The National Women's Soccer League released its Policy on Transgender Athletes on March 31, 2021 -- on Trans Day of Visibility. This choice, and the policy itself, highlight both the problem with "visibility" for its own sake and trans inclusion policies as currently envisioned by
Phil Neville is exactly who many believed him to be. This past Tuesday, Neville, current manager of England's Women's National Football Team, remarked that his plan had always been to parlay his current job experience into a coaching career at the club level in men's
The chorus of voices asking when pro sports will return is growing louder. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a consistent dialogue about how to bring men's professional sports back as soon as possible. The excuses for this foolhardy endeavor are many. If pro
On Monday, The Athletic's Katie Strang wrote the latest edition of the now-annual "what will it take for an NHL player to come out as gay" piece. It's not the first (see: 2015 by Pierre LeBrun; Brian Burke to George George Stroumboulopoulos in 2012 [transcript]
News broke on Tuesday that Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews has been charged with disorderly conduct following a spring altercation with a woman in Arizona, and the response from many hockey fans and media members has been predictable. While corners of the hockey world
On Thursday night I was on the subway in Toronto with dozens of Blue Jays fans who had attended the Jays' Pride Night game at Rogers Centre. Many were still wearing the free giveaway: a Jays rainbow Henley. From the conversations I overheard and the