Chris Nikic recently made history after he became the first man with Down Syndrome to complete the Ironman Triathalon. In a post celebrating the accomplishment, Nikic thanked God for surrounding him with angels.
Chris Nikic recently made history after he became the first man with Down Syndrome to complete the Ironman Triathalon. In a post celebrating the accomplishment, Nikic thanked God for surrounding him with angels.
If passed, a bill recently introduced in the Senate will defund schools that allow biological males who identify as female to participate in girls' sports.
Tony Dungy offered his support for athletes who both decide to kneel during the national anthem and those who choose to stand.
Forward for the Chicago Red Stars, Rachel Hill, released a statement on Tuesday explaining why she chose to stand during the national anthem at a recent soccer game as her teammates chose to kneel in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights recently ruled that schools allowing biological boys or transgender women to participate in girls' sports are violating Title IX.
Mike Fiers, a pitcher who played for the Astros in 2017, told the Athletic last November that the team used a video camera in center field to film the opposing team’s signs to its pitchers. Players or team staffers watching the live camera feed then signaled to the batter what kind of pitch was coming. MLB opened an investigation, concluding in January 2020 that Fiers’s allegations were correct. The Astros’ manager and general manager were suspended for the 2020 season (the team fired both on the day their suspensions were announced). The team was fined the maximum allowable $5 million and stripped of its first- and second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts.
49ers' team chaplain Earl Smith told Sports Spectrum the 49ers’ season reminded him of the selflessness exhibited by the NBA’s Golden State Warriors when they won their championship in 2015.
