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|  | Basketball legend Candace Parker announces retirement 2024-04-29
- Legendary basketball player Candace Parker has announced her retirement after 16 seasons in the WNBA that included three titles—one with the Chicago Sky, in 2021. "I promised I'd never cheat the game & that I'd leave ...
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| | Red Stars fall to Portland 2024-04-28
- On April 27, the Chicago Red Stars fell to Portland Thorns FC 0-2 in the clubs' first meeting of the season. Camryn Biegalski and Chardonnay Curran made their season debuts for the Red Stars. Biegalski was ...
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| | Hundreds urge NCAA to not ban trans athletes from women's sports 2024-04-27
- A group of more than 400 current and former Olympic, professional and collegiate athletes; more than 300 academics; and approximately 100 advocacy groups released separate letters urging the NCAA not to ban transgender women from competing ...
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| | ProudToRun poised to return in 2024, fighting through lack of resources 2024-04-24
- Chicago's 42-year-old LGBTQ+ running event, ProudToRun, is so far set to return June 2024 following the cancellation of last year's race. The city's original Pride Week running event took a hiatus last year due to a ...
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| | Tatumn Milazzo wins NWSL honor for second consecutive week 2024-04-23
--From a press release - CHICAGO (April 23, 2024) — Chicago Red Stars defender and Orland Park, Illinois, native Tatumn Milazzo earned National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Deloitte Impact Save of the Week honors for the second consecutive week, the leag ...
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| | Red Stars beat Seattle Reign 2-1 2024-04-22
- For the second time this season, the Chicago Red Stars took down the Seattle Reign FC, this time 2-1 on the road on April 21. Thanks to goals from Ally Schlegel and Mallory Swanson, the Red Stars have swept the Reign ...
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| | Chicago Red Stars place forward Ava Cook on season-ending injury list 2024-04-21
--From a press release - CHICAGO (April 20, 2024) — The Chicago Red Stars announced the following health update on forward Ava Cook: Cook sustained a knee injury during Red Stars training this week. After further medical evaluation, it was determined ...
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| | HRC continues call for Title IX rules that protect transgender student-athletes 2024-04-19
--From a press release - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced it has finalized a Title IX rule that clarifies the scope of nondiscrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity throughout educational activities ...
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| | New Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students...to a point 2024-04-19
- New Title IX guidelines finalized April 19 will protect the rights of LGBTQ+ students by federal law and further safeguards of victims of campus sexual assault, according to ABC News. But those protections don't extend to ...
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| | Tatumn Milazzo wins National Women's Soccer League Impact Save of the Week 2024-04-17
--From a press release - CHICAGO (April 16, 2024) — Chicago Red Stars defender Tatumn Milazzo earned National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Deloitte Impact Save of the Week honors, the league announced today. In the 32nd minute of Chicago's April 13 ...
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| | Appeals court overturns W. Va. trans sports ban 2024-04-17
- On April 16, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with teen trans runner Becky Pepper-Jackson and overturned a West Virginia law that banned transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's sports teams in ...
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| | Fed appeals panel ruling helps trans athlete 2024-04-17
- A three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday (April 16) that West Virginia's law barring transgender female students from participating on female student sports teams violates federal law. In a 2 to 1 decision, the panel ...
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| | NAIA votes to ban trans women from athletics, affecting Chicago conference 2024-04-16
- The National Association of Intercollegiate College on April 8 released a new policy on transgender athletes, banning trans women from competing under its jurisdiction. The new policy, which is set to go into effect Aug. 1, ...
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| | Chicago Sky select Cardoso, Reese in WNBA Draft 2024-04-16
- On April 15, the Chicago Sky chose two key players from the past two women's national college basketball championship teams—South Carolina's Kamilla Cardoso and LSU's Angel Reese—in the first round of the WNBA Draft. The Sky ...
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| | Brittney Griner, wife expecting first baby 2024-04-15
- Brittney Griner is expecting her first child with wife Cherelle Griner. According to NBC News, the couple announced on Instagram that they are expecting their baby in July. "Can't believe we're less than three months away ...
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