star Race, compares racing melees to other sports’ altercations
An accident in NASCAR’s non-points All-Star Race sent fists flying in the garage area. Kyle Busch After the No. 8 car finished 10th in the race, he and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into a fight, after which Stenhouse attacked him while the two were arguing. The two had to be separated as crews from both […]
Letter from Sen. Bob Casey resurfaces on biological males’ participation in female sports
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) spoke out about transgender women competing in sports against athletes of the same gender. Casey wrote the letter in June 2023, saying concerns about biologically male women participating in sports are “overgeneralized.” He also suggested concerns about the issue are based on “unfounded assumptions.” “The decision to transition is a very […]