UFC CEO Dana White announced on Monday that the pay-per-view model is going away following a &#8220;historic deal&#8221; between the UFC and Paramount, which owns CBS.
Paramount announced on Monday morning that it struck a seven-year $7.7 billion deal with the UFC, giving CBS and Paramount+ exclusive broadcast and streaming rights to one of America&#8217;s fastest-growing sports. Under the new deal — which will go into effect next year — Paramount will have access to all 30 UFC Fight Nights, along with 13 additional major UFC events, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/business/paramount-ufc-fights-deal.html">reported</a>. Some of the UFC&#8217;s top matchups will be broadcast on CBS, and all of the fights will be available with a subscription to Paramount+, with no additional pay-per-view fees.
White celebrated the news, writing in a <a href="https://x.com/danawhite/status/1954876574404366488">statement</a>, &#8220;This historic deal with Paramount and CBS is incredible for UFC fans and our athletes. For the first time ever, fans in the US will have access to all UFC content without a Pay-Per-View model, making it affordable and accessible to view the greatest fights on a massive platform.&#8221;
&#8220;This deal puts UFC amongst the biggest sports in the world,&#8221; White added. &#8220;The exposure provided by the Paramount and CBS networks under this new structure is a huge win for our athletes and anyone who watches and loves this sport.&#8221;
The deal marks one of the first major moves from Paramount&#8217;s new CEO, David Ellison, who became the company&#8217;s head honcho just last week after his company, Skydance Media, took over Paramount.
“We could not be more excited about this,” Ellison told the Times. “From my perspective, the U.F.C. is really a unicorn sports asset.”
“We think it is going to be incredibly material in terms of increasing our engagement on Paramount+, driving subscriber acquisitions and also meaningfully growing revenue across the business,” Ellison added.
Since 2019, the UFC has been broadcast and streamed on ESPN and ESPN+. Under that deal, ESPN paid $550 million per year for rights to UFC coverage. The ESPN-UFC streaming model was highly criticized by fans who had to pay both a subscription fee and a pay-per-view fee for the biggest fights. To watch fights on ESPN+, UFC fans were charged a monthly subscription for the Disney streaming service on top of a pay-per-view fee for some of the biggest fights.
Under the UFC-Paramount deal, fans will pay for a Paramount+ subscription, which is $8 per month for a basic subscription or $13 per month for a premium subscription, and there won&#8217;t be any additional fees for marquee fights.
“For our fan base, this is going to be much easier, much more accessible, much less expensive, and something that is going to ultimately attract and keep a lot of subscribers with Paramount+,” said Mark Shapiro, the president of TKO, which owns the UFC.

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Goodbye, PPV: Dana White Drops Major UFC Bombshell After ‘Historic Deal’ With CBS

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Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, whose combination of power and scintillating defense led the Chicago Cubs to their first-post-season appearance in 38 years in 1984, died Monday at the age of 65.
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Sandberg, the father of five children and eleven grandchildren, had been fighting metastatic prostate cancer, which he announced in January 2024 before he went into remission in August, then revealed the cancer had spread and returned last December.
“The support has been tremendously overwhelming right from the first week, and it’s continued throughout,” he told the Chicago Tribune last year. “It’s just been incredible and I think that’s been as much medicine to me as anything really.”
“While I am continuing to fight, I’m looking forward to making the most of every day with my loving family and friends,” he wrote on July 16. “I haven’t been to Wrigley Field as much as I hoped in the first half but I’m watching every game and am excited to see Wrigley rocking like 1984!”
Sandberg, who won nine Gold Gloves, and made the All-Star team in ten consecutive seasons, won the national League’s MVP award in 1984, when he batted .314 with 19 home runs, 36 doubles, 19 triples, 84 RBIs, 114 runs and 32 stolen bases. On June 23, 2024, the Cubs unveiled a statue of Sandberg to mark the 40th anniversary of “The Sandberg Game,” when he slugged game-tying home runs in the ninth and 10th innings off St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame reliever Bruce Sutter in an 11-inning Cubs win at Wrigley Field.
“Some of the things I wanted on the statue was being on the balls of the feet, being ready for every single pitch,” Sandberg told reporters when the statue was unveiled. “My defense was very important for me. For me, it was ‘Bring your glove every single day.’ You might go into some hitting slumps, but as far as defense goes, as long as I did my pregame work, I wanted to play defense every day for the pitcher, for everybody on the field.”
“In 16 seasons, Sandberg hit .285 with 282 home runs and 1,061 RBIs in 2,164 games. His 68.1 wins above replacement rank third in Cubs history behind Cap Anson (84.8) and Ron Santo (72.2),” the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/28/ryne-sandberg-chicago-cubs-dies/?lctg=B4845491D5F64499A4E4B513EB&amp;utm_email=B4845491D5F64499A4E4B513EB&amp;utm_source=listrak&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chicagotribune.com%2f2025%2f07%2f28%2fryne-sandberg-chicago-cubs-dies%2f&amp;utm_campaign=trib-chicago_tribune-breaking_news_sports-nl&amp;utm_content=alert">Chicago Tribune</a> noted. “Sandberg hit 25 home runs or more six times, including a career-high 40 in 1990, and had back-to-back 100-RBI seasons in ’90 and ’91. His 344 steals rank fourth on the Cubs’ all-time list.”
Growing up in Spokane, Washington, Sandberg was All-State in basketball and named to Parade Magazine’s Prep All-America Football Team, receiving scholarship offers from Nebraska and Oklahoma.
“I never thought it was a mistake to decide on baseball instead of football and college,” he recalled. “But I thought it was going to be a long, hard road. They say the odds are that only one or two guys in A-ball will ever make it to the big leagues.”
In mid-season 1994, hitting only .238 and in the middle of a terrible slump, he temporarily retired. “I am not the type of person who leaves my game at the ballpark feeling comfortable that my future is set regardless of my performance,” he admitted. “And I’m certainly not the type of person who can ask the Cubs organization and Chicago Cubs fans to pay my salary when I am not happy with my mental approach and performance.” He returned for the 1996 and 1997 seasons.

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Anyone paying attention to the fight for women’s sports already knows that Riley Gaines isn’t backing down. And as the nation starts to wake up, she’s no longer alone.
The 12-time All-American swimmer and tireless women’s advocate has become a household name by doing something simple but radical: she’s speaking the truth. Now, Gaines is teaming up with XX-XY Athletics, the only athletic brand unapologetically championing biological women, to launch a collaboration that’s as bold and brave as she is. 
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The retro-inspired Be Bold collection is infused with red, white, and blue to showcase unapologetic pride in this nation. But the brand and the styles aren’t just fashion — they represent a cultural pushback. And according to XX-XY founder Jennifer Sey, the timing couldn’t be more perfect.
“The first drop launched on June 23rd, the anniversary of Title IX. So it&#8217;s a celebration of all that Title IX represents, the opportunity it presented for women and girls across the country,” Sey told The Daily Wire in an exclusive interview. “And it sort of highlights the fact that we need to continue to fight to uphold it. We’re not going backwards.”
Not long before the collection’s June release, the Department of Education ruled that the University of Pennsylvania <a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-university-of-pennsylvania-has-entered-resolution-agreement-resolve-its-title-ix-violations#:~:text=This%20action%20follows%20the%20Department's,the%20Trump%20effect%20in%20action.">violated Title IX</a> by allowing a biological male to compete on the women’s swim team, therefore robbing female athletes of records, awards, and their dignity. 
The school was forced to apologize and restore honors to athletes like Gaines. Shortly after, the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/red-states-set-to-defend-womens-sports-at-supreme-court">announced</a> it would hear two landmark cases involving men competing in women&#8217;s sports. Sey said it’s all proof that the cultural tide is turning, and that this collection will help capture that truth.
“The world is shifting under our feet,” she said. “That’s in large part due to Riley’s work.”
Sey has a background in standing up for what’s right. A former elite gymnast and the first whistleblower in her sport to expose abuse, she spent decades at the helm of major brands like Levi’s before founding XX-XY Athletics in 2023 with a singular mission: to stand up for real women.
“I looked around at all the big brands pretending to champion female athletes, and none of them really did. They make money off of it, but behind the scenes, they treat women with astonishing disregard,” she said.
With Be Bold, Sey is hoping to turn that hypocrisy on its head.
The collection wasn’t just inspired by Gaines. It was built with her.
“She was totally involved,” Sey said of the line of fitness apparel. “The red, white, and blue color scheme? That’s all her. The name Be Bold? That’s how she signs her books. We leaned into her favorite pieces and her signature style.”
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Gaines’s go-to item is the cropped performance tank, Sey says, stressing that all the pieces both make a statement and support real athletes who need their sportswear to work as hard as they do. These are high-quality items designed for female athletes who have both principles and high standards.
Another standout from the collection is the oversized concert tee, a nod to both Gen Z-approved oversized street style and old-school Americana. The back of the tee features the 37 words of Title IX, a fashionable protest.
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And for the non-athletes, there are plenty of options for a more casual look, like a vintage-inspired velour tracksuit straight out of 1972.
“When I was on the national team in the very early 80s, velour tracksuits were our dress sweats that we wore to march out at major international competitions,” Sey recalled. “So we definitely allude to them with some of the styling…we definitely use 1972 as a grounding point.”
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This collection isn’t just about Riley, nor is it just a fashion statement. It’s about offering a platform to female athletes who’ve been abandoned by major brands and sports teams too afraid to take a side.
“One of the things we pride ourselves on is we scoop up athletes that no one else will touch. We will platform and empower the female athletes,” Sey said. “So they don&#8217;t feel so alone. Oftentimes they&#8217;re the only ones on their team or in their community [speaking up]. But when they realize there&#8217;s this network of women across the country who are doing the same thing, it&#8217;s incredibly powerful to have that.”
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Sey says Gaines will continue working closely with the brand to identify and support more athletes who have the courage to speak up.
“At the end of the day, we&#8217;re all about supporting female athletes. I mean, that&#8217;s what it comes down to,” she said.
XX-XY’s gear isn’t just for show. A runner recently completed the Boston Marathon in under three hours wearing one of their tanks. That same style shows up in the new Be Bold collection, but this time reimagined in patriotic hues.
The idea behind Be Bold is simple but subversive: give everyday Americans an easy way to express support for truth, fairness, and biological reality without having to say a word.
“The reason I started the brand, or at least part of it, was I felt like if we could create something really cool that was also world-class products, we could give people an easy way to sort of rep their advocacy,” Sey said. “The mainstream brands do this. Why can&#8217;t we do it?”
Sey, who’s been targeted by critics and called every name in the book. But she says the backlash isn’t stopping her. 
“Noisy doesn’t mean right,” she said. “You’ve got to screw up your courage and stand by women and girls.”
The Gaines collaboration is just the beginning. Sey teased more limited-edition drops on the horizon, plus a deeper partnership with Riley that goes beyond just appearing in ads. 
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When asked where she dreams of seeing pieces from the Be Bold collection show up, Sey didn’t hesitate.
“We would love to see someone wear any item atop a podium at an NCAA championship,” she said, “Or walking into the Supreme Court wearing a Title IX tee, that would be amazing, right?”
As the legal battles heat up, broader cultural beliefs continue to influence how this topic is perceived in the general public. Sey says the silent majority is finally starting to speak up. 
“You know, I think this movement for common sense is sort of billed as right-wing by the mainstream media. But the fact is, it&#8217;s not. It&#8217;s a really broad-based coalition. You can&#8217;t have 80% of Americans [agreeing] and have it only be the right. It’s just regular people.”
The Be Bold collection is available now at <a href="https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/pages/riley-collaboration">xxxyathletics.com</a>.

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Be Bold: Riley Gaines and XX-XY Athletics Drop Americana-Themed Collab To Celebrate Title IX

Be Bold: Riley Gaines and XX-XY Athletics Drop Americana Themed Collab To Celebrate Title IX 

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New York Yankees all-star Aaron Judge this week discussed his faith in God, when asked about money and fame.
Judge was <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMG2BgGg2QU/">asked</a> on Monday by a CBN Sports reporter, &#8220;What would you say to someone who thinks fame and fortune is the answer to all their problems?&#8221;
Judge responded by pointing his fans to Jesus. &#8220;Our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. He’s given me this platform, this ability,&#8221; Judge said. &#8220;The fame, getting the chance to do this is great and all, but it’s not fulfilling as much as the relationship I have with Him.&#8221;
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During the MLB All-Star Game on Monday, Judge showcased a bat that featured his daughter’s name, Nora, and a Bible verse reference.
&#8220;For we live by faith, not by sight,&#8221; the verse, 2 Corinthians 5:7, reads. Judge&#8217;s bat says, &#8220;Faith, not sight.&#8221;
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Judge has been open about his Christian faith his whole career. The ball player&#8217;s social media <a href="https://x.com/thejudge44?lang=en">bio</a> reads in part, &#8220;Christian. Faith, Family, then Baseball.&#8221;
The athlete has spoken specifically about his adoptive parents and how their love informs his faith, as well.
&#8220;The position I was in, being adopted by my parents &#8212; for them to pick me, choose me, to put me in their lives, it&#8217;s incredible,&#8221; Judge, who was adopted when he was a one-year-old, <a href="https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/baseball/2025/05/01/yankees-aaron-judge-blistering-start-faith-foundation/">said</a> last year. &#8220;Having His blessings, keeping the faith through good times and bad times, knowing He&#8217;s always with me, that&#8217;s definitely helped me get to this position.&#8221;
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Judge learned he was adopted at age ten. “I knew I didn’t look like them,” he <a href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/columnists/bob-klapisch/2017/06/23/klapisch-aaron-judge-never-forgot-his-roots/420872001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NorthJersey.com in 2024. “I finally said, ‘Okay, what’s going on?’ And that’s when they told me.&#8221;
&#8220;I was fine with that, they were the only parents I ever knew,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It actually wasn’t a big deal.”
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Texas is suing U.S. Masters Swimming over its policy allowing trans-identifying males to compete in women&#8217;s events, The Daily Wire can first report.
The lawsuit, which Attorney General Ken Paxton filed Thursday, comes after an investigation determined the amateur sports organization &#8220;engaged in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by allowing men to compete in women&#8217;s events,&#8221; Paxton&#8217;s office said in a press release.
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BREAKING: I&#39;m suing U.S. Masters Swimming for engaging in illegal practices by allowing men to compete in women&#39;s competitions. 
The organization has cowered to radical activists pushing gender warfare, and this lawsuit will hold USMS accountable for its actions. <a href="https://t.co/2E3wr8hnnl">pic.twitter.com/2E3wr8hnnl</a>
&mdash; Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1945905359660441945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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U.S. Masters Swimming holds competitions for adult swimmers across the country and has about 60,000 members.
In May, Paxton launched an investigation into U.S. Masters Swimming after a trans-identifying male swimmer blew his female competitors away at this year’s Spring Nationals in San Antonio.
The 47-year-old man who identifies as a woman, Ana Caldas, won five women’s events, sparking angry calls for U.S. Masters Swimming to change its rules.
Paxton said the new lawsuit aims to hold U.S. Masters Swimming &#8220;accountable to the women that it has harmed and the consumers that it has deceived&#8221; as his team continues to &#8220;fight to protect the integrity of women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
&#8220;U.S. Masters Swimming&#8217;s insane policy of allowing men to participate in women&#8217;s competitions is both deeply unfair to female competitors and unlawful,&#8221; Paxton said in a statement.
&#8220;The organization has cowered to radical activists pushing gender warfare, and it has deprived female participants of the opportunity to succeed at the highest levels by letting men win countless events,&#8221; the attorney general said.
The suit highlights the organization&#8217;s &#8220;past false, deceptive, and misleading practices of representing that its women&#8217;s sports would be exclusively for females to participate in and win, only to turn around and steal awards and recognitions for women by giving them to men competing in women&#8217;s events,&#8221; Paxton&#8217;s office said.
After the Texas investigation was launched, U.S. Masters Swimming updated its policy.
The organization <a href="https://www.usms.org/volunteer-central/policy-and-governance/usms-policies/transgender-swimmer-inclusion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> allowed trans-identifying males to compete on the women’s team as long as they had been on estrogen for a year and had testosterone below a certain level. Males who did not meet these requirements were also allowed to swim in the women’s races, but their performance did not count in the competition.
On July 1, U.S. Masters Swimming enacted a new “interim eligibility <a href="https://www.usms.org/volunteer-central/policy-and-governance/usms-policies/interim-eligibility-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a>,” which bars trans-identifying males from competing in the women’s category, but they may still swim in the women’s races.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who put U.S. Masters Swimming on notice just days before the Texas lawsuit was filed, said the new policy “purports to protect women’s sports, but it does not get the job done.”
“This is not acceptable. It does not fly with Florida law,” Uthmeier said at a press conference on Tuesday.
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Today, we put U.S. Masters Swimming on notice: Allowing men in women&#39;s swimming competitions is unlawful in Florida.
Fix the policy, or there will be consequences. <a href="https://t.co/Os32iVNE77">pic.twitter.com/Os32iVNE77</a>
&mdash; Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1945184936308199847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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U.S. Masters must “quickly certify in writing” that they will ensure no men participate with women or face legal action, Uthmeier said.
Besides fairness in competition, another concern is safety in the locker rooms, the Florida attorney general said.
“We will not tolerate it. We will hold you accountable if you are going to endanger our women and girls,” Uthmeier said.
“We will always fight to protect women and girls from being subjected to men trying to compete in female sports — it’s our moral obligation to do so,” Uthmeier said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
U.S. Masters is based in Sarasota, Florida and has several upcoming events in the state.
Several athletic organizations have backed down and changed their policies after President Donald Trump, surrounded by smiling young girls wearing sports uniforms, signed an order banning trans-identifying males from girls’ sports.
One of those was the NCAA, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ncaa-backs-down-changes-transgender-athlete-policy-after-trump-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">changed</a> its policy to ban trans-identifying males on women’s teams less than 24 hours after Trump’s order.
The NCAA attracted controversy for its swimming competitions when trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas tied with the University of Kentucky’s Riley Gaines, who has become an advocate for women’s sports. Prior to that, Thomas had placed first in the 500 freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving Championships.

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UFC Fight Night in Nashville on Saturday lived up to the hype and then some. Multiple knockouts, submissions, and hard-fought decisions defined the event.   
The Fight Night, sponsored in part by <a href="https://www.jeremysrazors.com/">Jeremy’s Razors</a>, drew MMA celebrities, including Joe Pyfer, who will be featured in a compelling new DailyWire+ documentary — “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/clips/journey-to-ufc-joe-pyfer-official-teaser">Journey to the UFC</a>” — that will be released on July 25. Three-time Bellator Lightweight champion Michael Chandler was also in attendance for the UFC Fight Night and was repping his new Daily Wire “<a href="https://store.dailywire.com/products/make-america-tennessee-hat?srsltid=AfmBOooieUAXdyML4WkCwF9Gl5Nmh6iSqmM2ecLY58VrCbZ63Z7ANimS">Make America Tennessee</a>” hat. 
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Daily Wire host Michael Knowles also rolled up to the much-anticipated Fight Night in Nashville. Two knockouts kicked off the Fight Night. Quite literally. In the women’s strawweight division, Fatima Kline caught Melissa Martinez with a nasty headkick KO. Kline was awarded a “Performance of the Night” bonus for her victory. 
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WHAT A START 🤯
Fatima Kline with the head kick TKO at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCNashville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCNashville</a>! <a href="https://t.co/znnkWS3pcS">pic.twitter.com/znnkWS3pcS</a>
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That was followed by a perfectly timed flying knee from Mike Davis that led to a flurry of strikes ending Mitch Ramirez’s night.
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AS ADVERTISED 👊<a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDavisMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeDavisMMA</a> delivers a TKO win at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCNashville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCNashville</a>! <a href="https://t.co/NpzhwS45zl">pic.twitter.com/NpzhwS45zl</a>
&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1944172797875696071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Tuco Tokkos came out with a major upset victory over Junior Tafa by way of a crafty arm-triangle choke. The win was Tokkos’ first career UFC victory. 
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Tuco Tokkos consigue la victoria por sumisión ante Junior Tafa 🏆 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCNashville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCNashville</a> <a href="https://t.co/QCsgAb1xd4">pic.twitter.com/QCsgAb1xd4</a>
&mdash; UFC Español (@UFCEspanol) <a href="https://twitter.com/UFCEspanol/status/1944208850027975114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Vitor Petrino got his first victory in the heavyweight division, forcing Austen Lane to tap with a modified rear naked choke
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Vitor Petrino gets the rear naked choke submission win at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCNashville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCNashville</a> 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/oX9lk1j9VU">pic.twitter.com/oX9lk1j9VU</a>
&mdash; ESPN MMA (@espnmma) <a href="https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1944214854908215366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In the “Fight of the Night,” Morgan Charriere caught Nate Landweh with a crisp right hand and followed up with a wild flurry of haymakers, which led to a brutal KO of Landweh in the third and final round.
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MORGAN CHARRIÈRE FINISHES NATE LANDWEHR WITH A FLURRY 😱 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCNashville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCNashville</a> <a href="https://t.co/cXtlZiAkDt">pic.twitter.com/cXtlZiAkDt</a>
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Later in the night, Steve Garcia beat Calvin Kattar by unanimous decision, and Gabriel Bonfim defeated Stephen Thompson by split decision, leading to the main event between Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis and undefeated Tallison “Xicao” Teixeira. 
It took just 35 seconds into the fight for Lewis to land a nasty left hook that dropped Teixeira. Lewis pounced with a thunderous ground and pound before a merciful ref stoppage.
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ANOTHER KNOCKOUT FOR DERRICK LEWIS 😳
Derrick Lewis gets his 16th career KO win at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCNashville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCNashville</a> against Tallison Teixeira in just 35 seconds. <a href="https://t.co/PeGDX9RNCb">pic.twitter.com/PeGDX9RNCb</a>
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Lewis credited the “Tennessee crowd” for pumping him up for the fight. “I got in the mood,” he <a href="https://www.ufc.com/news/main-card-results-highlights-winner-interviews-ufc-fight-night-lewis-vs-teixeira-nashville?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=tweets&amp;utm_campaign=UFC+Nashville">said</a>. The KO put “The Black Beast” at 16 knockouts for his UFC career, the most in UFC history. 
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THE KNOCKOUT KING 👑<a href="https://twitter.com/Thebeast_ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheBeast_UFC</a> added another KO to his UFC record at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCNashville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCNashville</a>! <a href="https://t.co/ntOq2spROH">pic.twitter.com/ntOq2spROH</a>
&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1944396646697382220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The WNBA&#8217;s Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said over the weekend that she felt she had to step up and protect her teammate, Caitlin Clark, after years of referees allowing cheap shots against Clark, who&#8217;s the league&#8217;s star player.
On Tuesday, Cunningham was ejected from a game and fined after she grabbed Suns guard Jacy Sheldon by the back of the head. Earlier in the game, Sheldon poked Clark in the eye as she was passing the ball &#8212; which clearly did not sit well with Cunningham.
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&#8220;It was just part of the game,&#8221; Cunningham told the press. &#8220;I think the refs had a lot to do with that. It was a build-up for a couple years now of them just not protecting the star player of the WNBA.&#8221;
&#8220;At the end of the day, I&#8217;m going to protect my teammates,&#8221; she added. &#8220;That&#8217;s what I do.&#8221;
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— Ken Swift (@kenswift) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenswift/status/1936546299886674250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
During last week&#8217;s game against the Suns, a number of technical fouls were handed down by the referees after Clark got her eye poked and chaos ensued. Stephanie White, coach of the Fever, blamed the referees for letting the game get out of hand. Clark, a frequent target of cheap shots in the league and the recipient of one of those technical fouls, nodded along in agreement.
“I think it was pretty obvious that stuff was brewing, right?” White told the press post-game. “When the officials don&#8217;t get control of the ballgame, when they allow that stuff to happen, and it&#8217;s been happening all season long … you&#8217;ve got competitive women who are the best in the world at what they do, and when you allow them to play physical, and you allow these things to happen, they&#8217;re going to compete, and they&#8217;re going to have their teammates&#8217; backs. It&#8217;s exactly what you expect out of fierce competition. I started talking to the officials in the first quarter, and we knew this was going to happen. You could tell it was going to happen. So they got to get control of it. They got to be better.”
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As for Cunningham, the guard&#8217;s popularity has only blown up since she got ejected on Tuesday. On X, posts with the player&#8217;s background, highlights of her feisty playing on the court, and her pre-game looks have garnered massive attention.
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After having Caitlin Clark’s back, everyone will know who Sophie Cunningham is now. 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/Z9LtdyOfZc">pic.twitter.com/Z9LtdyOfZc</a>
— 👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 (@TheEXECUTlONER_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEXECUTlONER_/status/1935410279652745227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
As <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/sophie-cunningham-calls-out-wnba-not-protecting-caitlin-clark-after-starting-fight-protect-her">highlighted</a> by Fox News, Cunningham comes from a farming family, and says her success derives from those experiences. &#8220;So much of our success goes back to what we learned here,&#8221; Cunningham said. &#8220;We loved coming out to the farm to help. We found out how to work hard and work together. It made us farm strong.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/shorts/46fef763-6804-4d78-b45f-e4f1e6140a73?elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Shorts&amp;rowType=Shorts+Carousel">Is the WNBA trying to make Caitlin Clark a villain?</a>

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The venue for a Santa Fe event celebrating Title IX and girls&#8217; sports canceled at the last minute, accusing organizers of misrepresenting what they claimed was a &#8220;partisan political event&#8221; and leaving them scrambling.
On Sunday, the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute canceled Independent Women&#8217;s Forum&#8217;s &#8220;Her Game. Her Legacy.&#8221; <a href="https://www.hergameherlegacy.com">event</a>, which was <a href="https://www.iwf.org/2025/06/17/independent-women-to-host-title-ix-anniversary-event-in-new-mexico-celebrating-womens-sports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled</a> to take place at the venue about 24 hours later.
The venue posted on Facebook that the event&#8217;s description as a &#8220;Celebration for Athletes and Families&#8221; was &#8220;fundamentally misleading as the event described today in media reports is a partisan political event.&#8221;
The venue also said it would be &#8220;unable to accommodate&#8221; the event&#8217;s &#8220;levels of security&#8221; and press conference, claiming the Independent Women&#8217;s Forum did not disclose these requirements.
&#8220;As much as we support free speech, we want to make it clear that SFFMI is in disagreement with the message and intent of this particular event,&#8221; the venue said.
The venue&#8217;s abrupt cancelation came after a New Mexico news outlet <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/trump-transgender-policies-driving-state-bus-tour-that-starts-in-santa-fe/article_f55d5ebd-aaae-4997-a14d-68ec0cf77075.html">published</a> a story about the women&#8217;s sports event that also said New Mexico has been &#8220;doubling down on protecting transgender rights.&#8221;
Independent Women&#8217;s Forum said they had no idea their event was canceled until they saw the venue&#8217;s Facebook post.
The group plans to sue the venue.
&#8220;This is not a rally. This is not any type of political event. It&#8217;s a non-partisan, non-political celebration,&#8221; Beth Parlato, senior legal advisor at Independent Women’s Law Center, told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;We had a contract. It is a nine-page contract, a legal and binding contract, and it&#8217;s pretty solid,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They don&#8217;t agree with our message, so they have canceled us. And it&#8217;s illegal. So in our opinion, our legal opinion, they have breached the contract. They have discriminated against Independent Women. And they have violated our First Amendment rights by acknowledging that they don&#8217;t agree with our message, so they&#8217;re not allowing us on their property. So we will file lawsuits.&#8221;
&#8220;Our intention is to serve them with a lawsuit because we&#8217;re not letting them get away with it. We did not do all of this to get canceled by a small group of people who chooses not to support girls. So it&#8217;s unconscionable what they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; Parlato said.
The group had brought a massive amount of resources to Santa Fe for the event including more than 20 staff, a pink carpet for athletes to walk down, face painters and bounce houses for children, and much more.
Meanwhile, they also had their registered speakers and guests and had been marketing the event heavily for about two weeks, said Victoria Coley, the group&#8217;s vice president of communications.
&#8220;They&#8217;re not just canceling our event. They are canceling little girls. They are betraying girls and women, female athletes. They&#8217;re canceling all of that,&#8221; Coley said.
However, thanks to the general manager of the hotel where Independent Women&#8217;s Forum staff was staying, the event now has a new venue and is still full speed ahead.
He met the group in the lobby and asked what he could do to help.
The event is still scheduled for Monday at 1 p.m., but <a href="https://www.iwf.org/2025/06/22/targeted-slandered-but-not-silenced-independent-women-relocates-new-mexico-title-ix-celebration-after-discrimination-and-falsehoods/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will now be held</a> at the Inn and Spa at Loretto, less than a mile from the original venue.
Monday is the 53rd anniversary of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools receiving federal funding.
The event also kicks off a bus tour celebrating women&#8217;s sports that will visit all 33 New Mexico counties.
Speakers for the event will include Education Secretary Linda McMahon, New Mexico parents, and also female athletes and coaches who have been outspoken in their advocacy for girls&#8217; sports such as Payton McNabb, who was injured by a trans-identifying player and suffered a traumatic brain injury, and Kim Russell, former head coach of the women’s lacrosse team at Oberlin College.
The free family-friendly event will also include games, music, food, and female athletes will still be able to walk down their pink carpet.
The Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute <a href="https://farmersmarketinstitute.org/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> its mission includes &#8220;equity&#8221; and, perhaps ironically, &#8220;kindness.&#8221;
&#8220;We demonstrate KINDNESS through our commitment to respectful social interactions with each other and with visitors to the Market,&#8221; the Institute says on its website.

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EXCLUSIVE: Venue Tries To Cancel Girls Sports Event, Organizers Say They’ll Hold It Anyway

EXCLUSIVE: Venue Tries To Cancel Girls Sports Event, Organizers Say They'll Hold It Anyway

There are few institutions in this country that have disgraced themselves more thoroughly in recent days than the little-known Champlin Park High School in Champlin, Minnesota. This is the school that just won the Class 4A Minnesota Girls&#8217; State softball championship by fielding a male as their star pitcher in every single game.
This male pitcher, a 17-year-old junior named Charlie &#8220;Marissa&#8221; Rothenberger, pitched all 21 innings across three games of the girls&#8217; championship tournament (because they play 7-inning games in softball). And what do you know? Champlin Park won all three games. Rothenberger capped off his performance by throwing a complete-game shut-out, allowing only three hits in the process. And that&#8217;s just the championship round. He also pitched a complete-game shutout in the quarterfinals. Overall, in the entire postseason, Rothenberger allowed only two runs in 35 innings.
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And that’ll do it &#8211; Champlin Park wins the Class 4A Minnesota state softball championship, beating Bloomington Jefferson 6-0.
Marissa Rothenberger pitched a complete-game shutout and gave up only 3 hits. <a href="https://t.co/4uS7aSejqS">pic.twitter.com/4uS7aSejqS</a>
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Everyone involved in this farce — from the school district to the coaches to the parents to the athlete himself — should be barred from any kind of competitive activity for the rest of their lives. They should face more serious consequences, which may indeed be coming. (The school district has already been sued). But at the moment, like most cheaters, these people seem to have convinced themselves that they did nothing wrong.
In interviews, Rothenberger and his coach have suggested that they&#8217;re simply better competitors than their opponents. They managed to vary their pitch types and pitch speeds, and their opponents just didn&#8217;t measure up. Here&#8217;s an interview from last season to give you an idea:
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Watching this coach speak, any sane person has to fight to suppress their vomit reflex. Imagine celebrating your sports acumen, and acting like you&#8217;re some incredible coach with an incredible team, when you have a boy pitching every single one of your games in a girls&#8217; softball league. The gall that&#8217;s required to stand there, with a straight face, as you cheat in the most flagrant way imaginable — while pretending everything is completely normal — is actually hard to comprehend. &#8220;Pathetic&#8221; does not begin to describe it. And of course, the parents who allow this man to coach their daughters, as he teaches them how to cheat, are just as culpable. Everything about this story is revolting.
And the school district knows that. So does the league. That&#8217;s why they&#8217;ve locked down their social media posts, so that no one can reply to them. Here&#8217;s what the Minnesota State High School League <a href="https://x.com/MSHSL/status/1931023458311282993">posted</a>, before locking the comments: &#8220;Meet Champlin Park, the Class 4A Softball State Champion for 2025.&#8221; And then they attach a team picture, including the boy who dominated the competition.
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Riley Gaines noticed the league&#8217;s decision to censor replies. And to point out the league&#8217;s cowardice, <a href="https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1931057465887728023">she wrote</a>: 
<blockquote>Comments off lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy.</blockquote>
As we discussed earlier this week, Gaines&#8217; post sent Simone Biles, the Olympic gymnast, into a frenzy. She accused Gaines of &#8220;bullying&#8221; the trans-identifying athlete. Biles <a href="https://x.com/Simone_Biles/status/1931129527679308054">also wrote</a>: 
<blockquote>You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!!</blockquote>
And then for good measure, Biles followed up <a href="https://x.com/Simone_Biles/status/1931130395728498927">by writing</a>: 
<blockquote>bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.</blockquote>
The other day, we talked about all of the reasons why this rant was highly ironic (especially since Simone Biles isn&#8217;t exactly known for her sportsmanship, or for her feminine appearance). We also discussed why her idea of a &#8220;trans-only league&#8221; is idiotic for about a million reasons. For one thing, there wouldn&#8217;t be enough players, nor would anyone want to watch them play.
Additionally, you&#8217;d have to decide how to classify the non-binaries and the demisexuals and the 50,000 other genders. Do they play with trans men or trans women? Do we need a separate league for every gender? Things could get pretty complicated, especially when the trans furries show up and refuse to wear the standard uniforms. And of course, on top of all of these problems, a &#8220;trans-only league&#8221; makes no sense because the current system — of dividing athletes based on biological reality and not fantasy — works perfectly fine.
So those are just a few problems with Simone Biles&#8217; tweets. Additionally, a few people also pointed out that Simone Biles&#8217; position was also hypocritical, because back in 2017, she wrote <a href="https://x.com/Simone_Biles/status/918328165478666240">on Twitter</a>: 
<blockquote>good thing guys don&#8217;t compete against girls or he&#8217;d take all the gold medals !!</blockquote>
Presumably, that post was written before Simone Biles had lost her mind. But in 2025, Simone Biles, as with so many other prominent public figures, is completely subservient to Leftist ideology. And more than that, she&#8217;s vindictive and openly hostile towards anyone who expresses a contrary position — even if it&#8217;s the position that most Americans hold, and the one that happens to correspond with reality.
Here&#8217;s what elevates this story beyond a typical social media spat. Five years ago, for these posts attacking Riley Gaines, Simone Biles would&#8217;ve received unrelenting praise from every organ of the Left. The media would be asking her how she managed to be so brave in the face of Riley Gaines&#8217; fascism. Activist groups would be clamoring to invite her to speaking engagements. Every podcast would be elevating her as a kind of trans messiah. And then they would&#8217;ve had Riley Gaines banned from the Internet, of course. That&#8217;s how things used to work. In 2020, to give just one of many examples, the comedian Graham Linehan was permanently banned from Twitter for tweeting, &#8220;men aren&#8217;t women tho.&#8221; That&#8217;s all it took five years ago. You&#8217;d get dogpiled and permanently censored for stating the truth about human biology.
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But that&#8217;s not what happens anymore. Very few prominent people came out to defend Simone Biles after her post. Instead, she was excoriated by almost everyone. The backlash was so significant that, just a few days after the initial posts, Simone Biles put out a lengthy statement apologizing to Riley Gaines. 
Here&#8217;s what <a href="https://x.com/Simone_Biles/status/1932470954610901259">she posted</a>:
<blockquote>I wanted to follow up from my last tweets. I’ve always believed competitive equity &amp; inclusivity are both essential in sport. The current system doesn’t adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didn’t help for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for.</blockquote>
The statement continues for a bit, but it&#8217;s worth taking a second to think about the words &#8220;competitive equity,&#8221; because it&#8217;s a real triumph of word salad. What exactly is &#8220;competitive equity?&#8221; Of course, when Leftists say &#8220;equity,&#8221; we know what they mean. They mean allowing certain demographics — like self-identifying trans people — to gain advantages over others. But that&#8217;s fundamentally incompatible with the idea of competition. The whole point of equity is to eliminate competition, so that the Left&#8217;s preferred groups win.
But if you can make it past the oxymoron, Simone Biles does get around to apologizing. And then she <a href="https://x.com/Simone_Biles/status/1932470954610901259">writes this</a>:
<blockquote>These are sensitive, complicated issues that I truly don’t have the answers or solutions to, but I believe it starts with empathy and respect. I was not advocating for policies that compromise fairness in women’s sports. My objection is to be singling out children for public scrutiny in ways that feel personal and harmful. Individual athletes—especially kids—should never be the focus of criticism of a flawed system they have no control over. I believe sports organizations have a responsibility to come up with rules supporting inclusion while maintaining fair competition. We all want a future for sport that is fair, inclusive, and respectful. Xoxo Simone.</blockquote>
As far as apologies go, this one obviously should&#8217;ve gone much further. She should&#8217;ve dropped the word salad and stated that boys don&#8217;t belong in girls&#8217; sports, period. And many conservatives are pointing out that her statement sounds phony, like it was crafted by a PR agency or an AI program. They don&#8217;t believe that it&#8217;s sincere. And they&#8217;re right about all of that, of course.
But they&#8217;re also missing the point. The fact that a very famous and popular public figure felt the need to apologize and issue a PR statement after tweeting in support of the trans agenda is a clear sign of a very significant sea change in our culture. It&#8217;s not really important that the statement was insincere or incomplete. What&#8217;s important is that this series of events — any kind of retreat by Simone Biles in this scenario — would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
It&#8217;s yet another sign of just how thoroughly the Right has won on the issue of gender ideology. If this had happened in, say, 2021, there would have been a whole army of public figures circling the wagons around Simone Biles. That didn&#8217;t happen this time. And that&#8217;s particularly notable because it&#8217;s supposedly &#8220;Pride Month.&#8221; Remember Pride Month? This is supposed to be the time of year when trans activists become even more unhinged and hostile than they normally are. They&#8217;re supposed to be emboldened. They&#8217;re supposed to loudly shut down people like Riley Gaines. They&#8217;re supposed to dominate the conversation, so that no one is allowed to point out that a male just won a girls&#8217; softball tournament.
But no one&#8217;s talking about Pride Month anymore. LGBT activists are too demoralized and discredited to &#8220;celebrate&#8221; at the moment. That&#8217;s the same reason they&#8217;re not defending Simone Biles. It&#8217;s why she was forced to apologize. And it&#8217;s why the Minnesota high school softball league had to shut down its social media feeds. 
Every single one of these liars is aware of the fact that they&#8217;ve lost most of their public support. Yes, technically speaking, Champlin Park High School was named the winner of the state girls&#8217; softball championship. But, as you watch the players and the coaches gloat, it&#8217;s hard not to be reminded of all the other frauds throughout history who simply took things too far, too quickly. Pathetic institutions like Champlin Park High School and the Minnesota State Softball League, along with cowardly mouthpieces like Simone Biles, no longer have the cultural power they had just a few years ago. And with this latest apology — even if it was generated by a PR firm using ChatGPT — it&#8217;s evident that Simone Biles and the rest of the LGBT cult are slowly coming around to the reality of their own irrelevance.

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The LGBT Movement Is Collapsing, And Simone Biles’ Apology Proves It

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Simone Biles apologized to Riley Gaines on Tuesday for their online spat over trans-identifying males in women&#8217;s sports, the Olympic gymnast adding that she believes the current women&#8217;s sports system is &#8220;flawed.&#8221;
The two athletes clashed on Friday when Biles attacked Gaines seemingly out of the blue, calling the former University of Kentucky swimmer a &#8220;sore loser&#8221; and telling her to &#8220;bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.&#8221;
&#8220;I wanted to follow up from my last tweets,&#8221; Biles posted Tuesday on X. &#8220;I’ve always believed competitive equity &amp; inclusivity are both essential in sport. The current system doesn’t adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didn’t help for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for.&#8221;
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I wanted to follow up from my last tweets. I’ve always believed competitive equity &amp; inclusivity are both essential in sport. The current system doesn’t adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didn’t help for me…
&mdash; Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) <a href="https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1932470954610901259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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This is so disappointing. My take is the least controversial take on the planet. 
Simone Biles being a male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams? Didn’t have that on my bingo card.
Maybe she could compete in pommel horse and rings in 2028. <a href="https://t.co/Ptn35pyEvh">https://t.co/Ptn35pyEvh</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1931134784241119360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Biles claimed she did not mean to push policies that &#8220;compromise fairness&#8221; in women’s sports.
&#8220;These are sensitive, complicated issues that I truly don’t have the answers or solutions to, but I believe it starts with empathy and respect. I was not advocating for policies that compromise fairness in women’s sports,&#8221; Biles said. &#8220;My objection is to be singling out children for public scrutiny in ways that feel personal and harmful. Individual athletes — especially kids — should never be the focus of criticism of a flawed system they have no control over.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe sports organizations have a responsibility to come up with rules supporting inclusion while maintaining fair competition. We all want a future for sport that is fair, inclusive, and respectful,&#8221; she said.
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Biles had initially responded to a post from Gaines last week criticizing a high school girls&#8217; softball team that won a state championship after the team&#8217;s trans-identifying male pitcher <a href="https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/transgender-pitcher-leads-champlin-park-to-win-sparking-controversy-in-minnesota-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pitched</a> five straight games in which he gave up just one run.
&#8220;Bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male,&#8221; Biles told Gaines.
The Olympian also posted, &#8220;You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser,&#8221; adding that Gaines should be &#8220;uplifting the trans community.&#8221;
&#8220;But instead… You bully them… One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!&#8221; Biles said.
Gaines responded, telling Biles her comments were &#8220;disappointing.&#8221;
&#8220;This is so disappointing. My take is the least controversial take on the planet. Simone Biles being a male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams? Didn’t have that on my bingo card. Maybe she could compete in pommel horse and rings in 2028,&#8221; Gaines posted.
Gaines&#8217; 2022 tie with trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas, after which Thomas was given the trophy, helped <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/swimmer-who-tied-lia-thomas-taken-aback-in-trophy-handling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ignite</a> the battle to keep men out of women’s sports.
After Biles&#8217; apology on Tuesday, Gaines quickly responded.
&#8220;I accept Simone&#8217;s apology for the personal attacks including the ones where she body-shamed me. I know she knows what this feels like. She&#8217;s still the greatest female gymnast of all time,&#8221; Gaines posted on X.
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I accept Simone&#39;s apology for the personal attacks including the ones where she body-shamed me. I know she knows what this feels like. She&#39;s still the greatest female gymnast of all time.
A couple of things. Sports ARE inclusive by nature. Anyone can and everyone SHOULD play… <a href="https://t.co/V8YbMvs3xf">https://t.co/V8YbMvs3xf</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1932493510868906128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Gaines added that competition &#8220;by definition is exclusive.&#8221;
&#8220;To suggest that women and girls must be silent or ignore a boy who is PUBLICLY hurting or humiliating them is wrong,&#8221; Gaines said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t have any empathy and compassion for the girls if you&#8217;re ignoring when young men are harming or abusing them. I am not ashamed to be a voice for the voiceless.&#8221;
Gaines added that she agrees that the blame is on lawmakers and leaders, which she said is why she is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and joined President Donald Trump when he signed an executive order on women&#8217;s sports.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t see you there or championing this effort with your platform,&#8221; Gaines told Biles, adding that she welcomes Biles to the &#8220;fight to support fair sports and a future for female athletes. Little girls deserve the same shot to achieve that you had.&#8221;

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‘I Apologize’: Simone Biles Backs Down In Riley Gaines Spat, Calls For ‘Fair Competition’

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Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles picked a fight with former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines on Friday — over a boy who led his high school&#8217;s girls&#8217; softball team to a state championship — but it was Gaines who stuck the landing.
Gaines raised the topic by sharing a photo of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boy-pitches-complete-game-shutout-to-win-girls-softball-championship">championship team</a>, noting that the Minnesota State High School League had turned off the comments feature on the post: &#8220;To be expected when your star player is a boy.&#8221;
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Comments off lol
To be expected when your star player is a boy <a href="https://t.co/2qY2onUhNW">https://t.co/2qY2onUhNW</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1931057465887728023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Biles went on the attack then, delivering personal insults and saying, &#8220;You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!! But instead … You bully them … One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!&#8221;
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This is actually so disappointing. It&#8217;s not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces.
You can uplift men stealing championships in women&#8217;s sports with YOUR platform.
Men don&#8217;t belong in women&#8217;s sports and I say that with my full chest.
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1931130376509919663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is actually so disappointing. It&#8217;s not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces,&#8221; Gaines fired back. &#8220;You can uplift men stealing championships in women&#8217;s sports with YOUR platform. Men don&#8217;t belong in women&#8217;s sports and I say that with my full chest.&#8221;
But it didn&#8217;t end there. Biles tried another avenue, this time resorting to insults aimed at Gaines&#8217; physical appearance.
&#8220;Bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male,&#8221; she said.
Gaines repeated, &#8220;This is so disappointing. My take is the least controversial take on the planet. Simone Biles being a male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams? Didn’t have that on my bingo card. Maybe she could compete in pommel horse and rings in 2028.&#8221;
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And the subtle hint at &#8220;body-shaming&#8221; ???? Plzzzz I&#8217;m 5&#8217;5&#8243; 😂😂😂😂
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1931134787047030804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;And the subtle hint at &#8216;body-shaming&#8217;???? Plzzzz I&#8217;m 5&#8217;5&#8243;,&#8221; Gaines added.
&#8220;All the horrific sexual abuse @Simone_Biles witnessed and spoke out against caused by one man, yet believes women should be forced to strip naked in front of men to validate the man&#8217;s feelings. You know how many gold medals you&#8217;d have if your &#8216;inclusive&#8217; dream came true? Zero,&#8221; Gaines added later.
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All the horrific sexual abuse <a href="https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Simone_Biles</a> witnessed and spoke out against caused by one man, yet believes women should be forced to strip naked in front of men to validate the man&#8217;s feelings.
You know how many gold medals you&#8217;d have if your &#8220;inclusive&#8221; dream came true? Zero. <a href="https://t.co/VycE1BvAMP">pic.twitter.com/VycE1BvAMP</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1931170620324139504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Detransitioner and activist Chloe Cole weighed in as well, telling Biles, &#8220;Tearing down other women just to please men and their fetish isn’t as progressive as you think. Your backwards stereotyping and bullying isn’t only disgusting, it’s also just wrong. Ironically if you wanted to bully someone your own size, you’d have to fight Dobby the elf.&#8221;
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Tearing down other women just to please men and their fetish isn’t as progressive as you think.
Your backwards stereotyping and bullying isn’t only disgusting, it’s also just wrong.
Ironically if you wanted to bully someone your own size, you’d have to fight Dobby the elf.
— Chloe Cole ⭐️ (@ChoooCole) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChoooCole/status/1931140446228824442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Simone Biles Defends Boys In Girls’ Sports, Picks The Wrong Day To Fight With Riley Gaines

Simone Biles Defends Boys In Girls' Sports, Picks The Wrong Day To Fight With Riley Gaines

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In what some expected to be a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/06/pride-month-defections-dei-backlash/83376447007/">tamed-down</a> &#8220;Pride Month&#8221; this year due to companies and organizations ditching diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, the MLB is going all in on LGBT festivities.
While the list of MLB teams promoting &#8220;Pride Month&#8221; on social media has grown smaller from 2024 to 2025, 29 of the 30 teams in the league will still celebrate the LGBT lifestyle with a &#8220;Pride Night&#8221; this month. From Atlanta and Kansas City to Cleveland and Phoenix, &#8220;Pride Nights&#8221; are coming to nearly every major league ballpark as every team in the MLB, except the Texas Rangers, has scheduled an LGBT celebration during the month of June.
The <a href="https://www.mlb.com/mariners/tickets/specials/pride">Seattle Mariners</a> will host two &#8220;Pride Night&#8221; events, the first on June 4 vs. the Baltimore Orioles and the second on June 13 vs. the Cleveland Guardians. The team writes on its website, &#8220;We have two amazing Pride Themed Ticket Specials on deck this season – don’t miss your chance to score a Belt Bag on June 4 and Stanley-style Tumbler on June 13. Plus, each night, $5 of every ticket sold will benefit the GSBA [an LGBTQ+ chamber of commerce] Scholarship Fund and Seattle Pride, respectively.&#8221;
The Atlanta Braves, meanwhile, are <a href="https://www.mlb.com/braves/tickets/specials/pride">hosting</a> a &#8220;Pride Night&#8221; on June 3 vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks, which includes &#8220;a pregame party&#8221; and &#8220;a Braves Pride t-shirt.&#8221;
At the historic Fenway Park in Boston, the Red Sox will celebrate &#8220;Pride Month&#8221; against the Tampa Bay Rays on June 9. At the game, fans will have the option to purchase a Red Sox &#8220;Pride&#8221; <a href="https://www.mlb.com/redsox/tickets/promotions/cultural-and-identity-celebrations/pride">hat</a>. The Colorado Rockies, who currently hold the worst record in the MLB, will host a &#8220;<a href="https://www.mlb.com/rockies/tickets/specials/themes/pride">Pride Night</a>&#8221; on June 6 vs. the New York Mets, where &#8220;a portion of each ticket package sold will benefit The Center on Colfax, Colorado’s largest LGBTQIA+ resource and community center, and One Colorado, the state&#8217;s leading advocacy organization for LGBTQIA+ rights.&#8221;
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The Rangers are the only MLB team that has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rangers-pride-mlb-lgbtq-56ce863b94a0d3fde951f9dec14b84b4">never</a> waded into the LGBT messaging during &#8220;Pride Month.&#8221; In response to questions about skipping &#8220;Pride Month&#8221; events, the team stated last year, “Our longstanding commitment remains the same: To make everyone feel welcome and included in Rangers baseball — in our ballpark, at every game, and in all we do — for both our fans and our employees. We deliver on that promise across our many programs to have a positive impact across our entire community.”
While nearly every team is once again throwing a &#8220;Pride Night,&#8221; fewer clubs celebrated &#8220;Pride Month&#8221; on social media on June 1 this year compared to 2024. Only six teams changed their official logos on social media to include some version of the &#8220;Pride&#8221; flag, while another 11 teams wrote a post acknowledging &#8220;Pride Month.&#8221;
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Happy Pride Month! <a href="https://t.co/8cxQkV5wbm">pic.twitter.com/8cxQkV5wbm</a>
&mdash; Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1929222466997743758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Happy Pride Month! <a href="https://t.co/TjG4fzAEjx">pic.twitter.com/TjG4fzAEjx</a>
&mdash; New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1929277462443139181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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June is Pride Month. We are proud to celebrate and support our LGBTQ+ community through advocacy and partnerships with organizations, like Center on Halsted and Howard Brown Health! 🏳️‍🌈
&mdash; Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) <a href="https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1929182056602378425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Baseball is for everyone 🏳️‍🌈
Celebrate Pride at Comerica Park on June 25th with a special ticket package that includes a Pride bucket hat!
&mdash; Detroit Tigers (@tigers) <a href="https://twitter.com/tigers/status/1929196807168421968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Baseball is for everyone. 🏳️‍🌈<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideMonth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrideMonth</a> <a href="https://t.co/89axq3y1Xl">pic.twitter.com/89axq3y1Xl</a>
&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1929161008989565403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Happy Pride Month, Twins Territory! All are welcome here 🩷🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 <a href="https://t.co/er0IcdPGR7">pic.twitter.com/er0IcdPGR7</a>
&mdash; Minnesota Twins (@Twins) <a href="https://twitter.com/Twins/status/1929174897378353323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Happy Pride Month ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 <a href="https://t.co/ZOluis37Rc">pic.twitter.com/ZOluis37Rc</a>
&mdash; Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mariners/status/1929177363537105149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Baseball is for everyone 🫶 <a href="https://t.co/WwBCtThPKD">pic.twitter.com/WwBCtThPKD</a>
&mdash; Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dbacks/status/1929208206468993178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Happy Pride! 
Celebrate at Coors Field with us on 6/6 ➡️ <a href="https://t.co/YQ3yJZOdtN">https://t.co/YQ3yJZOdtN</a> <a href="https://t.co/h465BoNGlT">pic.twitter.com/h465BoNGlT</a>
&mdash; Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rockies/status/1929197321675239796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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We are <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BurghProud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BurghProud</a> 🏳️‍🌈
To kick off Pride Month, we joined the <a href="https://twitter.com/penguins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@penguins</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/steelers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@steelers</a>, and the city of Pittsburgh to spread acceptance, inclusivity, and love at the Pittsburgh Pride Parade this morning. <a href="https://t.co/76bLH1KHjr">pic.twitter.com/76bLH1KHjr</a>
&mdash; Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/1929251294943863262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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