Author: Michael

On April 20, the New York Times published a 10,000+ word piece on former San Jose State volleyball player Blaire Fleming. A biological male, Fleming made national headlines while competing for the women’s team. 
Buried deep in the story was a detail that many might not have noticed, but OutKick did. Researcher Joanna Harper was said to be working on a study of trans adolescents to measure the effects of hormone therapy and medical transitioning. Harper also told the Times that Nike was funding the study.

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It doesn’t matter when she plays, people just want to watch Caitlin Clark. The Indiana Fever phenom drew significant ratings during the team’s WNBA preseason game against the Brazilian National Team on Sunday.
The contest drew 1.6 million peak viewers. That figure was 13 percent higher than the average regular-season WNBA game that aired on ESPN last season.

ESPN’s presentation of Sunday’s preseason #WNBA matchup between the Indiana Fever and the Brazilian National Team averaged 1.3M viewers
🏀 Peak 1.6M🏀 Up 13% from last year’s reg. season avg. on ESPN pic.

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We’re over 20% of the way through the fresh MLB season, so it’s a good time to kick off the Shuffle Up series. And we’ll start with the position everyone asks about the most: starting pitchers.
Pitchers are the sirens of fantasy baseball, forever teasing us and misleading us. Most pitchers, even the best of them, are constantly tinkering with their approach, their arsenal, their mechanics. And of course, throwing a baseball is a very unnatural act, so you never know who’s the next pitcher to need downtime — or a lost season.

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The Philadelphia Eagles started their offseason workout program just before the 2025 NFL Draft, welcoming players back into the building for meetings, lifting sessions, and more. The training programs are divided into three phases: one mandatory minicamp for the entire roster and one rookie minicamp for each group.
The Super Bowl champions have entered Phase 2 of the offseason program, which allows more on-field work. Phase 2 is three weeks long and remains voluntary, with slightly reduced limitations on what teams can do on the field.

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