Category Archives: Sports
Kansas looks to use taxes on sports bets to attract Chiefs
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators were close Wednesday to approving a measure authorizing sports betting that would dedicate most of the state's revenues from it to efforts to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri to the Kansas side
London officers face misconduct review over stop of athletes
LONDON (AP) — Five officers from London's Metropolitan Police will face a gross misconduct hearing over the stop and search of two Black athletes, the force said Wednesday.
State House OKs limits on transgender athletic participation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s GOP-led House on Monday voted to limit which public high school sports teams transgender athletes can compete on. House members
Biden avoids politics in honoring hockey champion Lightning
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden joked that Steven Stamkos was getting old after playing in the National Hockey League for 14 seasons, praised the Tampa Bay Lightning's vaccine efforts and otherwise avoided politics while honoring the team for winning the
Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete penalty bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will soon add harsh penalties against public schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports, under legislation recently signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee.
National funeral for Habs great Guy Lafleur to be held May 3 in Montreal
Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur will have a national funeral to be held May 3, Quebec's premier said Sunday. Premier François Legault announced on Twitter that Lafleur's family had agreed to national honours for the late hockey great, with the fu...
Montrealers pay tribute to Habs great Guy Lafleur as Quebec offers state funeral
MONTREAL — Hockey fans in Montreal gathered Friday near the Bell Centre to pay tribute to Guy Lafleur, who was described as a player who represented Quebec with grace on and off the ice. Bouquets of flowers, notes and a pair
Praying football coach asking Supreme Court for his job back
SEATTLE (AP) — The clock ran down at the end of the homecoming game and spectators stormed the football field, knocking over members of the high school band — all to gather around an assistant coach as he took a
LGBTQ leader is key in blocking Kansas ban on trans athletes
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As state lawmakers moved to ban transgender kids from girls’ sports, Kansas’ most visible LGBTQ-rights lobbyist recently said during an interview in a Statehouse corridor that conservatives don’t mind if kindergartners “have their g...
Lawsuit over Idaho transgender athlete ban likely to proceed
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal lawsuit challenging Idaho’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports will likely move forward after both sides agreed that the woman who sued is again enrolled at Boise State University and competing in school