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NY Native, Ex-Olympian Caitlyn Jenner Visits State In Support Of Trans Athletes Ban
Caitlyn Jenner, a former Olympian and media personality, paid a visit to Long Island to publicly back a recent executive order banning transgender women from participating in women’s sports.
On Monday, March 18, the former Olympian, who came out as a trans woman in 2015, held a press conference alongside Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in support of his polarizing transgender athlete ban.
The executive order, which went into effect on Thursday, Feb. 22, prohibits the Nassau County Parks & Recreation Department from issuing permits to female teams that include transgender women, …
NY Sailor Becomes First American Woman To Race Around World
A sailor who hails from New York has done what only a small number of people have done — sailed around the world solo.
Twenty-nine-year-old Cole Brauer has made history.
The Long Island sailor, who grew up in Springs, East Hampton, became the first American woman to race solo nonstop around the world on Thursday, March 7.
She placed second in the Global Solo Challenge, which a total of 16 avid sailors signed up to compete in, after launching off from A Coruña, Spain on October 29, 2023.
Brauer spent 130 days circumnavigating the 30,000 miles down the west coast of Africa, Australia, ar…
Arena Football Returning To Albany Without Ex-Owner Antonio Brown, Report Says
Arena football will make a return to the region, albeit with a potentially new name and without embattled ex-owner Antonio Brown, Albany station CBS 6 reports.
The team will be resurrected in 2024, months after the Albany Empire was dropped by the National Arena League (NAL) over Brown’s refusal to pay his required league dues, new team president Jeff Levack told the outlet Thursday, Sept. 28.
“He confirmed that arena football will return to MVP Arena this upcoming season,” the station’s sports director, AJ Pankowski said on the X platform, formerly Twitter.
“The ownership group is local,”…
Popular Sports Journalist From NY, Age 48, Dies Suddenly While In Press Box Covering World Cup
A popular sports journalist died while covering a game at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Grant Wahl, a New York City resident and soccer analyst for CBS Sports, was age 48.
According to CBS News, Wahl collapsed while in the press box during the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal match early Saturday, Dec. 10. Paramedics quickly responded, but Wahl was pronounced dead a short time later, the report said.
Wahl had written about health issues he had been experiencing while in Qatar.
"My body finally broke down on me," Wahl wrote on Substack on Monday, Dec. 5. "Three weeks of little sleep, hi…
Aaron Judge Signs 9-Year, $360M Contract To Stay With Yankees
Just months after breaking the American League single-season home-run record, star outfielder Aaron Judge has signed a nine-year, $360 million contract to stay with the New York Yankees, according to multiple reports.
If you're scoring at home, that's $40 million per season, the second-largest contract in Major League Baseball history.
The 30-year-old Judge hit 62 home runs this past season, breaking the league record of 61 established by Roger Maris in 1961.
There had been speculation that Judge, a California native, might sign with the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, or San Di…
5 Members Of USA World Cup Team Have NY Ties
Five players with ties to New York are members of the USA men's national team in soccer's World Cup in Qatar.
One of them, a 19-year-old New York native, is the youngest player to ever start for the USA team.
Born to a Ghanaian mother in the Bronx, Yunus Musah, a midfielder, grew up in Italy before moving again with his family to London, England in 2012, according to his bio on the USA Soccer website.
Another midfielder on the team is also a native New York, from the Hudson Valley: Tyler Adams from Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County.
Forward Giovanni "Gio" Reyna, age 20, grew up in…