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August 15, 2016 (August 12, 2016)

Sex Testing Is Too Jive

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          Sex testing. It goes on in sports all the time. But it only makes headlines during the Olympics, when a giant for-profit sports behemoth famous […]

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September 19, 2014 (September 18, 2014)

Battle of the Sexes

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Bobby Riggs had risen to the top of men’s tennis in the 1940s. A longtime promoter of the game with the soul of a pool hall hustler, Riggs used his […]

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August 25, 2014

Happy birthday Althea Gibson

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Groundbreaking athlete Althea Gibson was born on August 25, 1927. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Althea Gibson won 11 Grand Slam tournaments. She was also the […]

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