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GOP Rep. Nancy Mace gets roasted for attacking her state’s NCAA champion Dawn Staley on transgender players

Ahead of her state’s prospect to win a national championship, the South Carolina Republican attacked the famed basketball coach for her inclusive stance.

LSU assistant women's basketball coach resigns

Carla Berry, the Louisiana State University assistant women's basketball coach who first told university administrators about coach Pokey Chatman's alleged improper conduct with former players, resigned Friday.

Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland quits

Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland resigned Thursday, ending a 27-year tenure in which she won 605 games but battled allegations that she discriminated against lesbian players.

How Pokey fouled out

LSU legend Pokey Chatman leaves her post as women's basketball coach after an assistant alleges sexual misconduct with at least one former player.

Rene Portland lashes out at former basketball player, gay rights group

Rene Portland, the antigay Penn State women's basketball coach facing a lawsuit from a former player, says the player and the gay rights group representing her are trying to ruin her reputation.

Candace Parker, queer WNBA legend, is retiring 'privately with the ones I love'

Parker, who is also a mom of two with her wife, Anna Petrakova, announced she will not be returning to the game.

Brittney Griner says she will sign with the Atlanta Dream, celebrates career 'rebrand'

Griner, who has been in free agency for the first time in her career since she was drafted by the Mercury in 2013, said that she will be signing a one-year contract with the Dream.

UConn Women's Basketball Notches 8th Title
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Team USA Women's Basketball Wins Gold, Sue Bird Kisses Megan Rapinoe

The gold medal-winning team includes six out players. 

Emily Nkosi, Like Griner, Says Baylor Was a Homophobic Environment

Another former player for Baylor's women's basketball team says she felt trapped in a homophobic environment during her time there.

15 of the gayest Summer Olympic sports

All sports are homoerotic, honestly, but these 15 Olympic contests take the gold.

Former South Carolina coach reaches out to Chatman

Former collegiate women's basketball coach Pam Parsons, whose improper conduct with one of her players was made public 25 years ago, has reached out to Pokey Chatman (pictured), who recently relinquished her position coaching the same sport at Louisiana State University because of allegations that she had an improper relationship with a former player.

Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle, are expecting! Here's when baby Griner is arriving

Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle have announced they're expecting, and the couple's "favorite human being" is almost due!

Op-ed: Brittney Griner Is Revolutionizing Women's Basketball

Will Brittney Griner's coming out break down the "feminine" wall of women's sports?

LSU women's basketball coach resigns after controversy

Despite press reports that said otherwise, LSU's acting women's basketball coach said he was unaware of any improper conduct that would have caused Pokey Chatman to abruptly resign as head coach from a program she had coached to 90 victories during the past three seasons.

Olympics Point Out Big Disparity in Basketball

Out women basketball players competing in the Olympics speak out about why there is not a single out player in the NBA.

Trump Goes on Transphobic Rant During D.C. Speech

Along with anti-trans comments directed at trans athletes, Trump said, if he coached a women's basketball team, he would ask LeBron James to transition.

Ruling: Penn State coach discriminated against basketball player

Although Penn State has determined that women's basketball coach Rene Portland discriminated against a player because she was thought to be a lesbian, Portland will be kept on the payroll.

Don Imus: Not alone

In wake of Don Imus' racial slurs against Rutgers women's basketball team, Advocate columnist Jim David reveals the dark secret of morning radio hosts: they're all style over substance white males afraid of minorities at their dinner table.