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Girl soccer team playing. (Pexels)

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State Senate forms committee to protect women’s sports

A newly formed state Senate committee will look to ensure that female athletes have the right to participate on an even basis with their males counterparts.

August 02, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Emma Hunt at the world championship.

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‘I couldn’t believe it’: Kennesaw State University student makes 2024 Olympic speed climbing team

Emma Hunt, a Kennesaw State University exercise science student, has qualified for a spot on the speed climbing team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

 

September 05, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
"It's about fairness, plain and simple," said Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey about the new law.

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  • Politics

Alabama's law limiting transgender athletes in sports now includes college students

In 2021, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law that said K-12 students must participate in sports that coincide with the gender they were assigned at birth. Now, the same applies to college athletes.

May 31, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Lauren Fleshman's memoir, <em>Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World,</em> is a memoir and a critique of how the sports world treats female athletes.

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  • Sports

The sports world is still built for men. This elite runner wants to change that

Champion distance runner Lauren Fleshman says too many coaches assume — falsely — that what works for male athletes also benefits female athletes. Her memoir is Good for a Girl.

January 10, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
Josh Cavallo of Adelaide, left, and Daniel Stynes of the Glory contest for the ball during the A-League match between Perth Glory and Adelaide United at HBF Park, on May 19 in Perth, Australia.

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  • Sports

Josh Cavallo becomes one of the few professional men's footballers to come out as gay

The Adelaide United midfielder announced that he was gay in a video posted to the team's Twitter account Tuesday.

October 27, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Benson Kipruto (L) and Diana Kipyogei (R) of Kenya hold up the victory trophy after taking first place in the professional men's and women's divisions during the 125th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday. The first Boston Marathon since April 2019 strayed from tradition in several ways.

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Here are the highlights from a historic Boston Marathon

Monday's race strayed from tradition in a few ways: It was the first in-person Boston Marathon since April 2019 and the first to take place in the fall. It also coincided with Indigenous Peoples' Day.

October 11, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Leylah Fernandez of Canada celebrates after winning her quarterfinals match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Tuesday. The 19-year-old is the youngest woman in the U.S. Open semifinals in nearly two decades.

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  • Sports

19-Year-Old Leylah Fernandez Is Captivating U.S. Open Watchers

The Canadian tennis phenom is taking this year's U.S. Open by storm, becoming the youngest woman to reach the semifinals in 16 years.

September 09, 2021
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  • Dana Farrington
Tara Davis celebrates with boyfriend and Paralympian Hunter Woodhall at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials on June 26 in Eugene, Ore.

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  • Sports

Meet Olympic Power Couple Hunter Woodhall And Tara Davis

One notable member of Team USA's Paralympic delegation is Hunter Woodhall, a sprinter with two medals under his belt. His girlfriend, Tara Davis, competed in the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

August 27, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
The Australian team parades around the Acqua Acetosa Ground in Rome on Sept. 18, 1960, during the opening ceremony for the Paralympic Games.

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  • Sports

When Did The Paralympics Start? Here's A Brief History Of The Games

Sports for athletes with an impairment have existed for more than a century, but it wasn't until after World War II that the official Paralympics began to take shape.

August 25, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Flag bearers Melissa Stockwell and Charles Aoki of Team USA lead their delegation in the parade of athletes during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on August 24, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

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The Tokyo Paralympics Are Here. These Are Some Of The Sports And Athletes To Watch

Mark your calendars: The Games will feature 539 events across 22 sports before the closing ceremony on Sept. 5.

August 24, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
The Japan and Olympic flags fly as country flags are carried in during the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the Summer Olympics on Sunday in Tokyo.

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  • Sports

Closing Ceremony Caps Off A Dramatic, Bittersweet And Ultimately Uplifting Olympics

The ceremony organizers used artistic elements to show the athletes a taste of ordinary life in Japan, something they haven't been exposed to due to pandemic restrictions.

August 08, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy
U.S. star sprinter Allyson Felix, shown here in June during U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, is competing this week at the Tokyo Olympics.

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  • Sports

10 Unique Storylines To Follow In The Final Stretch Of The Tokyo Olympics

The swimmers are now leaving Japan and the spotlight moves to the track and field events at Olympic Stadium. We'll walk you through the biggest things to watch for until the closing ceremony.

August 02, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy,
  • Leila Fadel,
  • and 3 more
A ball sits outside a court at the Ariake Tennis Park during practice sessions at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

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  • Health

Athletes At The Tokyo Olympics Are Being Given Condoms, And Warnings Not To Use Them

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics ordered 160,000 condoms to be handed out to athletes in the Olympic Village. Under COVID-19 protocols, athletes are technically banned from using them.

July 21, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
On a video conference Thursday morning, Emory University's Dr. Jonathan Kim discussed the implications of myocarditis, the heart condition linked to professional and college athletes with COVID-19.

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  • Health

Emory Doctor: 20% Of Admitted COVID-19 Patients Suffer 'Cardiac Injury,' Warns Athletes Of Risk

A condition known as myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart, could threaten athletes during the pandemic because research has shown heart damage is a residual effect of COVID-19, a top Emory sports doctor says.

August 15, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Participant plays a computer game during the 2009 Intel Friday Night Game, a competition of the ESL, Electronic Sports League in Dresden, Germany.

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  • Games

Orthopedic: 'Esports Athletes Face Injuries Like Traditional Athletes'

Poker and chess are both considered professional sports. Competitive gaming is now on that list. Esports is, in fact, booming. Market watchers predict...

April 12, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

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