Charles Barkley has STRONG thoughts on men competing against women in sports



NBA Hall of Fame member Charles Barkley said the idea of men playing in women's sports is no longer an argument worth having, as he cannot be convinced.

Never one to shy away from a loaded question, Barkley was asked by OutKick's Dan Dakich about a recent study Nike is allegedly funding.

The study, according to Fox News, has been testing how much puberty blockers are needed for male adolescents in order to reduce athletic performance to a level where they could "fairly" compete against females.

The study first came to light during a New York Times piece in defense of Blaire Fleming, a male athlete who dominated women's volleyball in the NCAA in 2024.

"Have you seen this thing?" Dakich asked Barkley.

"I have not, but I'm a make this very simple for you, Dan. Men should not play sports against women," Barkley replied. "I'm not gonna get into all the bulls**t that's going on out here in the world today."

'I'm never gonna think it's all right for men to play sports against women.'

Barkley told Dakich on his show, "Don't @ Me," that while he has love for gay and transgender people and is against discrimination, "Men should not play sports against women. If anybody thinks that, I think they're stupid."

Barkley added that under no circumstances does he think it is appropriate for a male athlete to play against women. He continued, "If anybody have a problem with that, they gonna have to get over it, because I'm not gonna change. I'm not gonna change. I just think it's wrong, period."

Dakich concurred and lamented that in comparison to all the political positions and arguments that have taken place in recent history, this subject was not one worth fighting over. Barkley again agreed and said he didn't even think the topic was controversial.

"I'm never gonna think it's all right for men to play sports against women. I don't even think that's controversial. That's the thing that's funny. When you see these debates on television, like, yeah. Men shouldn't play sports against women. I'm done. I don't wanna hear you try to explain it to me. No. No. No. No. No, I don't wanna hear it. I'm not gonna argue with you. Man shouldn't play sports against women."

Barkley has no issue with making political statements or remarks on social issues that others deem controversial.

Recently, he said that friend and fellow broadcaster Stephen A. Smith should not run for president for the Democrats, despite pushes from many in the media for him to do so.

Barkley has also criticized the city of San Francisco on numerous occasions for its mismanagement and inability to solve its homelessness problem.

On the topic of transgender women, or rather men, in women's sports, Barkley concluded, "There's a lot of s**t we can argue over. That ain't one of them."

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Phil Robertson’s 79th birthday request might be the funniest thing that’s happened this year



Phil Robertson, beloved patriarch of Duck Commander and the Robertson family, is a symbol of rugged tradition. Decked out in camouflage, preaching a faith-centered, back-to-basics lifestyle, he's the antithesis of modern trendiness.

That’s why his 79th birthday request left his son Jase in stitches.

“It was the most shocking thing I’ve ever heard come out of my dad’s mouth,” he laughs.

On April 24, Phil, now living in a care facility as he battles Alzheimer’s disease, welcomed Jase for a visit. “Your birthday’s coming up, Dad,” Jase said. “What do you want me to get you?”

Phil’s answer? “You heard of this company called Nike?”

Jase, retelling the story on the “Unashamed” podcast, can’t hold back his laughter.

“You can’t make this up!” he cackles. “He said, ‘I think I want some of those Air Jordan tenny shoes'" — specifically “high-tops” in "orange and white.”

"I just really think if I had a pair of those I'd be all right," Phil added.

“10 minutes later he's like, ‘You going to get me them shoes?'" says Jase.

A few days later, after returning from a trip to Nashville, Jase visited his dad, who immediately asked, “Where’s my shoes?”

“I’ve never seen him wear a pair of tennis shoes in my life,” he laughs. “Sometimes the bucket list, you just start digging around in there and you come out with a pair of high-top Air Jordans.”

To hear Jase tell the hilarious story of his dad, who’s spent a lifetime dodging modern trends, wishing for a pair of Air Jordans, watch the episode above.

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Nike is getting hammered for 'tone-deaf' ad at London Marathon: 'Heads need to roll'



Nike's latest advertisement at the London Marathon was lambasted as tone-deaf and completely disrespectful.

The red-colored sign read, "Never again. Until next year." It was supposed to refer to the spirit of runners finishing a trial and returning the next year, but many took it as an insult to the victims of the Holocaust.

'We did not mean any harm and apologize for any we caused. The London billboards were part of a broader campaign ...'

Among the critics was billionaire investor Bill Ackman.

"The idea that @Nike would make light of the holocaust using Hitler-red imagery in a post-October 7th world is stunning. Heads need to roll. WTF Nike?" he posted.

"I assume that this was unintentional, but it is hard to imagine that there was no one at @Nike, on the marketing team, at their advertising firm, banner manufacture etc. who didn’t know or who didn’t think to Google the words ‘Never again,'" he added in a second tweet.

"I'm guessing it's not super fun in the halls of @Nike right now. So many unforced errors. Never again? WTAF was this marketing person thinking?? A purge of mid level marketers must be underway. Plus some high level ones," replied XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey.

"What on earth was @Nike thinking? They posted this enormous billboard in London for the London Marathon, just days after Holocaust Remembrance Day, but not for Holocaust Remembrance Day," wrote pro-Israel author Aviva Klompas.

"I don’t believe for a second there was any ill malice, but please understand the concern with using the words ‘Never Again,’ what they represent and why this was in poor taste," responded human rights attorney Arsen Ostrovsky.

Nike released a statement to CNBC apologizing for the offensive ad.

“We did not mean any harm and apologize for any we caused. The London billboards were part of a broader campaign titled 'Winning Isn’t Comfortable,' built on runners’ insights and designed to motivate runners to push past what they think is possible," the company said.

"A series of billboards with taglines such as 'Remember why you signed up for this,' 'This is bloody tough' and 'Never again until next year' were placed along the route to inspire runners and the copy was based on common phrases used by runners," they added.

The iconic shoe company had been criticized by many on the right when they signed on the controversial former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a spokesperson after his national anthem kneeling protests.

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Next Time Nike Is Tempted To Run A Feminist Super Bowl Ad, Just Don’t Do It

Nike’s big celebration of women is actually demeaning.

'They can't speak up': Caitlin Clark headlines latest woke Nike ad that claims women are told they can't succeed



A new Nike commercial spreads the message that prominent female athletes feel berated and constantly told "how they should act."

The ad stars athletes like WNBA players Caitlin Clark and A'ja Wilson, along with gymnast Jordan Chiles and sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson.

The artistically black-and-white production shows each athlete in their sport and other scenarios (like photoshoots) while a voiceover from rapper Doechii explains how oppressively the female athletes are allegedly treated.

"You can't be demanding. You can't be relentless. You can't put yourself first. So put yourself first. You can't be confident, so be confident," the voiceover stated.

The ad continues, showing the women flexing their arms and celebrating as the narration goes on, "You can't challenge, so challenge. You can't dominate, so dominate. You can't flex, so flex. You can't fill a stadium, so fill that stadium. You can't be emotional, so be emotional."

Nike's explainer for the ad goes even further in terms of the supposed treatment these athletes have received. The brand states its marketing campaign is meant to speak directly to "athletes who lead and dominate despite constantly being told how they should act, what they can't do, and who they can't be."

'You can't speak up. You can't be so ambitious.'

However, Nike's chief marketing officer Nicole Graham gave a comment in the press release, which strangely wasn't anywhere close to the messaging of the ad. Graham said the company was "representing the voice of the athlete" and attempting to "inspire everyone to win, whatever that means for them."

The commercial makes more intriguing claims, though, stating women are told not to be ambitious and that they shouldn't have fun.

"You can't take credit. You can't speak up. You can't be so ambitious. You can't break records. You can't have any fun. You can't make demands. You can't keep score. You can't stand out."

The ad finishes with the on-screen tagline, "You can't win. So win."

This campaign was seemingly a continuation of how Clark closed out her first WNBA season, which involved apologizing for her race and attributing accomplishments to her skin color.

"I want to say I've earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege," Clark shockingly said in a Time interview. "The more we can elevate black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing," she explained.

About a day later, Clark contradicted her statements again while speaking with Time.

"I feel like I've earned every single thing that's happened to me over the course of my career."

Clark will start her second professional season with the Indiana Fever in May, with the 2025 WNBA season kicking off May 16.

The Nike ad appeared during the Super Bowl LIX broadcast. Ads were estimated to come with a price tag of $8 million per 30 seconds, according to CBS News.

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Blaze News original: Top 5 insane quotes from the WNBA's biggest — and weirdest — season ever



The WNBA has wrapped up its most notable season since its inception, breaking multiple viewership records while increasing attendance across the league.

The rookie season of Caitlin Clark saw ticket prices skyrocket wherever she played, with games even having to change locations to accommodate the fans who wanted to see her.

'I'm speaking on a particular group that is motivated by hate and destruction.'

But with more eyeballs came far more scrutiny of — and pressure on — the players. Not only did many players buckle under their newfound fame but so did owners and reporters.

What resulted from this historic season wasn't a showering of praise on the league's new fans or an increased appreciation for the sport but rather a historic series of blunders.

5. WNBA owner calls Clark fans 'racist'

Typically, sports franchise owners want to pull fans into arenas, not alienate them. That note seemingly didn't make its way to the desk of Renee Montgomery, former WNBA star and part owner of the Atlanta Dream.

Not only did Montgomery claim there was a prevalence of "bots" and "faux fans" within Clark's massive online following, but also the owner doubted that the new star's fans even watched her games.

"I'm speaking on a particular group that is motivated by hate and destruction," Montgomery said in a clip she posted to X.

"I like when our fans are so engaged and so passionate that they just don't like the other team. But being racist, sexist, and violent with your words — come on now, what are we doing? ... That's not acceptable," she added.

For some reason, the owner even brought Boston Celtics fans into the mix and accused them of "racist treatment of players."

The Dream finished 15-25 and were swept in the playoffs. Karma?

4. Reporter says a single MAGA hat made a WNBA game 'unsafe'

It wasn't enough in the 2024 season simply not to be a fan of Clark. Any connection to conservative politics that possibly could have been made was made — and then connected to some form of hatred.

Take WNBA writer Frankie de la Cretaz. The "they/them" journalist attended Game 2 of the playoff series between Clark's Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Sun.

De la Cretaz's reporting included citing the game's "vibe" as "horrendous" while also claiming she and her "partner" told off a "racist" fan sitting behind them. The fan's crime was daring to mock one of the Sun players for wearing fake eyelashes on the court.

The writer was even more outraged by "a man in a MAGA hat" and a woman wearing a "ban nails" shirt. The fan also sported props of giant fingernails on her hands.

When all was said and done, de la Cretaz said she'd be writing a scathing review about her horrible experience before adding, "I've never felt unsafe at a WNBA game & tonight I did."

3. Players complain their private planes are too small

After Clark was photographed on a luxury private flight — likely due to her being responsible for the massive attention the league was getting — players began demanding similar amenities.

Did they take their issues to WNBA brass and ownership? Of course not. Instead they took to their social media pages and press interviews.

Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese was the first to complain, posting a photo of herself seemingly embarrassed to be on a commercial flight.

On her Instagram story, Reese showed herself in sunglasses and a paper mask with the caption: "Just praying that this is one of the last commercial flights the Chicago Sky has to fly." A second caption read, "Practicing gratitude & patience as the league introduces charter flights for all teams."

Phoenix Mercury guard Sophie Cunningham went about her request far more arrogantly, saying, "Butterflies and rainbows now that we got the charters" before adding that the private planes weren't big enough.

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

"We are so grateful to be able to start chartering, but with that, there's a lot of things that need to be adjusted," she said during an interview. "Our bags and some of our people can't fly with us because our charter is too small. While other teams get big planes."

Cunningham seems to be unaware that while the league is losing a reported $50 million in 2024, its private plane program is responsible for half that debt at $25 million.

2. A'ja Wilson claims black players don't get endorsements — and is immediately proven wrong

In what may have been a cruel joke by a reporter, Las Vegas Aces player A'ja Wilson made wild, racially charged accusations, only to be immediately proven wrong.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Wilson claimed that race has played a "huge" role in Clark's popularity while adding that black women aren't seen as marketable and, despite what they may accomplish, are still ignored.

"It doesn't matter what we all do as black women; we're still going to be swept underneath the rug," Wilson argued.

To the surprise of very few, Wilson's claims were completely destroyed before they were even published.

A week before the interview went public, Wilson signed a deal with Gatorade. Then, on May 11, Wilson and Nike announced that she would be endorsed and given her own signature shoe.

On May 12, Wilson's interview with the Associated Press was published, leaving egg all over her face.

Wilson called it a "dream" of hers to be able to work with such an iconic brand as Nike, but she failed to mention anything about being unmarketable due to her race.

1. Cameron Brink accidentally calls her teammates ugly

The most jaw-dropping quote of the season came from the right place — that is, if you believe woke culture and social justice are forces for good.

When Cameron Brink gave an interview about "tired narratives," she focused on the idea of breaking stereotypes and tropes. However, the 22-year-old actually just ended up calling her teammates ugly and manly.

'Some of my teammates go by they/them pronouns.'

In an attempt to spew woke dogma, Brink initially went with race as a factor in popularity: "I will acknowledge there's a privilege for the younger white players of the league. That's not always true, but there is a privilege that we have inherently, and the privilege of appearing feminine."

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After stating there is pressure for women to appear womanly, Brink attempted to explain why her more "masculine" teammates should be more popular despite their looks.

"Some of my teammates are more masculine. Some of my teammates go by they/them pronouns," she said. "I want to bring more acceptance to that and not just have people support us because of the way that we look. I know I can feed into that because I like to dress femininely, but that's just me. I want everyone to be accepted — not just paid attention to because of how they look."

Brink has since continued to dress like a woman.

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A top marketing specialist at Nike responded to Iran-backed terror group Hamas's Oct. 7 slaughtering of innocent Israeli women and children by accusing the Jewish state—not Hamas—of "massacring civilians." James Rehwald, who has worked as a "digital media marketing specialist" at Nike since 2021, on Oct. 16 posted a video to his Patreon account titled, "Why Israel Deliberately Targets Civilians." That video, Rehwald wrote in his caption, exposes the "brutal military and settler colonial occupation that Israel has imposed on its native Palestinians for the past 75 years." Rehwald went on to downplay the atrocities Hamas terrorists committed against Israelis during their attack on the Jewish state, arguing that Israel commits those same atrocities "on a much greater scale."

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Keith Olbermann strikes out in Bud Light brouhaha with David Wells, former star pitcher takes swing at Nike's wokeness and coddled MLB players



Former MLB star David Wells replied with a pitch-perfect response to progressive blowhard Keith Olbermann in an online brouhaha over the Bud Light controversy. The former New York Yankees starting pitcher also took a swing at Nike's corporate wokeness and how Major League Baseball players are coddled.

Wells appeared at the 75th Old-Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium on Saturday – which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1998 Bronx Bombers squad that won 125 games and captured the World Series.

Wells covered up the Nike logo with medical tape on his Yankees jersey for Old Timers' Day because he disagrees with the sneaker company's politics.

Wells declared, "I hate Nike! They’re woke!”

According to The Athletic, "He said that if he were playing today, he would have cut a hole into his jersey and worn it on the field like that rather than display Nike’s logo on his body."

Wells also said today's MLB players are soft as he defended embattled Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, who is under fire tor the team's disappointing season.

“It always seems that the (general managers), the managers and all of that are getting fired, and getting blamed for it, and it’s the players’ (fault),” Wells said. “If you’re not doing the job out on the field, and if I was a GM, I would start sending a message.”

The retired starting pitcher with 239 career wins under his belt called for MLB teams to send underperforming players to the minor leagues to "send a message."

"I don’t care how much money you’re making," he continued. "Send a message to them and let them go sit down there and think about it. That’s what you have to do. I think now they coddle them too much. They baby them. … It’s up to your peers to make you better."

The pitcher nicknamed "Boomer" recalled a time when he was pitching poorly for the Yankees and the team's catcher, Jorge Posada, got physical with him.

"He slammed me against the pillar and got in my face but I respected it,” Wells said.

Wells added, "But to me, that’s what you don’t see anymore. You don’t see the guys getting in each other’s face. And it’s not a personal thing. You’re here to win, and that’s what they try to do, and I think from seeing my perspective, looking in, they don’t have that kind of camaraderie anymore."

When asked if he drinks Bud Light, Wells fired back, "Nope!"

Former MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann infused himself into the situation by questioning if Wells no longer drinks Bud Light.

Seeking a rebuttal, Olberman tagged Wells on the X social media platform along with a screenshot of the former star pitcher voicing his displeasure with Bud Light.

Olbermann tweeted, "Bulls**t. @BoomerWells33 would drink wood alcohol. Another f***ing fraud."

Wells struck back at Olbermann with a home run response, "Keith shut the f*** up. Just because you never played the game and all you did was work for ESPN and talk s**t on all of us players because you have a degree in journalism makes you an expert on putting athletes down. And that's if you even have a degree. Stick to your politics."

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