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Starting QB Matthew Sluka leaves UNLV, says commitments 'not upheld'UNLV starting quarterback Matthew Sluka announced late Tuesday night on social media he will not play in any more games this season.,Sluka, a senior, said he will instead use his redshirt year. He spent the first four seasons of his college career at Holy Cross.,"I committed to UNLV based on certain...

Republican-sponsored anti-LGBTQ bills attacking transgender youth participation in sports reaches new lowRepublicans en masse across the country haven’t made it clear what they truly stand for outside of hating others and tolerating racism and all forms of bigotry. They’re more afraid and concerned of Black peaceful protestors and children properly identifying their sexuality than insurrectionists, mas...

Antonio Inoki leaves behind a legacy that rivals any in combat sportsThere’s not an athlete in combat-sports history with a bigger influence than Antonio Inoki. How many other professional wrestlers have a common opponent in Superman? Inoki is one degree of separation from Clark Kent because of his 1976 fight against Muhammad Ali, then the WBC and WBA heavyweight cha...

Senators Murphy and Sanders introduce College Athlete Right to Organize Act

Federal bills aimed at NCAA reform just keep coming. This time, on Thursday morning, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the first legislation specifically related to the collective bargaining rights of college athletes....

South Dakota’s Gov. Kristi Noem wants an anti-trans bill that’s even more anti-trans

It’s not worth pretending, even for a minute, that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem had a sudden change of heart and developed a sense of humanity that led her to reject the state’s anti-trans sports act, House Bill 1217, one of many such initiatives being pushed in Republican-run states....

Tuberville tries to slip bigoted trans athletes amendment into COVID relief, allowing Manchin to reveal true self

We already know that Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator from West Virginia, is not really your friend....

Watch Hakeem Jeffries obliterate former NFL player and fellow House Rep. Burgess Owens

It won’t make any Top 10 lists on sports networks but the slam dunk of the week belongs to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on freshman Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah)....

Amid Shaq-Donovan Mitchell beef, Utah House passes resolution that <i>Kazaam</i> sucked

In today’s “sports are hilarious” moment, the Utah House of Representatives decided to actually hear, and vote, on a resolution “honoring Donovan Mitchell over Shaquille O’Neal,” which also included naming “Spida” the official state arachnid. Apparently, elected officials decided that young Jazz sta...