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Enes Kanter Freedom has taken up bashing trans women on FOX NewsDon’t let the fact that Enes Kanter Freedom is not a woman, and has never played (or seemingly cared about) women’s sports, concern you. Like many men when it comes to issues involving women, Enes Kanter Freedom considers himself an expert....

USWNT’s treatment is the latest example of right-wing hatred for ‘nasty women’Indigenous Americans were almost eradicated. Black people were enslaved. Asians are mistreated. Millions still want to “build a wall.” People of color have been oppressed for centuries, and each group has its own plight. But misogyny has stood the test of time. The overturning of Roe v. Wade, the re...

It's 50 years after the passage of Title IX, and I’m done being gratefulTitle IX turns 50 this month and, although the law is responsible for so much progress, the work is unfinished. The celebrations and acknowledgements are on the way, but for years women who play sports have been required to be thankful for scraps, and those days are over....

Hockey Canada is as rotten as you thought

Sporting higher-ups being brought in front of a government hearing isn’t restricted to these borders, as yesterday the CEO, president, and chief of the board of governors of Hockey Canada were questioned by Canadian MPs over a settled lawsuit by a woman claiming she was gang-raped by eight players w...

Tell me something I don’t know, Cam

Being a woman and a sports fan means looking at your phone first thing every morning and steeling yourself for the repeated punches to the gut....

Barfstool reads Deadspin editor’s new book aloud on YouTube (and, uhh, that’s illegal)

Barstool Sports is not only a company that straight-up promotes online harassment, racism, misogyny, and blatant sexism – they are built upon such a foundation. They use social media platforms to stir up their mouthbreathing cronies against a perceived enemy, and then use that hatred and gross behav...

In post-#SpeakingOut world, WWE decides hiring Barstool demon bro apologist Erika Nardini is the way to go

It would be the deepest fantasy to expect WWE to make major changes after the #SpeakingOut movement a couple of months ago, where numerous male wrestlers and coaches around the industry were outed as rapists, harassers, assaulters, misogynists, and general dickheads. ...

The Problem With Mark Grace and Sports Media

Mark Grace has never come across like the brightest bulb on the tree....