We often see claims in media that transgender women, people assigned male at birth who socially and medically transition to female, have an inherent and unfair athletic advantage over cisgender women. However, a new meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine comparing physical fitness and body composition of transgender and cisgender individuals suggests... Continue Reading →
Charles Bediako Controversy Puts Eligibility at the Forefront of the Ever-Evolving NCAA
The NCAA typically does not allow athletes to compete in college sports if they have ever signed a professional contract. According to ESPN, the issue came to light when former Alabama men’s basketball player Charles Bediako decided to return to the team after spending the 2023-2024 season in the NBA G League, the NBA’s professional... Continue Reading →
The Dodgers Can’t Stop Winning—Great For LA, Bad for Baseball
After a phenomenal season capped off by winning their third World Series victory in the last five seasons[1], the Los Angeles Dodgers picked up the offseason right where they left off by winning the bidding war over superstar outfielder Kyle Tucker.[2] Tucker, 29, spent the last season with the Chicago Cubs before becoming one of... Continue Reading →
Expanding the PWHL: Questions and Considerations
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) was founded in 2023. The original league featured six teams from New York, Boston, Minnesota, Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto. The league played the first two seasons with these six teams. At the end of the second season, the PWHL announced that it would expand from six teams to eight,... Continue Reading →
Small Wins, Big Gap: Why the WNBA’s Latest CBA Offer Falls Short
After six weeks of silence, the WNBA finally delivered. On Friday evening, February 6, the league submitted its latest collective bargaining agreement proposal to the players union– a counter-offer the players had been waiting for since submitting their own proposal back in December. However, what arrived was a mixed bag; incremental progress on player demands... Continue Reading →
Brady Not Allowing his Patriot Past To Get in The Way of His Obligations as Commentator and Owner
Those who have followed the NFL this season will remember that towards the beginning of the season Tom Brady was under fire for being in the Raiders’ coaching booth with a headset on despite engaging in Fox Sports production meetings where he gained insight other people around the league didn’t yet have.[1] As that conflict-of-interest... Continue Reading →
Ryan Wedding Arrested on Eve of 2026 Winter Olympics
With the 2026 Winter Olympics set to start later this week, a former Team Canada snowboarder has been brought to justice after being on the FBI’s most wanted list since March 2025.[1] Ryan Wedding, the former Olympic snowboarder who represented Team Canada in the 2002 Olympics, has finally been arrested after being on the run... Continue Reading →
Winning at What Cost? Michigan Football and a Pattern of Controversy
In 2023, the Michigan Wolverines achieved their dreams and won the College Football National Championship. Shortly after, head coach Jim Harbaugh accepted a job coaching the Los Angeles Chargers in the National Football League.[1] With Harbaugh’s departure Michigan was left searching for a replacement, one they found in Sherrone Moore.[2] Moore was hired in January... Continue Reading →
College Football Playoffs causes controversy once again with the playoff bracket for the 2025-26 season
Since the creation of the College Football Playoff, there has always been some controversy surrounding who gets the chance to play for a national title. But this year, tensions surrounding the playoff bracket have boiled over. The format for this year bracket was as follows: The top 5 ranked conference champions receive automatic qualifiers, with... Continue Reading →
CSC seeks to establish new enforcement efforts through University Participation Agreement
Since the approval of the House v. NCAA settlement, conferences and schools have been trying to figure out how the rules for college sports’ new era will actually be enforced. The College Sports Commission (“CSC”) has been tasked with the challenge of enforcing new rules and the revenue-share cap that schools must adhere to[1]. In... Continue Reading →