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LOL...this is dumb. It's happening in female high school sports all over the country. Bioglogical boys competing against biological girls in sports and smashing records. I have two daughters in sports and watch it all the time....and I LOVE women's sports - if it is actually women's sports. Don't come on here and claim we hate womens' sports because we don't want biological men competing against our daughters and sharing locker rooms. That's just dumb. Who is actually doing the bullying when a biological male is competing against a athletically marginalized group in biological women?

You asked a general question and got a general question...and now use a very specific examples of a very rare syndrome. Of course there are going to be very, very limited syndromes and other things that come up in the discussion. Do you think that redefines the entire system of what a female or male is? So let's get right to the heart of it, what is your definition of male and female and do you support biological males with a penis with xy chromosomes competing against girls born with a vagina and xx chromosomes?

Anddddd this is why people don't say anything. Because people victim blame. It sounds like the said individual is a creep, did some things that violate teammates and women. Good for them for speaking up, regardless of timing.

Because he was clearly talking about Penn State in a Penn State forum. He came right out and said "Penn State."

Born with a penis for a boy with XY chromosomes.... Born with vagina for girls with XX chromosomes. Not difficult. 8th grade science.

True The statement is not true. Education and diversity do not automatically produce leftist views, ignoring factors like faculty self-selection, cultural trends, and institutional policies. It also mischaracterizes critics of left-leaning colleges as anti-knowledge or anti-diversity.

100% agree... this is such a non issue that's being blown up to create manufactured outrage... The amount of news coverage this gets by certain outlets in proportion to the amount of athletes this applies to is asinine. If those news outlets talked about school shootings or even rare diseases affecting people in proportion to this topic it would flood the airways 24/7. Transgender fuss is only happening with a certain subset of people intent on getting 'news' from a few specific outlets...

Violating teammates and "even worse things" to various women over the years. We don't know the specifics on those things and if you want to hold off on judgment I certainly can't fault you. There was also the specific allegation of theft. And there's been violent rhetoric in the past.

Burroughs said on FRL today that he is not yet retired from competing. He also spoke very highly of the guys in Stillwater, and said that the Pennsylvania RTC “imploded” and “doesn’t exist anymore as he remembers.” He says if he competes again it will be under his All I See Is Gold Academy

This is sad and does bring up that we are all mortal and our time can come at anytime, no matter how fit, strong, or healthy we are. Very sad news for Ben's family and Ben. I hope he recovers. I had pneumonia for 2 months last year and the medicines did not work until the third and most extreme type. It just kept spreading. A few days after I got a shot in the butt of the last medicine I felt well enough to go outside and walk, and I still remember being amazed how how it felt to get a full lung of air. I didn't recognize I had much of a problem in that way, but it was incredible. It was a long 2 months let me tell you. I got the pneumonia shot a few months after that. I don't need that again. Best wishes for Ben and his family. mspart

The effort to convert males to females, and females to male, (called the transexual movement) has nothing to do with androgeny. Androgeny is a different thing. To bring that into this discussion is intellectually dishonest because everyone knows what the subject of discussion is and that ain't it. Tripnsweep is from AZ. I am from WA and a boy just won the girls 400 meter state championship for the 2nd year in a row. Maybe the bigger question is why are there boys and girls sports in middle and high schools and men's and women's sports in the college level? Why was this done? And is it proper to then allow for boys that say they are girls to compete with girls and men who say they are women to compete with women? Equally, is it proper to allow the opposite? Bringing in androgeny is the last gasp of a lost cause. That clearly is not the issue at hand. Again, it is intellectually dishonest to even attempt to do so. mspart

If you follow the thread, I responded to "the people who have their panties in a bunch over this not only don’t watch women’s sports, they HATE women’s sports" I watch women's sports all the time. Yes. Does it matter that I have watched them against my daughters specifically? Or that doesn't count?

Never has so much time been spent talking about something that hardly ever happens. Thrust me on this, the people who have their panties in a bunch over this not only don’t watch women’s sports, they HATE women’s sports. It’s just an excuse for bigots to bully a marginalized group.

And we’ve even had people register for the forum today to tell us how huge of an issue it is apparently

False, and shows you are out of touch. But keep saying the same thing over and over again if it helps you feel better. Supporting this lunacy is the only "sudden" thing that has happened over the past few years. Biological men should not be competing with women in sports. This isn't difficult. Stop being anti-woman, and do better,

So cheaters shouldn't be called out? Fairness in athletics and other aspects of life is not important and worth fighting for? Yeah, great advice for your daughters, all to appease some insane politically ideology that refuses to acknowledge scientific facts.

Oldie but a goodie ———————- https://www.newsweek.com/transgender-high-school-track-star-wins-triple-8-feet-2038919 Trans High School Track Star Wins Triple Jump by 8 Feet ——————— Who Is Lizzy Bidwell? Assigned male at birth A Conard High School junior in West Hartford, CT, Lizzy has achieved significant success on girls’ teams, including: 1st place in girls’ high jump and 5th in long jump at the Connecticut State Open (Feb 17, 2024), securing a spot at regional championships ————————- https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/trans-athlete-injures-multiple-girls-forcing-team-forfeit-wither-thou-feminism#:~:text=A trans-identified six-foot-tall male player with facial,forced the Collegiate Charter School to forfeit.&text=In 2022%2C North Carolina volleyball player Payton,at her head and rendered her unconscious. Trans Athlete Injures Multiple Girls, Forcing Team To Forfeit. Wither Thou, Feminism? —————————— Massachusetts Girls' Basketball Team: A male player on the opposing team reportedly injured three female players, leading to the team's forfeit https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-investigate-title-ix-violations-athletics#:~:text=A girls' high school basketball team in,female team reportedly injured three female players. __________________ I Was the Fastest Girl in Connecticut. But Transgender Athletes Made It an Unfair Fight. https://adflegal.org/article/i-was-fastest-girl-connecticut-transgender-athletes-made-it-unfair-fight/ —————- Veronica Garcia Veronica Garcia won back-to-back state high school championships in Washington in the 400-meter run. She told anti-trans detractors after the state meet to “Get a life.” Ana Caldas Trans swimmer Ana Caldas won five national championships in swimming in the women’s 45-49 age category. 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Harriett Cunningham (Harriette Mackenzie), Mount Royal University’s new 6-2 forward, played for Vancouver Island University last year, winning the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championship title, averaging 19.1 points and 14.9 rebounds. Mackenzie was named the 2022-23 PacWest Female Athlete of the Year, CCAA Championship MVP, and received CCAA First Team All-Canadian honours. Henry Hanlon scored 26 points in a girls high school basketball game in San Francisco. This is the third consecutive game where he’s scored more than one-third of the team’s points (January 2024). Navi Huskey played for two years for Long Beach City College in 2019. At 50, Gabrielle Ludwig joined the Mission College women’s team in California. Ludwig was 6’6,” 230 pounds. Arturs Ahmetovs, a Latvian male boxer, went viral for knocking out World Champion female boxer Claressa Shields during a sparring session. (2023) Katia Bissonnette refused to step into the ring with Mya Walmsley at the 2023 Provincial Golden Glove Championship in October 2023 in Victoriaville, Quebec and subsequently withdrew from the match, leading to Walmsley being declared the winner by default. Maxine Blythin, a British player, was named Kent Women’s Player of the Year in 2019. Danielle McGahey, has been named in Canada’s squad for the Women’s T20 Americas Qualifier last August 2023. Juniper Eastwood was the first trans runner to compete on Division 1 women’s track and cross-country teams, at the University of Montana. Aspen Hoffman, a boy who identifies as a girl: 1) broke a girls’ school record in the 5,000 and helped his high school girls’ team qualify for the Washington state championship in 2022 — though Aspen finished 72nd in a boys’ race the previous year. 2) He placed fourth in the Women’s 5,000 meter race at the Wesco/Emerald Sound Cross Country Championships on October 21. 2023 with a time of 20:10.70. 3) In November 2023, on Seattle Academy’s GIRLS’ cross-country team made a 41-point difference, pushing them to a 2nd place team finish at the Washington State Girls Championships. Soren Stark-Chessa: 1) on October 21, 2023, Stark-Chessa was named ‘Fastest Sophomore Girl’ for winning a girls’ cross-country running competition in Belfast, Maine. This biological boy beat the closest female competitor by 90 seconds. 2) Stark-Chessa not only dominated girls in his own state but across 5 New England states, finishing top 6 overall at the New England XC Championships, November 2023. Harriet Haynes won European Champion (2023), European Team Champion (2023, 2022, 2020), World Team Champion (2022), National Ladies Singles Champion (2022) and more. He won by default at the final of the 2023 Ladies Champion of Champions national pool tournament. Jamie Hunter: 1) won the 2022 US Women’s Snooker Open title; 2) Allied to quarter-final runs at the Eden Masters and British Open tournaments, the run was enough to see her climb to 14th position in the world rankings; 3) In November 2023, Jamie reached her third world ranking final and first in England at the Eden Masters; 4) has also enjoyed success at national level, completing a title double in Fareham on her way to a second placed finish on the 2021/22 EPSB Women’s Tour; 5) In October 2021, Jamie reached the final of the 2021 EBSA European Women’s Snooker Championship in Portugal, losing 4-1 to Wendy Jans. BMX Chelsea Wolfe was the first openly trans Olympic athlete in 2020 (as an alternate), won a UCI USA BMX Freestyle event in 2022, and rides for the U.S. national team in 2023. In May 2023, Wolfe collided with 16-year-old Sasha Pardoe, resulting in the teen’s concussion, removal from FISE World Cup contention, a chance for 7,000 Euros. Criterium Racing Emily Bridges and Lilly Chant, both trans-identified males, won first and second place, respectively, at the ThunderCrit race in London in 2022. Zoey (Zakkary) Marks, a Florida crit racer, won the women’s 3/4/5 at the Harlem Skyscraper Cycling Classic (2023). Cyclocross Catherine (Nicholas) Barnwell has taken women’s wins in road and cyclocross (2023). Zahava Barwin races in the women’s field in cyclocross in Canada (2021). Cara (Cameron) Dixon won the women’s category at the Dirty Reiver gravel race in the UK in April 2023. Dixon was first in the women’s division, beating second place by over an hour. Dixon would have been 19th in the men’s. In June 2023, Dixon won the Trans Atlantic Way in Ireland. The female winner, who finished 26 hours later, was Hillary Allen. Dahron Johnson: 1) participated in five road and cyclocross races for Women Cat 1/2 and 3 during the 2021 Music City Crits and won 5 times; 2) participated in six races for the Women Cat 3 and 1/2 during the 2022 Music City Crits and won 5 times. Tessa Johnson: 1) won the 2022 Chicago Cyclocross Cup; 2) took first place in both the women’s 1/2 and the singlespeed on October 8, 2023 at Jackson Park in Chicago; (3) took first place in the women’s singlespeed at the Illinois State Cyclocross Championships on December 3, 2023. Jenna Lingwood won the 40-44 Masters championship at the 2022 USA Cyclocross Nationals in Connecticut.” Zee Mars (aka Kyo Zero Mars): 1) has participated in several races during 2018 under the women’s category and took first place 3 times, 5th place and 11th place; 2) won the women’s cat 3 and 4 cyclocross in the Washington area (2023). Jacqueline Maunter races cyclocross for the Philly Bike Expo team (apparently remaining in the cat 4/5s since 2017, despite wins and podiums). Recipient of a Women Build Bikes grant. Erica Miller races road, gravel, and cyclocross in Colorado. Riley Claire Sato, a male cyclocross racer, took first place in the women’s 3 category at Dam Cross in Woodstock, Ontario on October 15, 2023. Kylie (Kyle) Small: 1) finished tenth out of 59 in the varsity women’s cross country at USA cycling collegiate mountain bike national championships on October 13, 2023; 2) placed 13th of 41 in the women’s varsity collegiate category on December 7, 2023 at the USA Cycling national cyclocross championships; and 3) took the women’s gold medal at the 2023 National Cyclocross Championships in Louisville, KY.. Chloë Spritz (Cole Sprague) participated in the women’s single-speed category (2023). Morgan Styer, raced road and cyclocross through 2017 and was a midpack cat 4/5 male who became a successful cat 3 “female” ten years later. Kristin Sundquistt, a male racer, won several women’s category of cyclocross since 2021. In her most recent race that took place last November 11, 2023, she placed 16th at Verge Northampton Cyclocross, Women Pro/Cat ½ Category. Evelyn Williamson: 1) took second place in the women’s singlespeed cyclocross at Jackson Park in Chicago on October 8, 2023; 2) Took second place in the women’s singlespeed category at the Illinois State Cyclocross Championships on December 3, 2023. 3) On the first roster for the women’s team for 606 Racing in Chicago for 2024. Fat Bike Roxanne Bombardier (Roger): 1) In October 2021, Bombardier came in first in the Women’s Masters 50+ event in Wrightsville, Vermont. 2) On December 2, he took first place in the women’s Fat Bike category at the Ice Weasels Cometh race in Southwick, Massachusetts. Fixed Gear Kiana Gysin, a male racer, won the women’s Zuricrit fixed gear race last August 19, 2023 in Zürich. Mountain Biking Bee Brandon won the women’s Category 2 race for women aged 19-39 at the Northwest Cup Downhill Mountain BIke race at Dry Hill Bike Park in Port Angeles, Washington on May 14, 2023. Citlaly Carapia Valencia finished 7th in the Women Elite – Cross-country Olympic mountain biking during the Mexican National Championships (2018). Michelle Dumaresq: 1) Won a “novice female” Bear Mountain race in Mission, British Columbia, in May 2001; 2) Won the 2003 Canadian National Championships in downhill mountain biking. Blake Hansen, an enduro racer out of Salt Lake City, has been featured by numerous publications as a “rider to watch” who is “breaking barriers” in mountain biking. Sandy Hosey: 1) took first place in the women’s SW 3 during the The Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb (August 2021); 2) took first place in the women’s MW 40+ during the Sunshine Hill Climb (September 2021). Gage Martin, a male racer, took the win in his very first women’s mountain bike race, the Land Mine Mountain Bike Classic on September 10, 2023. Lucy Rogers has been taking spots in several races for British Cycling since 2019, mostly taking first place. He won the 2023 Welsh XC MTB League Round 1 (Grand Veteran Women). Antonia Saelzer: 1) took gold at the Deache Series Lincanten downhilll race in Chile in May 2023. Saelzer would have placed 105th in the men’s category; 2) He won the women’s elite category at the first race of the Angol Racing Cup series in Chile October 1, 2023; 3) He took 2nd place in the women’s pro category at the Open Shimano Nevados Chillan December 2023; 4) He won the women’s elite category at the Angol Racing Cup #3 January 2024. Daniela Salazar won the women’s 30-39 category at Gran Fondo Volcán Osorno (2023). Kenzie Statz won a USA Cycling-sanctioned event called the Snow Crown Fat Bike Series in Wisconsin in 2021. Kate Weatherly has won two national titles, including the downhill race in the New Zealand national championships in February 2018 and another race title in 2022. Maxine Yates won a British race in the women’s expert category in 2022, before UCI changed its rules to exclude males from the female category. Track and Road Races (Cycling) Taryn Askew: 1) took first place three times during the State Race Double Women 21-30 Girls Expert (July-August 2022); 2) took first place during the Warnicke Double District / 17-20 Women Cruiser / Girls Cruiser (2022); 3) took first place during the Catamount BMX – SCR/GCQ Weekend Gold Cup / 21-30 Women / Girls Expert (June 2022); 4) won first place at the Gold Cup Qualifier Triple 31-40 Women/Girls Expert (July 2022). Catherine Barnwell: 1) took 7th place in the women’s category 4/5 Devens Grand Prix in July 2022; 2) took 6th place during The Frozen Four 2023: Matt Catania Memorial; 3) took 6th place in the Women u40 Long Course during Pavement Ends Gravel Race in April 2023; 4) took first place in the Women Category 4/5 C/D during the Catamount Cycling Classic Road Race in April 2023; 5) took 5th place in the Women Category 4/5 C/D during the Catamount Cycling Classic Criterium in April 2023; 6) took 3rd place in the Women Category 4/5 during the Ken Harrod Memorial Road Race in May 2023; 7) took 6th place in the Open Women category during the Guilford Gravel Grinder (the G3): the 2023 New England Gravel Championship in June 2023. Jillian Bearden: 1) won the Arizona El Tour de Tucson in 2016 and was the first man to race in an American women’s professional peleton in 2017; 2) finished the Colorado Classic over 11 minutes behind the winner last August 2017. Molly Cameron, a male cyclist, won at the Columbia Plateau in 2021. Sylvia Dardenne is a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium, currently riding for Baloise-WB Ladies. He was the women’s 45-49 long distance duathlon world champion in 2021. Kristin (Nathan) Duhr took the women’s 40+ cat 1 series win at Downhill Rockies (2023). Arya Elowen: 1) took second place in the Women’s SW 4 during the Modern Market Criterium in June 2023; 2) took 8th place in the Women’s SW 4 during the Littleton Twilight Criterium by Audi Denver in August 2023. Patti Flynn: 1) took 2nd place twice in the Women CAT 5 during the Half Acre Cycling’s Skyway Classic in May 2023; 2) raced in the Women’s Category 4/5 at the Cob Park Criterium in July 2023; 3) raced in the Women’s Category 4/Novice Elite during the Winfield Criterium & Summerfest 2023; 4) participated twice in the Women’s Category 4/Novice Elite during the Intelligentsia Cup William Blair Grand Prix at Goose Island Beer Co. in July 2023. Ash (Max) Fierek took the women’s e-bike win at the Cascadia Dirt Cup Finals. Lola Furnemont was a member of the Belgian elite women’s cycling team Baloise-WB Ladies in 2022 and 2023. Na Hwa-rin, 37, won a women’s event in the Gangwon Sports Festival in South Korea in June 2023 to prove that men do not belong in women’s competitions and declined to move on National Sports Festival after qualifying for it. “I am not proud of myself at all. I believe other transgender athletes would feel the same way. They may not want to admit it, but they’re being selfish. There is no honor as an athlete in that.” Veronica Ivy (a.k.a. Rachel McKinnon) is a two-time masters world champion, notably winning the 2018 UCI World Masters Track Cycling Championships. Jordan Johnson participated in 29 Women’s-category races since 2021. 1) He took 3rd place in the Women SW 4 during the Bannock Street Criterium in July 2021; 2) took 2nd place in the Women SW 4 during the Ridge at 38 Criterium – CO Sr Crit Championships in September 2021; 3) took 2nd place in the Women SW4 during the Pueblo Classic Road Race in April 2022; 4) took first place in the Women SW 4 during the Louisville Criterium in May 2022; 5) took first place in the Women SW 3/ Col Wom B during the CSU Cobb Lake Oval Criterium. Austin Killips: 1) in 2022, he placed third in the women’s category for Tour of the Gila and Joe Martin Stage Race; 2) He competed in National Championships United States WE – ITT (NC) and National Championships United States WE – Road Race (NC); 3) won the elite women’s division of the 2023 Tour of the Gila stage race in May 2023. Ironically, this was the first year the men’s and women’s prize moneywas equal. So the first male finisher received the same amount as the first “female” finisher — another male.* 4) On May 28, Killips finished second at the Belgian Waffle Ride in Canada. 5) In June, Killips won the Belgian Waffle Ride in North Carolina by more than five minutes, taking the $5,000 women’s prize. In July, the Belgian Waffle Ride changed its eligibility criteria to exclude everyone except females from the female category “in the interest of protecting the parity of sports between women and men”. 6) Named one of Outside Magazine’s “Outsiders of the Year” (December 2023). 7) In January 2024, he took third place in the UCI Cyclocross women’s elite at Zonnebeke. Eva Kloiber took first place (April 2023) and third place (July 2023) in Women’s starters 3/4/5 at the 2023 Allegheny Cycling Association Summer Crit Series held at Bud Harris Bike Park, Pennsylvania. Claire (Ivan) Law, a male bike racer, became the women’s P/1/2/3 northwest champion in the elimination race last August 18, 2023 at Jerry Baker Velodrome in Washington. Jenna Lingwood: 1) took the gold and Claire Law took the bronze at the women’s international omniom (a time trial, a criterium, and mass-start road race) at the Jerry Baker Velodrome in Washington on May 27, 2023. 2) placed second in the Cafe Hollander Tosa Village Classic in Shorewood, Wisconsin on June 25, 2023. 3) Lingwood ranked first on the overall endurance podium at the Vision GP in Washington in July 2023. Anna Lisk, according to Road Results, has participated in 35 women’s category races and most often won first place. Jordan Lothrop: 1) won at the Columbia Plateau on 2021. 2) Ranked 3rd on the overall endurance podium at the Vision GP in Washington in July 2023. 3) In the Pacific GP, he was the top seed for the women’s sprint comps last August 2023. Harper Martinez took 6th place during the Somibike Championship Series for women’s open category (2019). Jackie Mautner, a male, won the Women’s State Championship in Pennyslvania in 2022. Lesley Mumford won the CO2UT Desert Gravel 100-mile gravel race(Colorado to Utah) on May 14, 2023, for women aged 40-49 and stood alone on the victory platform (below) as the female finishers protested. He took 5 wins this season (2023). Christine Penn participated in several races since 2018 under the women’s category with the Sturdy Girl cycling team, including last May 2023 at the Kitchen Road Criterium for Women 50-54 Masters category. Emil Carr-Ross, a male bike mechanic from Scotland, was interviewed for being “the only female finisher” of L’Esperit de Girona bike packing race (2023). He also entered the women’s category for the Highland Trail 550 in Scotland in May 2024. Ruth Seaman took first place and set a new course record with 176.9 miles (29 laps, 9918 feet of elevation) in 11:44:55 at the 2020 Pace Bend Ultra 12-Hour Solo Female. Tara Seplavy, took the win in the women’s 3/4/5 at the Emrick Blvd Crit in Pennsylvania last May 7, 2023. Evelyn Sifton won the Houston Grand Crit in May 2019. Natalie van Gogh won the Trofee Maarten Wynants (an international race in Belgium) in 2015 and finished top-10 in various other national and international competitions. Bev Sorsby, a trans identified male, is listed with British cycling as female. On June 8th 2022, he placed 3rd in the women’s race at HH Crit series, a cycling event run by British Cycling. Sara Stearns; 1) Has competed in several races in the women’s category since 2012 based on Road Results; 2) has participated in the Red Kite Championship Weekend since 2014, taking first place three times; and 3) is the Masters Women 70+ national and world track champion and was the masters world record holder as of October 18, 2022. Tiffany Thomas, 46-year-old domestic pro racer for team LA Sweat. Started cycling on a Peloton bike at age 40. He won the Randall’s Island Criterium Race last March 19, 2023. Ana Sofia Zarate won the top category with the biggest payout at Corsa Mexica, “The First Mexican Women’s Race”. There was no men’s category because it was designed to elevate and celebrate women’s cycling in Mexico (December 2023). A teenage boy who identifies as a girl placed first in the U14 2023 Southern Region Oireachtas competitions. Victoria Monaghan won the New Zealand Open darts championship in 2022 and is the first out trans athlete to compete in the World Championships. Monaghan was a ranked national player in the male category. Noa-Lynn van Leuven: 1) became the first trans woman to play in a darts TV tournament; 2) became the second Dutch player to qualify for the Women’s World Matchplay, the PDC ‘s biggest women’s tournament; 3) gained four titles in 2023 (Denmark Open Women, Malta Masters Women, Belgium Open Women and Malta Open Women); 4) ranks second in WDF West Europe Women and eighth in WDF Main Ranking Women. Kimberly Giannola, competed in 21 Women’s Professional tournaments for the 2023 season and won a total of $3,379. Natalie Ryan won two major competitions in 2022, including the MVP Open, in the Professional Disc Golf Association’s elite tier. Savannah Burton was the first out trans athlete to compete for Canada in international team sports. Burton was named to the Canadian National Dodgeball Team in 2015 and played in international competitions through 2017. Beth Debertin, a male fencer, placed 8thon Vet-40 Women’s Saber last January 2023 North American Cup. Elizabeth Kocab won a women’s national title this July 2023 in the senior’s Vet-70 epee championship. The 6 foot tall, World Champion athlete has made the women’s USA Vet World Championships team since 2011. Eden Philpot has now claimed four gold medals, two silver, and one for placing fifth and eighth during the 2022-2023 season of women’s fencing. Dawn Wilson is a 2x Veteran women Saber Champion (2014 and 2015) and a 2x member of the US Veteran Fencing World Championship team (2017,2018) Natalie Washington: had his first game for Rushmoor FC in the Hampshire League division one for women’s football. Hailey Davidson: 1) First trans golfer to win a professional tournament (2024) and the second to play in the LPGA qualifying school (2022); 2) He won the NXXT Women’s Classic at Mission Inn Resort and Club near Orlando, Florida. He will now be able to join the Ladies Epson Tour after securing one of five women’s places (2024). Lana Lawless won the Long Drivers of America competition, hitting a 254-yard drive against a strong headwind wind in the final round, winning a $12,500 prize. (2008) Athena del Rosario won first place in beach handball tournaments in 2019 and 2020, was named Southern California Heat Women’s Player of the Year in 2019, and Most Valuable Goalkeeper at the USA Team Handball Indoor National Championships in 2019. Previously, del Rosario played goalkeeper for the UC-Santa Cruz women’s soccer team. Hannah Mouncey represents Australia in women’s handball (as of June 2022), having previously represented the country in men’s handball. Jessica Platt played professional hockey for the Toronto Furies in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League and was the first trans player in the league. Alice Jimmy McPike – took home silver in the women’s Absolute No-GI Indeterminate category after beating out a different female athlete at the NAGA Grappling Championship on September 9, 2023. Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol (“Nong Toom”) defeated Pernilla Johansson in Stockholm in 2008. Fallon Fox is a former mixed martial artist and the first openly transgender MMA fighter. On September 13, 2014, in a fight between Fox and Tamikka Brents, Brents suffered a concussion and an orbital bone fracture. She needed seven staples in her head. “I’ve never felt so overpowered ever in my life and I am an abnormally strong female in my own right,” she stated. Fox boasted about violence against women in a 2020 tweet. “For the record, I knocked two out. One woman’s skull was fractured. Just so you know, I enjoyed it. See, I love smacking up TEFS (sic) in the cage who talk transphobic nonsense. It’s bliss!” Alana McLaughlin, a former US Special Forces soldier as a man, won the first MMA fight competing against a woman, in 2021. Galen Kirkpatrick represented the United States women at the FAI World Paragliding Championships in France in early June 2023. The previous April, Kirkpatrick won the Pan American Paragliding Championships Female division. Valentina Petrillo (below) won three golds at Paralympic qualifying events(visually impaired division) in 2021 and won seven Italian national championships in sprints before and after transitioning. In March 2023, Petrillo won an eighth women’s title at the Italian Indoor Masters Championships. In July 2023, at age 49, Petrillo won a bronze medal in the 400M T12 at the World Para Athletics Championship, displacing all the women who placed behind Petrillo. Parkrun is a UK phenomenon with “fun runs” each weekend but it’s also competitive; records for males and females are recorded. Who counts as a woman is based entirely on one’s own self-declaration. Women’s records are being broken by male runners on a regular basis. For instance: Lauren Jeska, a British fell runner (a cross-country sport involving hills), (1) won women’s races in 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012. In 2016, Jeska pleaded guilty to attempted murder, two counts of assault inflicting bodily harm, and weapons possession charges after assaulting a UK Athletics HR manager with a knife. The manager had challenged Jeska’s eligibility to run as a woman. (2) Jeska holds the women’s record for the 5K Aberystwyth Parkrun, (17 minutes and 38 seconds) as of May 2023. Siân Longthorpe, a male, (1) placed first among women in the weekly Porthcawl Parkrun, with a time of 18 minutes and 53 seconds on Saturday (20 May 2023). Longthorpe broke the women’s record in the 45-49 age group and placed fifth overall. (2) He also holds the age 40-44 female record, as well as the outright female record in Parke, Devon, and (3) the female record for ages 40-44 in Torbay Velopark (2023). By contrast: Andie (Andrea) Taylor, a distance runner from St. Paul, Minn, says she is eager to compete among women and yearns for inclusion — but only if the scientific research unequivocally shows that her years living as a male did not give her an advantage. Sara Weiss reigns as the Canadian Women’s National Amateur Pickleball Champion (as of May 2023). Anne Andres, 40, a male who identifies as a woman, holds a women’s bench-pressing record in Canada and on August 14, 2023 set a new Canadian women’s national deadlift record at the CPU Westerns Championship. In 2019, Mary Gregory, a male, broke four world records in the female category of Gregory’s age and weight class (masters world squat record, open world bench-pressing record, masters world deadlift record, and masters world total record) in the 100% Raw Powerlifting Federation. A few days later, Gregory was stripped of these records and barred from competing as a woman. “She put down [registered as] female. Clearly, she’s not a female,” said Paul Bossi, 100% Raw Powerlifting Federation’s president. “Not biologically anyways. In our rules, we go by biological,” he told the Washington Post. “According to the rules, she can only lift in the men’s division.” JayCee Cooper won the women’s 2019 national championship for bench press in the super heavyweight division. Glenique Frank, a 52-year old male athlete, finished the 2023 London Marathon in 6,171st place among all women. The previous November, he finished 14,096th in the men’s category in the New York City Marathon. Amelia Gapin, Stevie Romer, and Grace Fisher are three of the at-least five trans runners who took coveted women’s spots in the Boston Marathon in 2023. Erika (Brian) Kaiser, Frontrunners New York have appointed a man as their “Woman’s Director at Large”. Kae Ravichandran: 1) won the women’s Finger Lakes 50k trail race on June 24, 2023. 2) He won the non-binary category of the Boston marathon in April — an apparent example of using “self-ID” to pick and choose categories. Ravichandran would have placed fifth among the men. 3) won the women’s category by 6 minutes at the Upstate Classic Half Marathon on November 19, 2023. Juniper Simonis has won multiple World Championships with the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. Ten U.K. Women’s Indoor Masters Rowing records are now held by men. On July 25, 2023, a “transitioning” man named Willow Arts placed eighth in the masters nationals. In 2021, Arts took home the women’s silver at the masters nationals. Marjorie Roome has won several world championships in the women’s division and broke two British women’s records in 65-74 age categories. Women often refuse to compete against him. 1)He took the silver medal each at the 65-69 Women’s 2000m and 60+ Women’s 500m race (2020). 2)He takes the title in the 70-74 women’s 500m race, and Jenny Livy follows up with an excellent silver medal! 3) On 2023, he took the gold medal for women’s 70+ 500m at the 2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships (WRICH). Ash Davis plays for the Fergus Highlanders women’s team (2023). Lillian Gallagher won a women’s Red Bull Cornerstone competition in 2022 — which marked the second time female skateboarder Taylor Silverman lost to a male athlete. In a tweet, she wrote, “At the last contest series I did for Red Bull, I placed second. The trans competitor who won took $1000 dollars in qualifiers, $3000 in finals, and $1,000 in best trick. This totaled to $5000 of the prize money meant for the female athletes. I am sick of being bullied into silence.” Ricci Tres, a trans-identified male, 29, defeated a 13-year-old girl, Shiloh Catori, to win the Board Street event in New York city in 2022. Violet Whyte, has won prize money in several Canadian skateboarding events even though Violet is actually a “biological male.” In 2022, Wren Pyle won the USA Skimo National Championship in the women’s U23 Sprint. Mara Stefania Gómez debuted in 2020 and became the first trans player in Argentine’s top football flight in 2022. Blair Hamilton was named goalie for the England Universities Sport Women’s soccer team in 2022 – the first man to compete in women’s international soccer competitions. Alba Palacios, Spain’s first trans football player, is a leading scorer in the Spanish football federation. Audrey Yun has taken women’s awards and prize money in his rookie year of the competitive strength sport at Strongman Corporation. He placed 1ston King and Queen of the Throne (Novice) 2023, 2nd on Vancouver Strength Championship 2023 and BC’s Strongest 2023. In 2022, trans-identified male surfer Sasha Jane Lowerson placed ninth at the Noosa Festival of Surfing and first in the Open Women’s and Women’s Logger divisions at the Western Australian State Titles. Meghan Cortez-Fields, a senior at Ramapo College of New Jersey who swam for three years on the men’s team, won first place and broke a school record in the 100-yard butterfly. She also came in first place in the 200-yard individual medley and earned second place in the 200-yard butterfly. (November 2023) Lia Thomas, below (University of Pennsylvania), won a national NCAA Division I title and set an Ivy League record in the 500 freestyle in 2022 and made it to the final heat of the 100-free and 200-free. According to Swimming World, by the conclusion of Thomas’ swimming career at UPenn, Thomas’ rank had moved from 65th on the men’s team to 1st on the women’s team in the 500-yard freestyle. World Aquatics responded by banning males from the female category unless those males transitioned before the age of 12; in January 2024, Thomas appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn the new rule. Melody Wiseheart (Nicholas Cepeda): 1) A 50-year-old man “identifying as teenage girl” competed in the Trojan Cup swimming competition racing against 13-yr-old girls at East Bayfield Community Centre in Barrie, Ontario, December 2023 and reportedly undressed in the locker room with the girls too. 2) He also competed in the girl’s 13&O 100 meter fly at the Toronto Pan Am Centre (January 2024). Renée Richards, a player on the men’s circuit, underwent gender reassignment therapy in 1975 and started playing in women’s tournaments in 1976. After Richards accepted an invitation to a warm-up tournament for the US Open, 25 of the 32 women pulled out of the tournament. As a result, the USTA and WTA introduced the Barr body test, which identifies sex chromosomes. Richards refused the test and was banned from the US Open. Richards filed a lawsuit in 1977 and the New York Supreme Court ruled in Richards’ favor. Richards competed in the 1977 US Open at the age of 43, reaching the doubles final, but now admits males possess an unfair advantage and should not compete against women. Brooklyn Ross, yet another male who identifies as female, entered a Wyoming tournament called the Governor’s Cup in August 2023 but dropped out, citing a “circus” atmosphere. Cheyenne Tennis Association President, Jackie Fulkrod,resigned over the controversy, citing a need for fairness in women’s sports. Alicia Rowley a self-identified “female,” won the women’s 55 & over singles title at the USTA National Women’s Grass Court Championships in July, 2023 Rowley had won the National Indoor Championships in singles and doubles in May. Chloe Barnes helped her Brookline High girls’ indoor track and field team win the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 state championship in February 2023. The junior placed fourth in the 55-yard hurdles, contributing five points to the team’s victory. Juniper Eastwood was the first trans runner to compete on Division 1 women’s track and cross-country teams, at the University of Montana. Riya Isha, a male who identifies as trans, won three track and field events for Calicut University in 2017. Maelle Jacques finished second in the girls 1600m at the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division III Track and Field State Championships on May 25, 2023. Jacques also placed 5th place in the High Jump and 13th in the Long Jump. In another event, Jacques led the girls team to a championship trophy after winning the 1600m and high jump at the Wilderness Championship, which featured DII & DIII teams from central and northern New Hampshire. Caroline Layt was part of a 4×200-meter team that set an Australian national record. Terry Miller won state titles in Connecticut in 2017 — with fellow “transgirl” Andraya Yearwood finishing second — and won regional New England championships. Over the course of three years, Yearwood and Miller broke 17 girls’ meet records and took 15 state championship titles. “Fastest girl in Connecticut” Chelsea Mitchell sued along with teammates Ashley Nicoletti , Selina Soule, Alanna Smith. In 2022, Tiffany Newell won the women’s 45-49 Canadian indoor 5,000-meter race, setting a national record. In 2023, he won the women’s 45 3000 Meter Run All Ages and women’s 50 1500 Meter Run Masters. Eris Pil took second in girls’ shot put and fourth in girls’ discus at Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League’s track meet in May 2023. Top six finalists qualified for the state championships; therefore two girls who should have qualified were left out. On May 21, 2023, Athena Ryan: 1) placed second in the varsity girls’ 1600-meter finals of the CIF-North Coast Section Meet of Champions, denying fourth-place finisher Adeline Johnson, 18, a chance to compete at the California state championship. Protesters unfurled banners to voice opposition to males competing in girls’ events, as did swimmer and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines and others. At the championship meet, Ryan and Lorelei Barrett, another trans-identified male, did not show up; nor did two girls, so four slots originally reserved for girls were lost. 2) Ryan placed 17th in the Girls North Coast Section Cross Country (2023). (3) Ryan placed first in the women’s 2.97-mile varsity cross country race at the Coastal Mountain Conference Championships in Santa Rosa, CA (November 2023). Sadie Schreiner broke the women’s 300-meter record on his college’s women’s track team (December 2023). Caster Semenya: two-time women’s 800-meter Olympic champion, three-time 800m world champion, and a double Commonwealth Games middle distance gold medalist. When Semenya won the Doha Diamond League 800m in May 2019, it was her 30th consecutive victory over the distance. Diamond Solorzano (see also volleyball) helped lead North Valley (Nevada) High School relay teams to two golds. CeCé Telfer: 1) won the Division II NCAA championship in the 400-meter hurdles as a senior at Franklin Pierce University in 2019 – the first of 28+ openly trans male athletes to win a women’s NCAA title. From 2016 to 2017, Telfer had competed without success in the men’s division. 2) He shut a woman out of qualifying for finals, then placed 4th in finals in the women’s category at the UMass Flagship Invitational (2024). Andraya Yearwood (below) finished 2nd in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s 100-yard dash on June 4, 2017, behind trans student Terry Miller. Over the course of three years, Yearwood and Miller broke 17 girls’ meet records and took 15 state championship titles. “Fastest girl in Connecticut” Chelsea Mitchell sued along with teammates Ashley Nicoletti , Selina Soule, Alanna Smith. In 2022, Tiffany Abreu helped Brazil win the Brazilian Cup. Derek Cannuscio, a male player who happens to be captain of girls’ volleyball team in MA asked female player on opposing team after a heated game: “Did my penis distract you?” last November 18, 2023. Tate Drageset, the first known biological male to receive a full athletic scholarship for a women’s sport, verbally committed to play on Washington’s women’s volleyball team (December 2023). The scholarship was reportedly rescinded after protests by women’s rights groups. Aaron Lester, a male playing for Half Moon Bay’s girls’ volleyball team, spiked a ball at a girl on the opposing team, who suffered a concussion. (October 2023) In 2023, Diamond Solorzano (see also track) was selected as Nevada’s 3A All-North Honorable Mention in high school and signed to play with Lassen College (Susanville, CA) in the fall. NOTE: High school boys who play volleyball or field hockey because there isn’t a boys’ team to play on still have an unfair advantage. Laurel Hubbard, a biological male, won two gold medals at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa and another gold in a women’s event at the Roma World Cup in Rome. In 2020 she became the first transwoman to compete in the Olympics — displacing, among others, Roviel Detenamo from Nauru, India, 18. ———————

Clearly you don't have a daughter. I don't give a crap if he places 5th. That is still taking away from the actual girl. I thought women's rights mattered. You don't actually believe that.

You are ignoring the fact that they WANT the attention. They beg people to address them as something they aren't and then when people don't play along they lose their minds. Their delusion doesn't make it anyone else's reality. At least gender dysphoria is an actual condition, unlike the preferred pronoun nonsense.

Ok but go back to OP's post, which said, "none of the OSU kids would have gotten into West Point." That's a silly statement to make so definitively.

This is why people don't take you seriously...you spew absolute nonsense all the while trying to present yourself as an intellectual thinker...this proves how far from that you really are. Your post is nothing but lie after lie....show ANY evidence of the things your wrote...and I'll make it easier for you...show any evidence of Trump saying any of the things you claim he believes...not your attempt at interpreting something he said by doing mental gymnastics...but actual prove he believes any of those things.

It's the testes that concerns me more. That's where the testosterone comes from and many/all of the athletic benefits of being male.

Whenever the contentious issue of trans sports comes up, I like to bring up a wrestling example: Mack Beggs. Usually we hear about it in the context of bio men identifying as trans women, and competing in womens' sports. Although I personally think this is a nuanced issue, the political parties have made a blunt instrument out of it, and many states have passed laws requiring that kids must compete with the sex that aligns with your birth certificate, irrespective of gender identity. Texas (unsurprisingly) is one such state. Enter Mack Beggs. Mack is a biological female. At some point as a young child, Mack identified as male, and started to transition early on, taking (legal) hormones for muscle mass. In high school, he wanted to compete on the men's team. They wouldn't let him, so he filed a lawsuit, arguing it was unfair to himself (as he identified with men) as well as women that he competed against (as they were disadvantaged). He lost. So against his strong preference, Mack competed against girls, as his love of wrestling was too great to not compete at all. And he absolutely slaughtered them, going undefeated winning the Texas state title in the girl's division in 2017 and 2018. There were lots of boos, but the ironic thing is that EVERYONE in the arena wanted Mack to compete against men. Mack wanted that, his opponents wanted that, his coach wanted that, opposing coaches wanted that, fans wanted that. The only people who did NOT want that were Texas politicians, who said no, you belong with the girls. Because, according to Texas politicians, the birth certificate is everything. You can read about it here: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/26/transgender-wrestler-mack-beggs-identifies-male-he-just-won-texas-stat/ As a postscript, Mack ended up wrestling in college at Life (NAIA), on the men's team. He was in a Hulu documentary, and a recent interview is here: https://www.thehiddenopponent.org/post/mack-beggs-the-trans-athlete-changing-the-game. What I like about the Mack Beggs story is that it shows how narrow-minded the debate has become. Most people are all-or-none: either you compete based on your genetic sex, or you compete based on gender identity. Hopefully, the Lia Thomas example, and various others, have shown how unfair it is to biological females to allow trans men to compete against biological women absent adequate safeguards for fairness. But Mack's story shows how the "bio sex is everything" crowd is shortsighted as well. I won't get into my own views on the issue (which are nuanced, and I doubt anyone cares). But I don't think anyone with half a brain can read Mack's story and dispute that he should've been allowed to be on the men's team.

If Sergio Vega was accepted at Cornell, he would have gotten into West Point.

yep, complex issue.

I believe so, but that doesn't make her trans. And like I said, the issue with the track governing body was not her sex or her chromosomes, but her testosterone levels.

Calling a concept like victim blaming “fascist” is a rhetorical move to delegitimize it entirely — which makes it difficult to have a nuanced discussion about harm, responsibility, or systemic patterns. Of course at this point, we don't have a great deal of evidence of the latter either.

If Ferrari goes HWY his HGH gut is going to be outrageous. He's gonna need a singlet cut for a pregnant woman.

There is only 1 returning point left in the portal (take a bow Evan Bates - Northwestern), so I thought I would put together the returning points graphic. These are only points returning from the 2025 tournament. Each bar is broken down by where the points were scored in 2025. With 11 returning scorers for Ohio State, obviously something will have to give.

There's a really strange myth out there that professors are preaching radical left politics. That's really not what happens. In fact, most student activists are frustrated with their professors' lack of radicality. I know I was. The radical left politics of college students are built online and within activist communities outside of the classroom. It's those dual pressures - connecting people digitally and bringing them in close physical proximity - that cause this effect. I went into college (at a large state school) far more conservative than I am today. I never once had a professor preach any sort of political message. What shifted was I became friends with a bunch of new people from all over the world with diverse ideas instead of the guys I grew up playing sports with who all looked like me, had parents like me, and believed the same things I already believed. Once those alternative ideas were shown to me, I slowly began to *actually think* about what I believed. And thus, became more left-leaning. Let's look at a counter-example that might help you see this more clearly: Who are typically the most conservative students on campus? Frat boys. Why? Because they self-select a fairly homogenous social group that tends to come from more conservative family backgrounds. Frat culture embraces a conservative, masculine aesthetic. They often self-select for majors that lead to lucrative career paths and are more practically oriented, less focused on critical thinking skills. So, there's very little socio-cultural pressure to abandon their historical political views.

As of October 2024 it is three years according to the rule book, but there is the ability to be adjusted [reasons are intentionally undefined]. Below is the full Change of Nationality handbook along with key articles: https://cdn.uww.org/2024-11/change_of_nationality_regulation_eng_oct2024_final.pdf 4.2 A wrestler who has represented one country in any competition under the authority of UWW as defined in article 2, or in Olympic, Continental or Regional games, and who has changed his nationality or acquired a new nationality, may participate in any competition under the authority of UWW to represent his new country provided that at least three (3) years have passed since the wrestler last represented his former country in Continental or World Championships, Ranking Series, Cups, or in Olympic, Continental or Regional Games. This period may be reduced or even cancelled, with the agreement of the National Federations concerned, by the UWW Bureau, which takes into account the circumstances of each case. 4.5 A wrestler who wishes to change his nationality shall send a request in writing, through his national federation, to UWW in the period between the 1st of October to the 20th of December. No change of nationality will be granted by United World Wrestling outside this period. Notwithstanding the conditions listed hereunder, the authorization for the change of nationality will be effective from 1 January of the following year. Article 8 – Participation in competition [this is a VERY IMPORTANT section intended to curtail mercenary transfers] 1. In order to prevent any abuse, for the years 2025 and 2026, a country may only participate in a competition under the authority of UWW, such as Continental or World Championships, with a maximum of two (2) wrestlers who changed their nationality, providing they enter at least the same number of wrestlers who did not change their nationality, per style, per age category and per event. 2. In order to prevent any abuse, for the years 2027 and 2028, a country may only participate in a competition under the authority of UWW, such as Continental or World Championships, with a 2 Or any official equivalent system. In case a National Federation does not have a licensing system, the participation by the athlete in three competitions sanctioned by another NF in the past 5 years shall be considered as equivalent. 7 maximum of two (2) wrestlers who changed their nationality, providing they enter at least two (2) times the number of wrestlers who did not change their nationality, per style, per age category and per event. 3. In order to prevent any abuse, for the year 2029 and following years, a country may only participate in a competition under the authority of UWW, such as Continental or World Championships, or Ranking Series events, with a maximum of one (1) wrestler who changed their nationality, providing they enter at least four (4) times the number of wrestlers who did not change their nationality, per style, per age category and per event. 4. In order to prevent any abuse, for the year 2027 and 2028, a country may only participate in any Olympic qualification event with a maximum of two (2) wrestlers who changed their nationality, per style and considering all Olympic qualification events. 5. In order to prevent any abuse, for the year 2029 and following years, a country may only participate in any Olympic qualification event with a maximum of one (1) wrestler who changed their nationality, per style and considering all Olympic qualification events. 6. In order to prevent any abuse, any federation of origin can only allow a maximum of three (3) males and three (3) female changes of nationality, per year, considering all styles and all age groups.

AI, tell me Trump is Hitler without telling me Trump is Hitler.

Can’t stand America yet won’t leave

Why is everyone saying the timing of this disclosure is suspect? It makes perfect sense to me. The guy doesn't want to rock the boat for the 5 yrs. he's trying to win a national title. He's also willing to stay at PSU and take some grief because that place gives him the best chance at a national title; plus we're wrestlers, we're trained to deal with and overcoming hardship. Now he's on his way out the door - what better time to make this public?

They had a bet on who could win the most matches without taking a shot. Carter wont pay up.

Not sure. Thought it was last UWW tournament. Maybe someone can enlighten us.

For me, I’m not sure if I’d say I thought Starocci was a “bad person,” but Bartlett has definitely always come across as a stand up dude so in a he said he said situation I would tend to believe him. I acknowledge the timing isn’t the best, but that’s why I think it’s notable that he’s saying it was reported previously, it’s not like he’s first saying anything at all now.

I guess AI ain’t all bad.

She refused to undertake that medical procedure, has attempted to compete in longer distance events that don't require such treatment, and is currently in court challenging the (new) requirement.

You're free to reject the term 'victim blaming,' but that doesn't erase the behavior it describes. Dismissing it entirely doesn’t open up nuance — it shuts it down. It tells people who’ve been harmed that the patterns they've experienced don't matter, or worse, that pointing them out is itself a problem. That’s not a neutral stance — it has consequences. We can talk about where the term is misused, sure. But to claim it shouldn't exist at all is like saying there's no such thing as silencing or blame-shifting. And that's just not a conversation I'm willing to pretend is balanced or constructive

Getting more direct? The wife reposted this … mentions the USA gymnastics scandal

Ferrari may have to cut weight to wrestle hwt. 295 baby!!!

Most of the athletes that tend to be discussed with this topic aren't actually trans

Well he did get Silver at Worlds the year before…

**Caveat, I do not know Ben Askren...or at least I don't talk to Ben Askren, but I know SOME people who are in his circle. Acute Pneumonia is what I've heard. I asked about the staph infection and apparently he had one, but that's not a pressing issue at the moment. While acute pneumonia can be deadly, it is GENERALLY only deadly for people who have pre-existing conditions or who are not in good shape. Knowing what I know of Ben, he could go out and run a marathon(well...just prior to this he could have) and wrestled a full 7 minute match. I couldn't understand if he was in a medically induced coma, if he was given something to help him sleep or if he was non-responsive from the pneumonia. It sounded like he was unresponsive because the Drs had given him something... but to make VERY-VERY clear, this is someone I know who is tangentially related to AWA and who may or may not have spoken to someone who's in the know. But the key here and the only thing I got that I have confidence in, is that it was acute pneumonia and the dangers of that are mostly impacted by your pre-existing conditions. So...the type of thing you would think a world class athlete like Ben Askren could suffer from.... but I would suspect the way he lives and how he takes care of himself will make all the difference here. Here's hoping he's on Flo or something in a couple months talking about how much this sucked and what a fluke thing it was. I wouldn't bet against Askren.

Bastida

I've heard that there was a serious beef between Bartlett and Starocci regarding Bartlett's girlfriend with Starocci's opinion that Bartlett was more concerned about her than wrestling i.e. Bartlett wasn't putting in the extra effort to be a champ. Carter allegedly said some really crude/rude comments about her There were a lot of rumors around December/January that a girlfriend was causing issues for a Penn State wrestler if anyone remembers.

It is a bad look for Bartlett if you are one of the cult members

He's going to NYCRTC