MLB Commissioner Tells Sen. Hawley Giants Players Won’t Be Disciplined Over Bible Verses on Pride Night Hats

FOXNews.com:

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred told Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., that San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verse references on their Pride Night hats will not face fines or discipline over the incident, while defending the league’s uniform policy at the center of the controversy. 

 

In a June 19 letter posted to X by Hawley on Monday, Manfred said MLB’s office issued "a routine oral warning" after Giants players added biblical references to caps with the team’s Pride logo. But he said the warning came before the league learned the Giants had not clearly told players they could wear regular caps instead. 

 

"The players were neither fined nor disciplined, nor will they ever be," Manfred wrote.

This is good news. But I'm guessing that MLB commish Rob Manfred only consented because he has bigger fish--like the possibility of an upcoming labor strike on the horizon--and didn't want to be distracted bystupid culture wars at this time. That said, while common sense dicates that you'd want to keep divisive subjects like religion and politics out of the workplace, sports teams celebrating 'Pride Month' are all about one thing: money. Because instead of live and let live in an arena (Sports) that often brings about unity between a variety of folks from all walks of life, these corporate donors/morally-bankrupt heathens only care about pushing their Godless agenda down people's throats. Thank goodness guys like Senator Josh Hawley are around to put a stop to it.

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Jaxson Dart, Abdul Carter Explain Their Viewpoints on Giants QB's Donald Trump Introduction

YahooSports.com:

One week after Jaxson Dart introduced President Donald Trump at a New York rally, Giants players and head coach John Harbaugh addressed Dart’s decision and his teammate’s public response. Dart’s fellow 2025 Giants first-round draft pick Abdul Carter initially tweeted “thought this s*** was AI, what we doing man,” before later tweeting “Me and JD6 are good! We spoke earlier as Men. Yall can keep yall narratives.” 

 

Carter explained why he posted publicly rather than speak only with Dart directly. "Some things are bigger than football, and this is one of those things,” Carter told reporters Friday after practice. “Jaxson is one of our leaders. He's the face of our franchise. He not only represents himself in what he does, but he represents all of us. And that goes for anybody who wears a Giants uniform. 

 

“But if he chooses to align himself with a man like President Trump, it's my responsibility based on what I believe and what I stand on to not only show my teammates that I'm against that, but to show the world. That doesn't mean that we have to spread hate.

So because Dart displayed his support for Trump in public, Carter felt he had just reason to respond back on social media. Got it. Funny tho how no other teammate (and I'm sure that there quite a few teammates on the Giants who also oppose Trump) felt the need to respond to Dart's deed. There's also the fact that Carter is a huge Lawrence Taylor fan--a Giants legend who also openly supports Trump. Which all leads me to believe that this wasn't a wise decision by Carter, who's definitely going to hear it from more conservative fans (esp. when he plays bad) around the country when the Giants play on the road. Then too if Dart was a Democrat introducing a Democrat President at a rally, this would be a non-story.

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Chicago Bulls Waive Christian Player Jaden Ivey After He Spoke Out Against the NBA for Promoting 'Pride Month'

ESPN.com:

The Chicago Bulls have waived guard Jaden Ivey due to conduct detrimental to the team, they announced on Monday. The news comes after Ivey posted a series of videos ranting about religion and other topics on social media in recent weeks, with one on Monday morning calling out the NBA for celebrating Pride Month, saying it's celebrating "unrighteousness." 

 

Ivey, 24, has spoken in the past of dealing with depression. The Bulls acquired Ivey in a trade with the Detroit Pistons last month. He appeared in four games for the Bulls before being shut down for the rest of the season due to a left knee injury. 

 

Ivey was drafted with the No. 5 pick in 2022 and featured early for a rebuilding Pistons team before knee issues limited him to just 30 games in 2024-25 and kept him out for several games this season.

Of course, if Ivey was say openly supportive of DEI policies or spoke out against police brutality, the Bulls wouldn't have any issues with his views or right to free speech and thus would leave him alone. But since we're talking about a professional athlete who also happens to be a Christian and who isn't afraid to stand up for his beliefs, he gets waived. Hypocrisy, much? Yeah, me thinks so.

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Algerian Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Has Advanced to Having Male Sex Chromosones

Outkick.com:

Imane Khelif has finally admitted to possessing XY chromosomes. 

 

In a new interview with French sports outlet L’Équipe, the Algerian boxer addressed the controversy that surrounded the women's boxing competition at the Paris Olympics, where Khelif won gold despite questions surrounding the athlete's biological sex. 

 

Khelif is not transgender but reportedly has a condition called difference of sex development (DSD).

So months after getting to compete as a 'female' so he can neat up on women boxers, Khelif confirms that he has the male chromosome--something many long knew already, but were called a 'bigot' for saying so out loud. Well, hopefully this ends the practice of weak male boxers getting to beat up their female counterparts in boxing as well as idiot publications (including right-leaning ones) using male pronouns for a man who simply says he's a woman.

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8 Philadelphia Youths Arrested for Stealing Over $2,000 of Merchandise While in Florida for Football Tournament

CBSNews.com:

Eight members of a Philadelphia youth football team were charged with felonies after allegedly stealing more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from a Dick's Sporting Goods in Florida last weekend. The Polk County Sheriff's Office announced the eight teenagers were charged with retail theft over $750 and conspiracy to commit retail theft in connection with the alleged incident that happened Saturday. The teens' ages ranged from 13 to 15 years old. 

 

According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the theft was caught on surveillance video. The teens split up into two groups during the theft at Dick's Sporting Goods — one of the groups made a purchase and then met the other in the middle of the store. That's when the teens began to place stolen merchandise inside a Dick's Sporting Goods bag, according to the sheriff's office. 

 

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said three of the teens exited Dick's Sporting Goods with the stolen merchandise and were detained by law enforcement. The sheriff's office said they found stolen merchandise inside a black backpack and a Dick's Sporting Goods bag. The five other teenagers were arrested inside the store.

Talk about stupid, all 8 of them. And in a state that doesn't play around when it comes to shoplifting, which is actually a good thing. Because if this happened in their home state of Pennsylvania, they would've most likely have a gotten a slap on the wrist because that's what blue states do when it comes to crime.

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Women’s Weightlifting Champion Disqualified After Revelation He's A Male

Mediaite.com:

The winner of the World’s Strongest Woman competition over the weekend was disqualified after it was discovered she was born a biological male. 

 

News of professional weightlifter Jammie Booker’s disqualification was reported Tuesday by the New York Post. The competition, as noted in the report, took place in Arlington, Texas, from Nov. 20 to Nov. 23. 

 

According to a release from the Official Strongman Games, organizers were not aware that Booker was a biological male until after she had won. In a statement posted online, the organization made it clear that athletes must compete in the category of their sex assigned at birth.

Yeah, judging from his picture it's amazing that no one thought that might be a dude. Jokes aside, besides that fact that there are only two genders, it's funny how no one wants to talk about 95% of these lames competing in women's sports are white men. And that's no sheer coincidence.

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John Beam, Football Coach From Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U’, Dies After Being Shot

APNews.com:

Oakland’s celebrated former football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U” that showcased his success with players others wouldn’t gamble on, died Friday, a day after being shot on the college campus where he worked.

 

Police arrested the 27-year-old suspect Friday. Authorities said he knew the 66-year-old coach, and it was a targeted attack.

 

The shooting at Laney College rattled Oakland, with scores holding a vigil outside the hospital before he died. He was remembered as someone who would help anyone.

 
Remember watching Beam on Netflix's "Last Chance U" series, he was so beloved in his Oakland community, not just the football players. That said, wouldn't be surprised if this murder comes back to some disgruntled former player (or an associate of) simply because when it comes to the hood, no matter how hard you try, you can't please everyone and there's always some fool out there who when it comes problems, refuses to look in the mirror and would rather point the finger at you.

RELATED: Why Last Chance U Coach John Beam Is the 'Godfather' of Football in Oakland

IOC Discovers Differences Between Men and Women, Bans 'Transgender Women' (aka Men) from Female Olympic events

TheTimes.com:

The International Olympic Committee is set to announce a ban on transgender women in female competition early next year after a science-based review of evidence about permanent physical advantages of being born male. 

 

The IOC’s guidance to Olympic sports has until now been that transgender women can compete with reduced testosterone levels but leaves it up to individual sports to decide. That is now set to change under its new president, Kirsty Coventry, who has promised to protect the female category. 

 

The committee’s medical and scientific director, Dr Jane Thornton, last week presented to IOC members at a meeting in Lausanne the initial findings of a science-based review into transgender athletes and competitors with differences of sexual development (DSD) competing in female sport.

Honestly, the "trans" BS is just another immoral trope from people who don't believe in God, which not only makes it downright evil but says all you need to know about the state of today's Left. The same people who spout BS about 'gender-fluidity', gender being a 'social construct' and take no issue with allowing men in women's bathrooms. Indeed, today's Left is nothing but hating anything-Trump and woke trash and they're destroying women's rights in the process. And for a longtime, worldwide organization like the IOC to finally use common sense and bring back fairness to women's sports is not something that deserves a tat on the back--not until they take another step and strip these men of their medals and apologize to every female athlete who was cheated.

RELATED: Hilarious: Olympics To Ban 'Trans' Athletes After It 'Discovers' That Males Have Physical Advantages

Two Cleveland Guardians Players Indicted for ‘Rigging Pitches’ in Big Bucks Gambling Scheme

Mediaite.com:

Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers, Luis Ortiz and star reliever Emmanuel Clase, were indicted on Sunday for intentionally throwing bad pitches in order to enrich their gambling partners and themselves, according to prosecutors. 

 

Clase and Ortiz, according to the indictment, agreed to “rigging pitches” — either by throwing them poorly or at a certain speed — in return for kickback payments. Their co-conspirators bet on certain pitches being made, based on their inside information, and won at least $450,000, according to the prosecutors at the Eastern District of New York. 

 

Clase and Ortiz are facing charges of wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, money laundering conspiracy, and honest services wire fraud conspiracy. Ortiz was arrested on Sunday in Boston, while Clase, a native of the Dominican Repubic, has not been arrested.

The average MLB salary is $5M and yet these two clowns were out there destroying the integrity of the game so they could make more money. Unbelievable. Still, no matter what happens to Ortiz and Clase, lost in this nonsense is that it happened under Rob Manfred's watch, by far the worst commissioner in all of sports.

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Stephen A. Smith Bends the Knee and Apologizes to Jasmine Crockett for Criticizing Her

FOXNews.com:

Radio host Stephen A. Smith posted a video Wednesday offering an apology to Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, after he previously called out her performative politics. 

 

Ahead of his show, Smith released a video titled "An apology to Jasmine Crockett" that addressed his past attacks on the Texas representative's fiery behavior. 

 

The cultural commentator said his comments had "been misconstrued and misinterpreted" by critics, but he felt compelled to defend Crockett after seeing "disturbing" comments about her from President Donald Trump.

Bottom line: SAS got the call. That’s what happened after he dared to offer constructive criticism (without insults or name-calling) toward the vile, race-baiting creature that is Jasmine Crockett. Indeed, the backlash from the Democrat shills and Black elites within the woke mob towards Smith was immediate, brash, and deeply personal. And, like a good little puppet, Smith folded. You see, Jasmine Crockett isn’t a typical politician that one can fairly critique or call out on her policies (or lack thereof(. She’s the angry face of the Democratic Party and beyond reproach, no matter how foolishly she consistently behaves on TV. So, the woke mob put SAS in his place, and oh so conveniently, the very next day, Smith shifted left and began attacking Trump. Good boy!

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