Transgender-athlete lawsuits roiling San Jose State volleyball trace back to Stanford tennis star – The Mercury News

Transgender-athlete lawsuits roiling San Jose State volleyball trace back to Stanford tennis star – The Mercury News

Former Stanford All-American tennis player Kim Jones, the mother of four college swimmers, watched in disbelief and outrage as transgender swimmer Lia Thomas outpaced Jones’ oldest daughter, Raime, to win race after race in 2022 Ivy League competitions when Raime swam for Yale. “It was an eye-opening experience that I realized no other woman should … Read more

Trump weighs in on transgender players in college sports and singles out Bay Area athlete

Trump weighs in on transgender players in college sports and singles out Bay Area athlete

Former President Donald Trump weighed in on the polarizing debate about transgender athletes on Wednesday, an issue that has engulfed San Jose State’s volleyball team, saying if he’s elected he’ll use an executive order to outlaw transgender competitors at all levels. “You just ban it,” Trump said during a town hall that aired Wednesday on … Read more

Group of 5 leaders discussing G5-only playoff, realignment as future options

Group of 5 leaders discussing G5-only playoff, realignment as future options

DALLAS — Group of 5 administrators have had preliminary discussions in recent months about a G5-only postseason playoff or even wide-scale G5 realignment with the involvement of private equity. Multiple administrators from within the G5 conferences — the American, Sun Belt, Mountain West, MAC and Conference USA — told The Athletic that former college and … Read more