In the transgender sports cases, like everywhere else, someone has to win and someone has to lose.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Public-Health Officials Cross Their Fingers During World Cup
Despite a challenging nationwide climate for disease prevention and control, officials in Texas are stepping up their efforts at the 2026 World Cup.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ultimate Fighting Beyond the South Lawn
President Trump is helping Dana White implant UFC in the cultural mainstream with a fight night at the White House. But MMA athletes say they’ve been shortchanged.
Posted inTAP
ICE Raids at World Cup Games? A Los Angeles Union Says, No Way!
The L.A. local of hotel and restaurant workers settles a contract dispute, but reserves the right to strike if ICE appears at Friday’s kickoff.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ending Sports Owner Blackmail
A new bill would prohibit the money grabs that billionaire team owners unleash to pit states and cities against each other in bidding wars over potential moves.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Prediction Markets May Have Inadvertently Outed Themselves as Casinos
By intervening in individual bets, companies like Kalshi and Polymarket are not acting as neutral market makers, as they have claimed in litigation.
Posted inSports
Making Sports Work
There are lots of examples where sports isn’t dictated by oligarch whims at everyone else’s expense.
Posted inSports
Bananas for All
The Savannah Bananas are a national phenomenon. They have succeeded by putting fans first.
Posted inSports
Getting a Share in Green Bay
The only community-owned franchise in America’s major sports leagues is a legacy of football’s past.
