Xander Schauffele, citizen of Earth, wins Olympic golf gold

The meaning of this turn of Olympic golf ended up being that the gold medal went to that man for all nations, the polyglot delight from San Diego who stood for one national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but could have stood for several. This 27-year-old with the Californian ease and ( Read more... )

Our Lady of Sorrows forfeited the baseball championship in the Arizona Charter Athletic Association, because their opponent had a girl on the team.

UCC church regretfully pulls out of the St. Clair Church Softball League, because half the teams won't play them, as their pastor (who is not on the team) is bisexual.

You may have dimly heard a story about a basketball team from an Orthodox school that was going to have to default in the semifinals, since the championship game was set for the Sabbath. And then the schedule got changed, and they went on to win. Yay!

The NYT dug deeper, and what it found wasn't pretty. The organization involved is TAPPS, the ( Read more... )