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Beyond Olympics, USA Wheelchair Football Inspires Adaptive Athletes
Founded just before the pandemic, the USA Wheelchair Football League is the first football league of its kind, for adults living with disabilities. Photo credit: Move United
TAMPA, FL - Move United's USA Wheelchair Football…
Woman That Caused Major Pile-Up at Tour De France May Have Fled to Germany: Report
The woman was so close to the road itself and with a sign so big that it encroached upon the race surface, thus the board struck Martin, sending the German tumbling, along with a large part of the Tour de France peloton. Image: NBC News /…
PGA National Resort & Spa Announces Grand Opening of New ‘Staple Course’
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL - PGA National Resort & Spa – South Florida’s world-class golf, vacation, culinary, events and spa destination – announces the grand opening of its thrilling and innovative new nine-hole Andy…
New Zealand Weightlifter Becomes First Transgender Olympic Athlete; Competitor Claims Women Are Now…
TOKYO, JAPAN - Previous reports that a New Zealand transgendered weightlifter was attempting to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics initially raised some eyes, as LGBTQ supporters and opponents butted heads over one basic…
Diverse Base of Elite-Level High School Athletes Return In ‘Breakthrough Series’, June 8th-10th At…
Diversity-Focused Amateur Development Experience in Vero Beach, Fla. is the First In-Person MLB/USA Baseball Development Event Since January 2020
Jackie Robinson Training Complex, 3901 26th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960
VERO BEACH, FL…
Governor DeSantis: Biology Not Ideology; “In Florida, Girls Are Going To Play Girls’ Sports,…
Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1028 into law on Tuesday morning which will prohibit male-to-female transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that do not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth. YouTube.
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Weightlifter in Tokyo Olympics Protests Potential Inclusion of Transgender Competitor As “Unfair”…
TOKYO METROPOLIS - According to reports, an athlete in the women’s weightlifting event at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics is protesting the possible including of a transgender competitor in her ranks as being "like a bad joke" due to what…
As Pandemic Eases, Many Seniors Have Lost Strength, May Need Rehabilitative Services
A physiotherapist working with elderly patient outdoors both wearing medical masks - sport exercises at nursing home with assistant, using coronavirus protection measures after or during quarantine. Photo credit ShutterStock.com, licensed.…
NFL Justifies Racial Bias in Brain Injury Payouts by Assuming Black Players Have “Lower Cognitive…
According to the AP, most of the 20,000 former NFL retired players are Black, and only a quarter of the 2,000 Black men who sought payouts from the settlement after testing positive for dementia have qualified for any funds. File photo:…
Lamborghini Kicks Off International GT Open Season With Victory And Points Lead
Schandorff and Beretta lead VS Racing one-two in second Paul Ricard race. Lamborghini also claims GT Open Am class one-two result. Podium for factory drivers Bortolotti and Costa in GT Masters opener at Oschersleben.
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Canelo Crushes Cheekbone, Captures Championship
Canelo is a man of action. He spoke like he fought. His every word and punch was designed to land with maximum impact, with maximum efficiency. Canelo chose both well. As the post fight interview concludes, he was asked if he had anything…
Florida Republicans Ban Transgender Athletes, Send Bill to Governor
The Florida Legislature has passed a bill that would block transgender children from playing on sports teams that don't align with their gender at birth. Photo credit ShutterStock.com, licensed.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Last-minute maneuvering…
Florida Senate Passes Anti-Trans Sports Bill
As amended, SB 1028 would ban transgender youth from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity. File photo credit: DC Stock Photography, Shutterstock.com, licensed.
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Last night, in an 11th…
Video of Idaho Cop Mocking LeBron James Goes Viral with Nearly 4 Million Views; “Why Does That…
Nate Silvester, an officer in the Marshal’s Office in Bellevue, posted a video skit on TikTok criticizing James’ original tweet. Silvester’s video has nearly four million views as of Tuesday afternoon. His account currently has nearly…
Op-Ed: LeBron James, a Dribbling, Ignorant, Jew/White Hating, Millionaire Basketball Idiot Endangers…
LeBron James, a black, NBA super-star, has a history of bigoted, hateful, racist comments. As an up and coming ballplayer he blurted out, "I don't want nothing to do with White people. I don't believe they want anything to do with me."…
LeBron James Accused of Inciting Violence with “Disgraceful and Extremely Reckless” Tweet at Ohio…
The reaction to James’ tweet was intensely negative, with the National Fraternal Order of Police responding. File photo credit: Kathy Hutchins, Shutterstock.com, licensed.
LOS ANGELES, CA - Basketball star LeBron James is being hit…
Endgame: The Simple Solution To The Boxing / YouTube Drama
ATLANTA, GA - This weekend YouTuber Jake Paul meets former MMA champion Ben Askren in a boxing match. The strange ongoing relationship between stars of the video platform playing at combat sports continues to draw mixed opinions from…
Franics Ngannou Starches Stipe Miocic in Heavyweight Title Rematch
LAS VEGAS, NV - UFC heavyweight gold was on the line last night as the former child laborer Francis “The Predator” Ngannou violently unseated champion Stipe Miocic in the 2nd. From the outset it was clear the puncher had evolved…
Second Time Around – UFC 260 Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou II
FALL RIVER, MA –This Saturday the UFC heavyweight title is on the line as part time firefighter and full time heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will make his five title defense tomorrow in a rematch with Francis Ngannou of Cameroon.…
Opponents Call FL Bill Targeting Transgender Athletes Dangerous, Discriminatory
The bills moving through Florida's Legislature appear to be on fast-track, with talk from insiders that the Senate version by Sen. Kelli Stargel - R-Lakeland - might skip one of its three committee stops. Photo credit: DCStockPhotography /…
Art Of The Outside: Lawrence Okolie Wins WBO Title With Emphatic KO
FALL RIVER, MA – The 6'5” Briton did a beautiful job of range management to win the WBO cruiserweight title last Saturday. Even better, to do it via viscous 6th round knockout. Okolie had no issue implementing his long reach to keep…
Little Men, Big Fights: Chocolatito And Estrada Fight A Second Classic
FALL RIVER, MA – Last weekend we saw a new candidate for for fight of the year. When pound for pound star Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez met Juan Fransisco Estrada for the 2nd time. Their meeting came in 2012 when Gonzales was…
Middleweight Monster Marvelous Marvin Hagler Passes Away At 66
FALL RIVER, MA – The world just lost it’s toughest living middleweight. Marvelous Marvin Hagler was the biggest and baddest of the Fab 4. He along with Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns fought a round robin of…
Palm Beach Golf Course Superintendents Association Donates $2,500 To Support First Green, $2,500 To…
The Palm Beach GCSA is recognized in the Executive Club giving level of the EIFG’s Cumulative Giving Program. The Executive Club recognizes donors who have given between $25,000 and $49,999 since 1987. File photo. Golf field at West Palm…
A Bridge Too Far: Jan Blachowicz Turns Back the Middleweight Maestro
FALL RIVER, MA – UFC Middle weight champion Isreal Adesanya was undefeated in 20 fights with 15 KO’s. The rising star from Lagos, Nigeria and GLORY kickboxing seems to have finally met his match in the Octagon. Weighing well…
Lamborghini Records Double Victory On GT World Challenge America Debut
Race 1 began with Factory Driver Andrea Caldarelli making an early jump to lead Factory Driver Giovanni Venturini into the first corner with the latter settling into a comfortable second place. Caldarelli quickly opened up a healthy gap…
Canelo Consistently Chases The Most Dangerous Game
BROCKTON, MA – The public is wondering why the best pound for pound fighter on the planet beat up a Turkish man with all the name recognition of a chart at an eye doctors office last weekend. The long answer requires a PhD in…
Ballenisles Country Club Commemorates 1971 PGA Championship With Jack And Barbara Nicklaus
Jack and Barbara Nicklaus with the PGA Championship Wanamaker Trophy at BallenIsles Country Club on February 28, 2021.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL - BallenIsles Country Club commemorated the 50th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus’ victory at the…
Breached Birth: How Isreal Adesanya Dives Into 205 With Both Feet; A Look Ahead to UFC 259
BROCKTON, MA - Former Kickboxing and current UFC middleweight champion Isreal Adesanya, 31, is finally making the long anticipated step up in weight to 205. He moves up to face a new challenge at a new weight on March 6, 2021 at the…
Rumble In The Jungle Fifty Years Ago Resurfaced In The Khabib Nurmagomedov Vs Justin Gaethje Fight…
ABU DHABI - “I hit him with 3 or 4 good solid body shots. Ali pulled me into a clinch and asked, “Is that all you got George?” That was about all I had.”- George Foreman. That same question that broke a brooding monster in the rumble…