WNBA Commissioner Speaks on Transgender Athlete Eligibility, Followed by Controversy Over球

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WNBA Commissioner Speaks on Transgender Athlete Eligibility, Followed by Controversy Over球
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  1. For the first time since a WNBA statement last week criticizing efforts to make an issue about the eligibility of transgender athletes in the league, commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke about the growing narrative.

  2. Her comments come after the league was thrown into controversy following comments made by Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who said she wanted to “protect young girls in the locker room” and that “they shouldn’t have to go against biological men” in regards to transgender athletes participating.

  3. In the wake of her comments, former Seattle Times sports columnist Matt Calkins revealed he suddenly resigned from his position after the paper refused to publish his piece highlighting the concerns of transgender women taking part in women's sports.

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    A longtime sports columnist for the Seattle Times abruptly quit after editors killed a column he wrote positing that those who don’t want biological men playing in women’s sports aren’t transphobic.

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  1. 01 Newsweek

    It’s no secret there’s a little tension between WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert and Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.

  2. 02 Washington Times Culture

    “There were no slurs hurled. No malice detected. It was just Wilson, an Eastmont High student in East Wenatchee, demonstrating what some have trouble accepting: that agreeing with Cunningham’s position does not make you transphobic,” he wrote in the column after witnessing the girls when the Seattle Storm played Ms. Cunningham’s team, Indiana Fever, at Climate Pledge Arena.

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Original Articles (5)

Center Sophie Cunningham Hints Cathy Englebert’s Days Numbered as WNBA Commissioner — Newsweek
Center WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert Sends Blunt Message to 'Haters' — Newsweek
Center Sports Columnist Suddenly Resigns Amid Sophie Cunningham Controversy — Newsweek
Lean Right Seattle Times sports columnist resigns after editors spiked column on men playing in women's sports — Washington Times Culture
Lean Right Longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes to retire, citing differences with Pentagon leadership — Washington Times Culture