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Breanna Stewart wants a safe space as transgender debate sparks rallies at Fever games

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NEW YORK — New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart has always seen the WNBA as an inclusive place that has served as a safe space for both its fans and the players. That's been challenged lately. The WNBA has been the subject of recent debates on whether transgender women — people assigned male at birth who transition to align with their gender identity — should be allowed to participate in the league. There has never been such a player in the WNBA. Although the league's collective bargaining agreement says the WNBA is restricted to women, it contains no more specific language ...

Gremlins fall to Bulldogs in Kingsford Invite semis

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KINGSFORD — Some local teams got the high school volleyball season started this weekend at the Kingsford Invite. In the semifinals, the Hancock Bulldogs defeated the Houghton Gremlins in three sets to reach the finals. The Gremlins rolled through pool play, defeating Iron Mountain, West Iron County and Escanaba, winning all six sets they played. Against the Bulldogs, the Gremlins fell 25-20 in the first set before needing extra points to beat their rivals in the second set, 28-26. However, the Bulldogs took the third set, 15-13. For the weekend, Katia Rudak had a strong showing ...

Northern Driveline ties Twilight series

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STANTON — What a difference a game makes. In the opening game of the Twilight League Championship Series Tuesday, the best Northern Driveline could do was get a runner on third. Thursday, not only did they get a runner on third, they had 13 of them cross home plate in a 13-7 win over Garnet ...

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert says others are trying to 'sow divisiveness' in transgender debate

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DALLAS (AP) — WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert denounced people she said are trying to "sow divisiveness" as the league grapples with a debate over transgender athletes. Engelbert made the comments Thursday before the Indiana Fever's 91-85 loss to the Dallas Wings at the home of the Dallas Mavericks. Demonstrators showed up outside American Airlines Center, as they have at other venues since the Fever's Sophie Cunningham voiced support for barring transgender girls and women from girls' and women's sports in an extensive ESPN profile. The league issued a statement last week ...

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner withdraws from the US Open with a knee injury

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NEW YORK — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner withdrew from the U.S. Open on Friday, unable to recover from a right knee injury that has sidelined him since winning the Wimbledon title. Sinner beat Alexander Zverev last month for his second straight title at the All England Club, but then pulled out of the hard-court tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati that serve as a warmup for the U.S. Open. He wrote Friday that he won't be ready when the main draw begins on Aug. 30. "Even though I have been working hard with my team and my medical staff, we have now had to make the difficult decision ...