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Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story

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What happened Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story.
The headline split The center frames it as "Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story". 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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CenterSeattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story

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Right / center-rightI was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned. 1

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The HillNews report · Aug 20, 10:41 PM

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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InstapunditOpinion · Aug 20, 10:30 PM

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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