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Why it’s cool that Boston Celtics’ Peyton Pritchard wears Sabrina Ionescu shoes
Payton Pritchard is the latest athlete defying what have been conventional norms and wearing what makes him perform and feel better.
By Jim Buzinski | May 7, 2024Payton Pritchard is the latest athlete defying what have been conventional norms and wearing what makes him perform and feel better.
By Jim Buzinski | May 7, 2024The WNBA star opens up about her ordeal in Russia and what being gay in a homophobic society was like.
By Jim Buzinski | May 3, 2024As a player, Sue Bird helped Seattle to four WNBA championships. Now she's looking to win her first as a co-owner.
By Ken Schultz | April 30, 2024Jared McCain was a standout player in his freshman year at Duke. All the while, he painted his fingernails for games, in a growing trend.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 29, 2024Jason Collins came out in the NBA 11 years ago today and inspired countless others to do so as well. Ben Shapiro didn't like it at all.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 29, 2024Candace Parker has won three WNBA titles and is one of the best WNBA players of all time. She lends her expertise to NBA coverage on TNT.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 28, 2024Gregg Doyel made a fool of himself in his first press conference with Caitlin Clark, referring to the Indiana player as 'that' and 'it.'
By Patti Dawn Swansson | April 25, 2024Michael Porter Jr. said NBA players have wild sexual fantasies including other men. The Denver Nuggets forward spills the tea.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 24, 2024A school paper's profile of three Ball State athletes show how acceptance and inclusion are a winning combination.
By Jim Buzinski | April 19, 2024Natasha Cloud returned to her hometown of Philadelphia to take part in the 76ers Pride Night and did something she'd seen for years.
By Shelby Weldon | April 16, 2024Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle, announced their big news on Instagram. Could the baby come early, for Pride Month?
By Cyd Zeigler | April 15, 2024Caitlin Clark, in New York for the WNBA Draft, made a surprise appearance with Michael Che on Saturday Night Live.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 15, 2024With the WNBA Draft upon us, so many people will make life-changing choices. Here are some of the LGBTQ coaches, like Becky Hammon, in the conversation.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 15, 2024Bill Kennedy and Che Flores are gay and trans NBA referees. The NBA has put Emirates patches on them despite anti-gay laws.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 14, 2024After OutKick tried to turn the NCAA Championship into an anti-trans moment, Clark and the WNBA have a chance to turn them into an object of ridicule.
By Ken Schultz | April 11, 2024The WNBA Draft for 2024 is upon us. As Caitlin Clark will be the first pick, Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart rained on the parade a bit.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 10, 2024Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Mat Ishbia is being questioned about a recording some say features him using a gay slur.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 9, 2024It isn't about how far the women's basketball game has come. This season, NCAA women's basketball arrived. Fans and ESPN viewers watched.
By Karleigh Webb | April 8, 2024South Carolina coach Dawn Staley and Iowa coach Lisa Bluder gave very different answers to Final Four questions about trans athletes.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 6, 2024At least three LGBTQ assistant coaches in this year's Women's Final Four are publicly out. In the Men's Final Four, there are again none.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 6, 2024