Category Archives: Sports
South Carolina lawmakers honor national champion Gamecocks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers paused a critical day of debate Wednesday to honor the University of South Carolina's national championship women's basketball team in a raucous celebration that included Gamecocks chants and the team's un...
1,000 amendments can’t stall SC transgender sports bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Republican House majority outlasted more than 1,000 amendments by Democrats on Tuesday and passed a bill that would bar transgender students from playing girls' or women's sports in public schools in colleges.
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick working on bid for 2023 world junior hockey championship
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia and New Brunswick say they are working together on a bid to host the 2023 world junior men’s hockey championship. Both provincial governments put out joint statements late Friday announcing their support for the bid. The bid would...
Including young kids likely to sink Kansas trans sports ban
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas appears unlikely to join other states this year in keeping transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's school sports, partly because conservative state lawmakers want the ban to apply to elementary school studen...
Arizona governor won’t say transgender people exist
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
Tenn. lawmakers push for collegiate transgender athlete ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would ban transgender athletes from participating in female college sports under legislation gaining traction inside the state's GOP-controlled General Assembly. The measure
Arizona Coyotes seek gambling law change for ASU arena
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes want a new state law that legalizes sports betting changed to allow them to keep running their mobile sports gambling operation when they move from Glendale to Arizona State University's hockey arena next season.
Budget: New Titans stadium, grocery tax pause, vote machines
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers peppered Gov. Bill Lee's finance team with questions Tuesday about its proposal to authorize $500 million in bonds to help the Tennessee Titans build a new enclosed stadium. Some said the request caugh...
Bills deal renews debate over public dollars for arenas
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York looks poised to become the next place to give a huge subsidy to a professional sports arena, despite questions about whether the civic pride of having a team justifies giving so much public money
Tenn. lawmakers push penalties in transgender athlete ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly a year after Tennessee Republicans banned transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports, GOP lawmakers are attempting to pass harsh penalties against public schools that violate the newly enacted measure. ...