The WNBA continued its efforts to push away conservative fans last week, rejecting a simple statement over the idea that it could be misconstrued as conservative.

Between the constant dragging of star Caitlin Clark and the relentless woke activism that included a George Floyd tribute this May, the league not only basks in liberalism, but it outright rejects patriotism at the same time.

This trend continued when WNBA commentator Rebecca Lobo uttered a phrase last weekend that could be considered supportive of the president or even too conservative for the league.

Lobo was doing play-by-play alongside Pam Ward for a game between the Las Vegas Aces and the Indiana Fever on Sunday, a huge game for women's basketball fans. As is often the case with the WNBA, the final score was not the most talked about aspect of the game, but rather it was antics on the part of the announcers.

While discussing a foul call, Lobo was at odds with the referees' decision as Ward jokingly pointed out the disagreement.

'Differences of opinion are perfectly fine.'

Fans posted a recording of the exchange in which Ward asked Lobo, "So they disagree with you?"

Lobo responded, "They do, and I disagree with them, and that’s fine. That’s what makes America great, right, Pam Ward?"

Lobo's seemingly harmless statement sucked the gravity away from the broadcast table, resulting in dead silence over the microphones for about eight seconds.

"I should rephrase that," Lobo eventually said, breaking the silence. Her apology would come soon after.

Lobo's suggestion of correcting herself was met with a whispered "yes" from Ward, who then offered a different version of the remark.

"Differences of opinion are perfectly fine," Ward asserted.

Lobo of course gave in and apologized.

"Yes, that's a better way to say it. Sorry about that," she conceded.

Fans responded to the footage with confusion, with many saying Lobo should have stood her ground.

"No reason to take back. [She] said the fact we disagree makes America great!" a Caitlin Clark fan wrote on X.

A Florida fan replied to the X post, saying, "So they hate America? Or like America? They literally live in the land of conundrum."

1996: Rebecca Lobo and teammates celebrate their Olympic victory over Ukraine, 98-65. BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP via Getty Images)

Governing bodies in sports all exert control over their athletes, former gymnast Jennifer Sey told Blaze News.

The athlete explained that in her sport, "for decades you couldn't talk about abusive coaches. And I guess in the WNBA you can't say anything that might be construed as conservative."

Sey added, "There's no way all the players agree and have the same views, but the WNBA makes it clear what the organization's politics are, and they must send a clear message to the players to fall in line or else."

The national champion called it "patently ridiculous" to interpret Lobo's comments as political simply because Donald Trump is the president.

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Swiss women's national soccer team proves men should not be in women's sports

The argument that sports should be separated by sex got even stronger on Wednesday, when the women's national soccer team of Switzerland took part in a friendly match.

The Swiss team has enjoyed a lot of fanfare due to the popularity of Alisha Lehmann, their 26-year-old forward who has amassed a gigantic online following. Lehmann, who plays in Italy for Juventus after six years on English teams, has a gigantic fan base on Instagram with 16.7 million followers and another 12 million followers on TikTok.

However, Lehmann's popularity could not help the Swiss women in their match against the under-15 boys academy for Austrian club FC Luzern.

'The boys didn't even look like they were trying that hard either.'

The match against the youth squad resulted in a dominating performance from the teen boys, in which the lads easily handled their older counterparts.

The game ended 7-1 in favor of the Austrian youth squad, with the results plastered all over the internet.

According to Nexus Football though, the match was supposed to be closed to the public, in attempt to gear up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 competition in July.

However, the outlet said that one of the boys posted the results on TikTok, which led to the widespread sharing of the score.

Swiss website Blick said a video was deleted from TikTok after it garnered 70,000 views, but by that point, it was too late.

Switzerland women's team, at stadium Schuetzenwiese in Winterthur, on June 26, 2025. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images

According to Sport Bible, Swiss player Leila Wandeler remarked after the game that while the training sessions have been "exhausting," the team wants to be "in our best shape for this European Championship. That's why I think it's a good thing."

She reportedly added that the loss "didn't matter" to the ladies but rather it was about "testing our game principles."

Viewers were not as forgiving to the Swiss national team and chalked up their performance as just another reason why men should not compete against women.

Yes, the match is real. Multiple sources confirm Switzerland's women's national team lost 7-1 to Luzern's U15 boys team in a friendly on June 25, 2025, as part of Euro 2025 prep. The result was meant to be private but was leaked on social media. It's a common practice for…
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On X, one user did not even believe the result was real and asked Grok AI to clarify.

A female X user piled on, saying, "Losing against U15 boys? Bold move, Switzerland."

"The boys didn't even look like they were trying that hard either," a top comment read underneath a YouTube video.

"Equal pay for the under 15 boys!" another YouTube commentator joked.

While footage circulating online has purported to show the game between the women and the boys, many sources have actually used a combination of footage that showed Lehmann walking onto a field, juxtaposed with video of a 2013 game between Swiss women's team FC Zürich Frauen and the under-15 FC Zürich boys.

That game ended 6-1 in favor of the boys, adding to the list of soccer games between women and teen boys that have been played with a similar result.

Alisha Lehmann of Switzerland takes selfies with fans on June 3, 2025, in Sion, Switzerland. Photo by Daniela Porcelli/Getty Images

In 2015, the Australian women's national soccer team lost 7-0 to an under-16 male squad.

Similarly in 2017, the U.S. women's national soccer team lost 5-2 to a team of under-15 boys from the youth academy of MLS team FC Dallas.

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Title IX was a promise. Democrats have broken it.

On June 23, Americans mark the 53rd anniversary of Title IX being signed into law. This landmark legislation gave women the opportunity to fairly compete in athletics. Unfortunately, thanks to the extreme left’s ridiculous desire to force women to compete against men, Title IX is under threat.

As the highest-ranking woman in Congress, I am proud to introduce a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to commemorate Title IX's enactment and celebrate women's and girls' contributions to education and athletics. It’s time all members of Congress go on the record supporting Title IX and women in sports.

Our daughters can depend on Republicans to protect women. We are fighting to end the insanity created by extreme leftist Democrats.

The erosion of Title IX protections is harming young girls. For example, in my home state of Michigan, a transgender water polo player was allowed to compete in the national championship, leading to an unfair advantage and a sham outcome.

Recently, during track and field competitions in Washington and California, biological boys stole victories that should have gone to girls. These biological boys would likely never have seen the podium had they competed against men. Allowing this behavior, which I often describe as the ultimate form of bullying, is ironic given our nationwide efforts to eliminate it.

Instead of wrongfully celebrating these boys who are stealing victories from women, we should recognize and celebrate rightful champions Lauren Matthew, Jillene Wetteland, Lelani Laurelle, and Kira Gant Hatcher. They put in the work and were forced to compete unfairly against biological males, only to have their hard-fought victories snatched away.

The parents, teachers, classmates, and administrators who allowed this to happen and are responsible for this miscarriage of justice should be ashamed. Instead of cheering on women and Title IX, they cheer for the destruction of women’s sports.

As a woman, a mother, an athlete, and a coach of young girls, I am appalled. The fact that anyone would rather allow biological men to compete in women’s sports than protect our girls is reprehensible. Where are the feminists who have dedicated their lives to protecting women and women's empowerment? No matter how hard Democrats try to deny it, biological men have an inherent advantage over women in sports.

President Trump and House Republicans have taken action to prevent these nightmares from happening in the future. House Republicans passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, and President Trump signed an executive order to protect girls and keep men out of women’s sports. Just this month, Education Secretary Linda McMahon recognized June as Title IX Month.

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images

These actions resulted in the NCAA announcing a new policy protecting women athletes from men competing in women's sports. Despite multiple states having followed suit, not all girls are protected.

This led President Trump to threaten to cut federal funding to California if the state continues allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports. In my opinion, he absolutely should. The president has already begun the process of stripping Maine of federal funds for a similar act of defiance. If states value this extreme, woke ideology more than federal funding for their students’ education, they should lose it.

Fifty years following the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Title IX gave women equal footing in the world of athletics, and now Democrats are trying to set all our young women back. Our girls deserve better.

Our daughters can depend on Republicans to protect women. We are fighting to end the insanity created by extreme leftist Democrats. And we won’t stop until every girl and woman has the right to fairly compete in sports.

If that means defunding every state, defeating every extreme left-wing Democrat governor, and demoralizing every biological male who steps foot on a women’s athletic field, we will.

We fought for more than 50 years for this right. I won’t let it end under my watch.

UFC fighter Miesha Tate rejects transgender athletes being in women's sports 'in any form'

Former UFC women's bantamweight champion Miesha Tate opened up about her thoughts on men, or "transgender people," competing against women in their sports.

The veteran fighter had a near-five-year hiatus between 2016 and 2021 before returning to the octagon for a more steady schedule, averaging one fight per year since.

In a recent interview, Tate was asked about her opinion on whether or not women should be open to fighting transgender athletes.

'I just don't know if there's enough evidence, and some people will feel comfortable with the evidence. I don't.'

"I still think that there is not enough conclusive evidence to prove that it is safe for transgender people to compete against biological women," Tate told Esports Insider. "I just don't know if there's enough evidence, and some people will feel comfortable with the evidence. I don't."

On top of citing that women have to deal with menstruation and hormones when it comes to weight cutting and training, Tate said she did not think competition between men and women in MMA "can be 100% equal."

Tate then told the outlet flat out, "I don't support it."

Miesha Tate on the scale before UFC Fight Night on May 2, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo by Randy Thomas/Getty Images

The athlete continued and affirmed that not only does she find the idea unfair, but that sports do not need to be "inclusive."

"I do not support men, in any form, competing in female sports. I just don't think that it's fair. I don't think that it's right. And sports are not inclusive. By their nature. By the nature of sport, it's a non-inclusive thing to do," she told Esports Insider.

Tate added, "So if you're not good enough, you just don't make it, and that's a hard lesson to learn, but it's a valuable one."

Before the idea of men in women's sports was a national issue, Tate, along with other female mixed martial arts fighters, stated her outright refusal to fight a male who claimed to be female in 2013.

The fighter in question was transgender athlete Fallon Fox, who at 36 years old began dominating women's MMA, including during a 2013 bout against opponent Ericka Newsome. Fox stopped Newsome with a brutal knee to the face, which some claimed resulted in a skull fracture, while others, including Fox, rejected the notion and said he has only ever caused a broken orbital bone against a woman. A broken orbital is a more frequent injury in MMA.

Fox stopped fighting after just two years, as women increasingly spoke out against him. This included the only woman to defeat Fox, UFC veteran Ashlee Evans-Smith.

After the fight, Evans-Smith told MMA Interviews the transgender athlete "did have an advantage" and should not be fighting against women.

Male-born MMA fighter Fallon Fox on November 13, 2013, in New York City. Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images

In her interview with Esports Insider, Tate called "biological males competing in female sports" potentially "unsafe," especially in contact sports.

Tate noted, "Sports are not meant to include everybody. I mean, if you wanna do a sport that includes everybody, then try pickleball. That's fine."

The 38-year-old also said she was against the idea of every child deserving a trophy, stating that it teaches children they might be good at something they are not.

"If they think they're equally as good at everything, because they always get a trophy for everything they do, they may not be able to distinguish the fact that, 'Oh, I am better at this. Let me go that way.' And then they play into their natural talents."

Tate last fought in the UFC in May, losing a unanimous decision to Yana Santos.

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'NULL & VOID': Male NCAA gymnast gives insane take on Simone Biles and men in women's sports

An NCAA gymnast launched himself into the debate about male athletes in women's sports following Olympian Simone Biles' remarks about activist Riley Gaines.

Samuel Phillips, a gymnast at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, weighed in on Biles' remarks after she called Gaines a "sore loser" for losing to a man (Lia Thomas) and "truly sick" for campaigning against the inclusion of men in women's sports.

Phillips not only piled on and threw more insults at Gaines, but he also made a bold claim about how Biles would fair in competitions against men.

'She would actually STEAL GOLDS from LOTS of the best Male floor and vault workers.'

"This whole fight between Riley and Simone is NULL & VOID because the basis of the right's attack is that she would lose medals in the men's gym category," Phillips wrote on X. "When in reality, she would actually STEAL GOLDS from LOTS of the best Male floor and vault workers. So their base is FLAWED."

Blaze News reached out to Jennifer Sey, a seven-time U.S. women's national artistic gymnast, to ask for her thoughts on how Biles would perform against men.

"I think it speaks more so to the fact that women's gymnastics has changed. It's about power not grace and flexibility," Sey replied.

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The XX-XY Clothing founder told Blaze News that now that men's and women's gymnastics are less differentiated than before, men would be "much more likely to be able to compete in women's and win."

Sey added, "What Phillips states is unknowable, but he's not wrong that Simone's skill level is otherworldly. That doesn't change the fact that men are stronger and more powerful overall, and if men entered women's gymnastics, they would displace women from medals and team spots."

Following his remarks about how well Gaines would do against men, Phillips launched his own attacks at Gaines on X, as well.

"Also Null and Void because Riley G.B. is in fact an evil spirited, loser mentality, unreliable, misinformed, hateful person."

Phillips then turned off replies to his remarks, while lashing out at Republicans on X.

"Muting the replies because every Maga cult member who comments on this has Baseless Arguments so elementary and rooted in fear. Nothing to debate about. You’re just here to fight and insight [sic] violence. Goodbye."

Although Biles issued an apology to Gaines, and Phillips shared it, he did not issue an apology or retraction of his own.

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In response to Biles' apology, Gaines said that while she accepted it, she thought some of the gymnast's ideas were "nonsensical."

Gaines welcomed Biles to fight alongside her in the fight to "support fair sports."

Biles has not issued anymore public comments, and her press team has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Blaze News.

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Simone Biles apologizes to Riley Gaines for 'personal' attack but still falls short of admitting the obvious

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles walked back her "personal" attacks against former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines for her activism to keep women's sports for women only.

Biles called Gaines "truly sick" and a "sore loser" over her advocacy and said the former college athlete should be uplifting the "trans community" and trying to make sports more "inclusive."

'I was not advocating for policies that compromise fairness in women's sports.'

The backlash against Biles was nearly limitless across the internet, including on her social media pages, which may have been the catalyst for the gymnast's latest comments.

Biles returned to her X account to follow up on her remarks four days after the fact but fell short of stating men should not be able to participate in women's sports.

"I've always believed competitive equity & inclusivity are both essential in sport. The current system doesn't adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didn't help for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for," Biles, 28, wrote.

Without directly calling out the issue of transgender athletes, Biles referred to "sensitive, complicated issues" that she does not "have the answers or solutions" for.

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The seven-time Olympic gold medalist explained she was not "advocating for policies that compromise fairness in women's sports," but she did not say that men — or transgender women — should be barred from women's competitions, either. Instead, Biles focused on protecting children from public scrutiny, an idea she did not mention in her previous remarks from days prior.

"Individual athletes — especially kids — should never be the focus of criticism of a flawed system they have no control over," Biles continued. "I believe sports organizations have a responsibility to come up with rules supporting inclusion while maintaining fair competition. We all want a future for sport that is fair, inclusive, and respectful."

In response, Gaines said that while she accepted the apology, she thought Biles' idea of competitive equity "nonsensical."

"The boys are publicly humiliating the girls. To suggest that women and girls must be silent or ignore a boy who is PUBLICLY hurting or humiliating them is wrong," Gaines continued. "You can't have any empathy and compassion for the girls if you're ignoring when young men are harming or abusing them."

Gaines still noted she has not seen the gymnast "championing this effort" to keep men out of women's competitions but would welcome Biles in the fight to "support fair sports."

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Biles' new comments drew plenty of reactions from athletes who have been directly impacted by men in women's sports, including those who commented on her statements from last Friday.

"Damage control time," wrote Taylor Silverman in a post on X. Silverman is a skateboarder who lost to a male in a women's competition.

"Here comes the woke mob. When you try to please everyone out of fear it makes you look worse. A swing and a miss from your PR team," she added in another post.

Paula Scanlan, who swam on the same team as infamous transgender athlete Lia (William) Thomas, replied to Biles on X: "Empathy and respect apparently involves making fun of someone for their looks. got it."

Scanlan was referring to Biles' prior comments, saying Gaines should "bully" someone her own size, which "would ironically be a male."

Overall, the predominant theme in the replies to Biles' post was that the new comments did not seem sincere, with many alleging they could have been carefully crafted by a public relations team.

For example, Fearless contributor Jason Whitlock asked, "Who wrote this? It took 48 hours to write this?"

Representatives for Biles did not respond to prior requests for comment or to an updated request regarding her latest remarks.

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'She's never had to compete against a man': Female athletes respond to Simone Biles' pro-trans rant

Simone Biles likely thought everyone would agree with her opinion that transgender athletes should compete in women's sports, a national gymnastics champion says.

Jennifer Sey, a seven-time U.S. women's national artistic gymnastics athlete, called out gold medal winner Simone Biles after the Olympian described activist and former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines as "truly sick" for campaigning against men in women's sports. Biles said on X that Gaines should be "uplifting the trans community" and finding ways to make sports more "inclusive."

'She didn’t go to college. She probably hasn’t read much.'

Sey told Blaze News that Biles' ego is likely to blame, an attitude stemming from being the best in the world while surrounded by handlers and "yes-men."

"She's definitely an icon and definitely thinks she can do no wrong," Sey continued.

Gymnasts grow up in an environment that "demands obedience," Sey explained, which she says makes it difficult to become a person who thinks for herself and does what is right.

"You just do what your coaches tell you to do, every day, for more than a decade. Add to all of that, Biles probably barely attended school. She didn't go to college. She probably hasn't read much. She probably doesn't know much about the world. She’s a gymnast. She knows how to do that," Sey added.

Simone Biles attends the 2025 Met Gala on May 05, 2025, in New York City. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Now, as a celebrity, Biles likely did not predict such a negative response, Sey continued.

"I think she did it impetuously. Didn't think it through. Didn't expect that kind of response. She lives in a bubble, and she thought everyone would agree and cheer her on."

Biles was hit with backlash from female athletes across the board, from swimming to skateboarding, and in her own sport from Sey as well.

"She's never had to compete against a man in her sport," former NCAA swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler told Blaze News. Wheeler swam alongside Gaines at the University of Kentucky and was forced to share a change room with male swimmer Lia (William) Thomas.

Wheeler added, "Simone Biles has never watched a male gymnast take her place on the podium. To be honest, if a male gymnast walked into her division and dominated, Simone wouldn't be clapping. She'd be calling foul — and rightly so."

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Skateboarder Taylor Silverman, who spoke out after losing to a male in a women's competition, also responded to Biles; she asked the Olympian a shocking but relevant question.

"If Larry Nassar came out as 'trans' would you want him moved to a women's prison?"

Nassar was convicted of sexual abuse of his patients as team doctor for USA Gymnastics, a story that Sey helped uncover in a 2020 documentary.

Jennifer Sey. Photo by Christian Alminana/Getty Images

Biles has not publicly commented since her criticisms of Gaines, nor did her team respond to Blaze News' request for comment. She has recently used her X page to promote pages like "@lesbiasnism" and other gay pride messaging, but on top of resharing her post about Gaines, she referred to the swimmer as a "bully."

Biles told Gaines to "bully" someone her own size, whom she said "would ironically be a male," seemingly unaware that Gaines was listed as just 5'7" by the NCAA.

By comparison, Gaines could be considered very tall if next to Biles, who is 4'8" and could qualify as having dwarfism.

Gaines, on the other hand, responded to Biles and explained that it is not her job "or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men" in women's spaces.

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