The University of Kansas was fined $25,000 by the Big 12 after it found head football coach Lance Leipold made “an inaccurate statement” about a pocket knife that was found on its sideline during a recent game. Leipold said a pocket knife “was thrown and hit one of our staff …
Read More »OutKick attends Dodgers-sponsored awards show honoring trans swimmer Lia Thomas: Here's what happened
HOLLYWOOD – Trans swimmer Lia Thomas has resurfaced after largely disappearing from public view. On Thursday night in Los Angeles, the former UPenn swimmer, born William Thomas, arrived at the Serra on Vine, wearing a purple dress and stilettos — standing about 6-foot-5 — to accept the “Voice of Inspiration …
Read More »Ex-UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas to receive 'Voice of Inspiration' Award at Dodgers-sponsored event
The 2022 NCAA women’s swimming champion, Lia Thomas, who is transgender, will be the recipient of the Voice of Inspiration Award at Rainbow Labs’ Violet Visionary Awards on Thursday. Thomas’ national title sparked nationwide backlash and is considered one of the catalysts in the battle over transgender athlete participation in …
Read More »The big money takeover is wrecking college sports. It doesn't have to be that way
College sports are being re-engineered in real time — not by coaches, campus leaders or even Congress, but by hedge funds. The Big Ten is advancing a multibillion-dollar private-capital deal that would spin up a new commercial arm, extend control of media rights through 2046, give investors a say in …
Read More »Texas Tech investigates after Kansas football coach says pocket knife was thrown at staffer
Texas Tech officials all but confirmed Kansas head coach Lance Leipold’s claim that a pocket knife was thrown toward the Jayhawks’ sideline on Saturday. The Lubbock school has had a long-standing tradition of fans throwing tortillas onto the field, which officials voted 15-1 to ban. However, the ruling has not …
Read More »Arch Manning hurt during Texas' dramatic comeback win over Mississippi State
Texas quarterback Arch Manning may have suffered an injury during the team’s overtime comeback win at Mississippi State on Saturday. Manning scrambled for 13 yards on the first play of overtime but then left the field appearing to be experiencing pain in his upper body. Backup quarterback Matthew Caldwell entered …
Read More »Three former Eastern Michigan basketball players defied sports betting probe, NCAA says
At least three former Eastern Michigan men’s basketball players refused to cooperate with the NCAA’s investigation into questionable sports betting activities, the governing body of college athletics announced Friday. Several games from the 2024-25 season fall within the probe’s scope. The NCAA imaged the personal phones of Jalin Billingsley, Da’Sean …
Read More »LSU baseball coach praises Trump during celebration: 'Nobody works harder for America than you'
LSU Tigers baseball head coach Jay Johnson praised President Donald Trump as his team visited the White House on Monday to celebrate their national championship. LSU Shreveport joined the Tigers for the celebration. LSU Shreveport went undefeated to win the NAIA championship. LSU swept Coastal Carolina in the College World …
Read More »Former ESPN employee says middle school daughter faced 'an obviously naturally born boy' in basketball game
Former ESPN employee Sam Ponder is witnessing one of her strongest oppositions come to life before her own eyes. Ponder said last month that it is “ridiculous” to have transgender athletes compete against biological women and girls in sports. On Monday, Ponder took to social media, explaining that her middle …
Read More »Former LSU coach Ed Orgeron crowns college football's all-time best team
Ed Orgeron hoisted the trophy after the LSU Tigers defeated the Clemson Tigers in the 2020 College Football Playoff national championship game. But just 21 months after coaching the 2019 LSU team to a perfect 15-0 record and a national title and helping assemble one of the greatest college football …
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