Trans athlete changes sports and is dominating women again — this time under a new name



Move over, Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. There's a new multisport athlete making headlines.

However, this time it's a male athlete who identifies as a woman.

'Cycling was so simple by comparison.'

Back in 2018, the man then known as Rachel McKinnon became the first transgender-identifying athlete to win the women's Masters Track Cycling World Championships in England. He then won a second-straight title in 2019.

McKinnon even told Sky News at the time that his obvious advantage over female competitors did not mean he should be excluded from competing against them.

Eventually, British Cycling got its legs under itself and in 2022 suspended the inclusion of "transgender and nonbinary" participants in its women's category, opting instead for women and "open" categories.

With women's cycling off the table, McKinnon is now competing in a new sport under a fresh moniker, having reportedly changed his name at the end of 2019.

Now age 44, McKinnon is going by Veronica Ivy and is competing in Canadian women's golf.

Last week, Ivy along with teammates Nonie Marler and Aram Choi won British Columbia its third consecutive Inter-Provincial title at the Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur Championship.

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"Doing it back-to-back is fun especially out of province," Marler told Golf Canada. "We fought hard, and the course is in unbelievable shape, and we're proud to bring it home to B.C."

The New York Post reported that Ivy separately won two individual women's championships in June, the British Columbia Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master championships.

Following the first win, Ivy remarked on social media how much harder golf is than cycling.

"I swear, golf has to be the hardest sport out there," Ivy wrote, per the Post. "Cycling was so simple by comparison. Cycling is maybe five minutes of peak stress, but golf is just five hours of nonstop stress, for days on end."

Moreover, OutKick reporter Joe Kinsey cited a previous comment from Ivy where the athlete allegedly said he hoped to develop a 280-yard drive, a distance averaged by only three women on the professional tour, the LPGA.

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Ivy's recent team win was the trio's second-straight championship together and was celebrated by Golf Canada on their social media pages. Comments have been disabled on Facebook and X.

Ivy has long spoken about how it is incorrect to refer to him as a male, telling multiple outlets that he considers himself to be female.

In 2019, Ivy (then McKinnon), told Sky News that he was "legally and medically female."

In 2022, he told talk-show host Trevor Noah, "I am a woman, that's a fact. I am female. So all my identity records, my racing license, my medical records all say 'female.' And I'm pretty sure I'm made of biological stuff, so I'm a biological female as well."

Eligibility

Ivy will likely face no barriers from Golf Canada, as the governing body does not require gender "disclosure or documentation."

Golf Canada's website plainly states in its "Transgender Persons Participating Policy" that "athletes can participate in events in the gender category in which they identify."

The policy continues, "Athletes who identify as a girl or woman are eligible to compete on girls', women's, and mixed teams and as individual competitors in events for girls and women."

However, Ivy will not be getting into the LPGA, thanks to its December 2024 policy requiring athletes to be female at birth.

Golf Canada did not respond to a request for comment.

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American golfer Bryson DeChambeau staging the epic comeback he promised after huge slump



Golfer Bryson DeChambeau was scratching his head only three weeks ago, wondering how much worse things could get for him.

In response, the 32-year-old posted a somber video just days after missing the cut at his third-straight major event, the U.S. Open.

'One year later, everybody says I'm the worst.'

Currently ranked 37th in the world, DeChambeau did not finish the U.S. Open, ultimately placing worse than No. 72 in June. In May, he missed the cut, placing below No. 100 at the PGA Championship. Same goes for the Masters Tournament in April, where DeChambeau failed to crack the top 54.

The golfer, known for his epic power, posted a video on his YouTube channel after his latest swing and miss and made no excuses to his fans.

"Ultimately, it comes down to me making better decisions," DeChambeau said, analyzing swing after swing in a 30-minute look at his recent play. Throughout the video, DeChambeau promised fans he would work harder and that he had no choice but to get better.

Whether through talent or sheer determination, DeChambeau has immediately stormed back at the Open at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.

DeChambeau finished Thursday's first round with a 67 with five birdies. Sitting at -3, the lead is still in sight for DeChambeau, with a lot of golf left to play.

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After his round, DeChambeau said he thought he "did a really good job" of being "incredibly strategic," something he may not have focused on in the past.

The California native added that his goal was to "hit more fairways" but said his performance was "definitely satisfying."

"Any time you get off to a great start, it's awesome, but there's three more days, dude. There's still a lot of golf to be played. But ultimately, from my perspective, I was really excited about the way I played," he explained.

In his video analysis, DeChambeau said he wanted his putting to be less "erratic," despite still having best drives off the tee at previous tournaments.

"We could say it's unlucky. We could say judgment. We could say bad swings and all that," he continued, but he added that "better decisions" were the solution.

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As for his mentality, DeChambeau said he hasn't been distracted by running his YouTube channel or complications with the PGA Tour's competitor, LIV Golf.

He did touch on the highs and lows of fame, however. DeChambeau stated that he has seen the heights he can reach, culminating in events like golfing with the president in 2024.

"I put one foot in front of the other and keep going," he concluded. "There's not much more I can do than that. Just last year, this time, before the U.S. Open, I was one of the best major championship performers in the world. Come one year later, everybody says I'm the worst. It just is what it is. It's life, it's golf. Things don't always go your way."

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‘Vintage Trump’: The side of the president the media doesn’t want you to see



When President Donald Trump unveiled the Presidential Physical Fitness Award at his desk, he was surrounded by Cabinet members and children who were proud to share that they play everything from football to golf.

And in a clip from the unveiling, Trump is seen joking around quite naturally with the kids — a side of the president’s personality that is rarely seen in the political headlines.

“You’re going to be so much faster than him," he says to one little football-playing boy, pointing at HUD Secretary Scott Turner. “He's going to be like lightning.”

“He was known for his speed, by the way,” Trump says, again referring to Turner.

One kid tells Trump that he wants to do powerlifting.


“And you’ll never compete against women in powerlifting,” Trump jokes.

“No, sir,” the kid says.

“He does this so well. He’s so good at it. He gets no credit from anybody for this,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

“Remember how creepy it was when Biden was around children? Absolutely zero creepiness there,” he continues.

In another clip, Trump teaches kids his famous dance on the White House lawn.

“I mean,” executive producer Keith Malinak says, “This is vintage Trump.”

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90-year-old golf legend Gary Player reveals secrets for living to 100



Golf and PGA Tour legend Gary Player is still playing as he turns 90.

The South African was the first international player to win at the Masters in 1961, and a star was born. Even though Player broke the tournament's rules by taking the prized green jacket back home with him in 1962 despite losing to Arnold Palmer — only the reigning champion can take the jacket home, for that year only — a lifetime later, he is still making headlines.

'I really suffered a lot. A lot.'

In April, Player shocked the crowd in Augusta, Georgia, teeing off at 89 years old and finishing his shot with a signature high kick.

"I'm standing here for the 67th time, and I think the word is gratitude, just being here," Player said at the time.

He turned 90 years old on Nov. 1, and now one of the sport's oldest stars is sharing his secrets to living a long life.

"Under eat. Exercise. Read. Prayer/meditate. Love. Ice bath. Gratitude. Sleep. Laugh a lot. Keep busy. Friends. Do things you don't want to do," he said recently.

The secrets were not his, though. While he may have the rules written on a laminated card in his wallet, he once received the advice from a gerontologist as a list of 12 keys to living to 100.

"All the gerontologists varied to a degree, but basically what they all agreed on to live a long time is under eat," Player told Golfweek. "Everybody's eating too much. Obesity, which is killing them."

Publicly declaring that living to 100 is now his goal, Player shared more of his regimen for good health.

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Working out or playing golf as many days as possible is part of Player's plan. Weight training, walking the beach, and swimming are included.

"But not far out," he said. "Because I'm very wary of sharks."

The thought of living to 100 is in Player's head "every day," he explained, saying he thinks he will get there so long as he does not contract a disease. "[It] can happen because the food is all sprayed, you know, and it's the things that prevent you from becoming a hundred."

Player opened up about his younger years in South Africa, saying that when he was a kid he thought of golf as nothing more than a "sissy sport."

Soccer, rugby, and cricket were more revered in his eyes.

"When you experience what I experienced as a young man, which is living like a junkie or a dog ..." he told the outlet. "I went to this great school, which really helped me, but I'd go home at night, nobody there, cook my own food. I'd get up at 5:30 in the morning to travel to school."

When he eventually started playing golf, Player said he made a promise to himself that if he ever became a champion, he would help others in a similar situation.

He continued, "So I really suffered a lot. A lot. I lay in bed for two years on and off wishing I was dead, crying in bed. That was the greatest gift bestowed upon me ever. And that's what made me a world champion."

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Player has 24 wins on the PGA Tour and 22 wins on the PGA Tour Champions. He has victories in nine majors, winning three Masters: 1961, 1974, and 1978. He also has 118 international wins.

Player was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.

Through all his success, Player says he knows why people die — it comes from retirement.

"I think people retire too early," he said.

"To me, it's a death warrant," he explained. "They say, 'I've worked hard; I'm going to take it easy.' And yes, literally, they do. They go home and they sit there and they overeat and they watch television and they die within three years."

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Woman loses limb after freak accident at California mini-golf course



A Ventura, California, mini-golf venue was at the center of a tragic accident last week that had a woman's family members rushing to provide emergency medical services.

Golf N' Stuff in Ventura boasts a massive miniature golf course with a castle, palace, and a bevy of palm trees decorating the property. Those palm trees proved to be a horrific feature for the Magana family, who were there to celebrate their 13-year-old son Damien's birthday.

'After that, we went straight into stopping the bleeding.'

While father Amando, son Damien, and older son Junior were golfing, the celebration turned disastrous when they heard the sound of a branch breaking.

Just after 5:30 p.m., 53-year-old Adela Magana was sitting on a bench watching her family play when one of the palm trees at the venue fell on top of her.

"I was going to go look for the ball, and by that time, I heard a screeching sound — like a branch breaking," Junior said, according to the Ventura County Star. "I thought nothing of it, but then I heard a big old thump, and people were running toward my mom."

Junior, his father, and two other strangers reportedly lifted the approximately 40-foot tree off the woman while staff comforted the child.

"After that, we went straight into stopping the bleeding," Junior continued.

The young adult said the team of people attending to his mother used a belt as a tourniquet while others called 911.

Ventura City Fire responded within about 20 minutes and transported her to Ventura County Medical Center, but the damage was sadly already done.

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Surgeons reportedly attempted to save the limb, but Adela Magana's arm was so badly injured that the nerves and blood vessels were unsalvageable. The next day, doctors amputated the arm just below the shoulder.

A Golf N' Stuff manager declined to comment on the incident to the local outlet but did remark that the mini-golf course was open.

Magana's son Junior attempted to explain the family's birthday plans, which never concluded due to the tragedy.

"We were trying to make his birthday a little bit better because it was mid-week, and we didn't know what to do," he said. "We thought of something fast: Play mini golf and then go have dinner afterward. But we never got to dinner."

Daughter Nancy, who was seemingly not at the golf course, commented on the affect the accident had on Damien, "It's a lot to take in as a 13-year-old to witness that. It's always going to be there for him."

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Adela will require more surgery, learn how to use a prosthetic, and go through rehabilitation.

"She's a very strong woman — even at this point. ... She's not able to talk, but she's able to nod her head. She has a long journey ahead of her," Nancy said of her mother.

Adela has four children and one grandchild, and reportedly manufactures bolts for the auto-racing industry.

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Hot girls and denim: American Eagle rediscovers a winning formula



Youth retailer American Eagle just launched a new ad campaign featuring “it girl” Sydney Sweeney from “Euphoria” — and her well-endowed fame is turning heads and shaping markets. The campaign launch, featuring the bombshell known for her curves, drove the stock up 15% in a single day.

Whatever American Eagle paid Sweeney, it was worth it. The company’s market cap jumped $400 million in one day following a 47% decline in its stock price last year. After years of hawking body positivity, it appears “hot girl summer” is once again the way to go.

American Eagle is back, reignited by the formula as old as advertising itself: Sexy sells.

The idea that hot girls leaning on muscle cars sell jeans — or anything else, for that matter — is nothing revolutionary in the ad world. Who could forget Pepsi’s 1992 ad featuring Cindy Crawford at the gas station in jeans and a white tank top? No Gen Xer on the planet could forget this ad. It was iconic — and effective.

Bringing sexy back

American Eagle’s newest campaign is a major about-face after more than a decade of jeans, car, and beer brands forcing wokeness down our gullets. Ultimately, sex sells. And pretty girls with sexy stares can sell everything from men’s deodorant to the WNBA — if only they had more Sophie Cunninghams!

Calvin Klein jeans made sexy their stock-in-trade over 40 years ago. In 1980, the premium jeans brand gave us Brooke Shields seductively whispering, “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”

She was 15, and it was both sordid and problematic. But it ushered in decades of “hot girls in jeans” advertising. From Kate Moss naked from the waist up in Calvin Klein jeans to Anna Nicole Smith doing her best Marilyn Monroe impression for Guess, the formula worked.

Abercrombie & Fitch gave sexy a twist with preppy hot girls and guys — shirtless — in black-and-white Bruce Weber photography. CEO Mike Jeffries was so obsessed with sexy that the brand was sued for hiring only good-looking people as sales associates in their stores.

Man boobs don’t sell

Then wokeness tightened its grip on corporate America. Sexy was out. Dylan Mulvaney cosplaying as Audrey Hepburn drinking Bud Light and overweight, nonbinary, hairy-chested men in bras and Calvin Klein jeans were in.

But the public didn’t buy it. Literally.

Bud Light’s partnership with Mulvaney in 2023 sparked a historic backlash. The brand plummeted from America’s best-selling beer to number three. Its market share tanked, and sales have declined more than 20% annually since.

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Walking back woke

But after years of brand-destroying body positivity, the remnants of normies at American Eagle took the wheel, and their sales and stock price soared. The brand is back, reignited by the formula as old as advertising itself: Sexy sells. Always has, always will.

Even Nike seems to be walking back its own woke phase. Just last week, the company ran a series of ads with U.S. Open winner Scottie Scheffler touting family values.

Another adage permeates advertising: Always include a cutaway shot of either a dog, a baby, or both. Cuteness, like hotness, sells. And nothing is cuter than golf champ Scheffler holding his baby.

Nike’s ad campaign with Scheffler comes on the heels of the company’s previous campaign with Dylan Mulvaney in a sports bra — without any boobs at all. Are we to believe that Nike has shed its wokeness? I think what’s more likely is that Nike was never woke to begin with.

Nike’s mantra is money. And execs will abandon Mulvaney as fast as you can say, “Just do it,” if it means reversing their sales decline and pleasing their shareholders.

Reigniting the normies

As Clay Travis famously put it, “The only two things I 100% believe in are the First Amendment and boobs.” We can gasp and pretend this is a controversial statement. But Travis only said what we all know to be true: Boobs are a reliable winner. Breast augmentation surgeries have experienced a compound annual growth rate of 13% per year since 2020 for a reason.

American Eagle’s Sydney Sweeney campaign is not remotely “body positive,” and that’s a good thing. It pays. And I predict other brands will take note.

Returning to normie marketing means brands can advertise normal ideas to normal people without feeling bad about it any more. And we can let it wash over us in all of its visual pleasantness.

Expect a wave of ad campaigns in which marketers quietly memory-hole the failed “body positivity” experiment and return to what actually works. The brands chasing social justice won’t say it out loud, but they’re breathing a collective sigh of relief.