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Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Doyel: This should be Tyrese Haliburton's night. Instead, we're talking about his dad taunting Giannis The Pacers eliminated the Bucks in Game 5, but the national story will be Tyrese Haliburton's dad, John Haliburton, taunting Giannis Antetokounmpo.

"Insanity," Rick Carlisle called it after his Pacers eliminated the Bucks in Game 5. The start? The finish? What happened AFTER the finish?

Yes. All of it.

On Giannis Antetokounmpo, Gary Trent Jr., Tyrese Haliburton and, yes, his dad.
www.indystar.com/story/sports...

Two outs, no one on…

Yikes

God help us if they put a team there. But, that’s not too far fetched.

Do we know which hotel?

Colts…🦗🦗🦗

Apples and oranges.

I didn’t say or imply “get rid of logos”

Send me a link to that “let’s abolish handshake lines”. Not sure that was a thing.

This obsession with the center logo, by all teams, by all athletes, needs to go the way of the dinosaur.

A card reads: "These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration." A long list of words follows, including: biologically female; biologically male; BIPOC; Black; breastfeed + people; clean energy; climate crisis; climate science; commercial sex worker; community diversity; community equity; confirmation bias; cultural competence; cultural differences; cultural heritage; cultural sensitivity; culturally appropriate; culturally responsive; DEI; equity; feminism; genders.

Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

...for who? 😂

wow -- this is fantastic

Just finished this book. Outstanding! Even though I did not live in the Bay Area, I could hear Coach's voice in every quote.

Thank you Stan Bunger for pulling this together.

Saw Bryan Adams at the Encore Theatre last night - that was fun.

The Colts need to bring in Justin Fields. If not, in my opinion, they are not committed to improving.

There is no hustle tonight. Just not even trying for rebounds.

An upside of the transfer portal.

Michael “K” Taylor

I wish there was a “Snoop will appear on stage at halftime” prop.

I’d be all over that.

I’ll say this to IU “fans”, as a lifelong Michigan fan and graduate, be careful for what you wish.

As I wrote in 2023 - before his Final Four run at FAU - Dusty May is the next big thing in college coaching. And perhaps on a collision course with his alma mater, IU.
www.indystar.com/story/sports...

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

The inability to rebound may be more detrimental than the inability to make FTs

Yet, sadly, no one will do anything about it.

O football, football, wherefore art thou football?

📺🏈

We thought about this all second half…

The key to the trick was the “random” number the guy “typed in” when the phone was pointed towards the floor.

I’ll leave it at that.

It was very cool.

Opinion | Trumpism Took My Father From Me. I Think I Can Get Him Back. (Gift Article) Politicians and pundits have turned the word “Latino” into a blunt object.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/o...

Ok. I’ll ask. Who do these people think will do better?

Sloppy. Sloppy. Sloppy.

It’s the good teams that will make M pay for its turnover problems.