Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story

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What happenedSeattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story.

What changedThe left frames it as "Seattle Times Columnist Resigns After Paper Scrapped Trans Sports Column". The right frames it as "I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned. 1".

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The Hill1h ago

Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story

A sports columnist with The Seattle Times announced Thursday he has resigned after the outlet declined to run his piece on transgender athletes in women's sports. “After 11 years as a sport...

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New York Times - Business1h ago

Seattle Times Columnist Resigns After Paper Scrapped Trans Sports Column

Matt Calkins, a longtime sports columnist, said editors had refused to publish a column about transgender athletes in women’s competitions.

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Instapundit1h ago

MATT CALKINS: I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned. 1

I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned. 16-year-old Ahnaleigh Wilson, who’d lost to a biological male in a track and field race in eighth grade a...

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