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Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas does a television interview after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA swimming and diving championships Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas is the first known transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Thomas fuels backlash against male-born athletes in female sports with NCAA swim title

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas looks on before swimming in a qualifying heat of the 500 yard freestyle event at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) ** FILE **

Concerned Women for America files civil rights complaint over UPenn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Penn's Lia Thomas swims in a qualifying heat of the 100-yard freestyle at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas, who is transitioning to female, and swimming for Penn women's team had the second fastest qualifying time. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas qualifies as top seed at NCAA women’s championships

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas looks on in the warm-up pool during the Dartmouth Yale Penn meet, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

NCAA gives green light to Thomas with no changes to transgender policy at Division I championships

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, right during a meet with Harvard on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, at at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Thomas won the two individual events in which she competed. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Coaches’ association urges NCAA to open extra spot for Lia Thomas at championships

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas looks on as she celebrates senior day with her teammates during a swim meet, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Philadelphia. The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. NCAA rules on transgender athletes returned to the forefront when Penn swimmer Lia Thomas started smashing records this year. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Bar biological men from girls’, women’s sports

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

In this July 9, 2021 file photo reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican candidate for California governor, speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Caitlyn Jenner called out the NCAA ahead of a review of its policy on transgender athletes, saying Wednesday that the collegiate sports authority needs to "stop this right now" as Ivy League swimmer Lia Thomas smashes women's records. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) **FILE**

Caitlyn Jenner urges NCAA to ‘protect women’s sports’ as Lia Thomas dominates

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this July 25, 2021, file photo, swimmers warm up before competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The price tag for the Tokyo Olympics is $15.4 billion. Tokyo built eight new venues. The two most expensive were the National Stadium, which cost $1.43 billion, and the new aquatic center, priced a $520 million. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Sports stars risk cancel culture to speak out as transgender swimmer breaks women’s records

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

University of Pennsylvania student Lia Thomas joined the 2021-22 women's swimming team after transitioning from male to female. (Courtesy of Penn Athletics) ** FILE **

Hall of Fame swimming coach calls Lia Thomas situation ‘assault on women’s sports’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

University of Pennsylvania student Lia Thomas joined the 2021-22 women's swimming team after transitioning from male to female. (Courtesy of Penn Athletics) ** FILE **

Evert, Navratilova back Olympic champ’s rip on NCAA as trans swimmer breaks records

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

University of Pennsylvania student Lia Thomas joined the 2021-22 women's swimming team after transitioning from male to female. (Courtesy of Penn Athletics) ** FILE **

‘Akin to doping’: Swimming World editor urges NCAA to intervene as Lia Thomas smashes records

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on transgendering by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Who will insist on fairness and equity for female swimmers?

By Michael McKenna

FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, South Carolina players celebrate after defeating Georgia 89-56 in a quarterfinal match at the Southeastern women's NCAA college basketball tournament in Greenville, S.C. Dawn Staley and South Carolina are back in a familiar spot: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll, released Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.(AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File) **FILE**

NCAA women’s basketball tournament expands to 68 teams

By Dave Skretta - Associated Press

The NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis is shown in this Thursday, March 12, 2020. The NCAA on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, set the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports that will give each of its three divisions the power to govern itself. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) **FILE***

Mark Emmert says NCAA efforts to reform not motivated by fear

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

The NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis is shown in this Thursday, March 12, 2020. The NCAA on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, set the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports that will give each of its three divisions the power to govern itself. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) **FILE***

NCAA rewrites constitution, sets stage for transformation

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Illinois' Kofi Cockburn dunks over Indiana of Pennsylvania forward Ethan Porterfield during the first half of an NCAA exhibition college basketball game Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Michael Allio) **FILE**

Illini’s Cockburn to sit three games for selling items too early

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Oregon guard Will Richardson, right, drives up court in front of Southern California guard Tahj Eaddy (2) during the first half of a Sweet 16 game in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, in this Sunday, March 28, 2021, file photo. The NCAA women's basketball tournament will use March Madness in marketing and branding beginning this season. Using the phrase, which has been associated with the men's tournament for years, was one of the recommendations from an external review of gender equity issues of the tournaments that was released in August. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File). **FILE**

NCAA to look into holding both men’s and women’s Final Fours in same city

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Northwestern football players gather during practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus in Kenosha, Wisc., in this Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, file photo. College football players and some other athletes in revenue-generating sports are employees of their schools, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in a memo Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, that would allow the players to unionize and otherwise negotiate over their working conditions. The nine-page NLRB memo revisited a case involving Northwestern University football players who were thwarted from forming a union when the board said that taking their side “would not promote stability in labor relations.”(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File) **FILE**

NLRB memo: College football players are employees

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Stanford players, top, and a Utah Valley player warm up before their college basketball game in the first round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, in this Sunday, March 21, 2021, file photo. The NCAA women's basketball tournament will use March Madness in marketing and branding beginning this season. Using the phrase, which has been associated with the men's tournament for years, was one of the recommendations from an external review of gender equity issues of the tournaments that was released in August. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) **FILE**

NCAA to start using ‘March Madness’ for women’s tournament

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren speaks during a Big Ten NCAA college football media days press conference, Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler) **FILE**

Alliance of ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 could curtail SEC’s growing power

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press