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Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock campaigns on Sept. 2, 2022, in Atlanta with other members of historically Black fraternities and sororities. Warnock faced Republican Herschel Walker, a former University of Georgia football star, in a Tuesday runoff. Sports and college loyalties have figure prominently in the contest and in other midterm campaigns in this closely divided Deep South battleground. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

In Georgia, how sports explain a political battleground

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster looks at data about the COVID-19 spread in the Kershaw County School District during a discussion with school officials at Camden Elementary School on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021, in Camden, S.C. McMaster has quietly signed into law a bill, Monday, May 16, that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges as the state joins about a dozen others that have passed similar laws in the past two years . (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

South Carolina governor signs bill barring male-born athletes from female sports

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Angela Morgan, left, and her daughter Sidney McLaughlin stand in front of Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Okla., March 15, 2022. Nearly 50 years after Congress passed the sweeping law that guarantees equity in “any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance,” including high school athletics, girls are stuck in an imperfect system that continues to favor boys. (Jason Elquist/Elm Tree Photo via AP) **FILE**

Title IX has not meant equality for high school girls sports

By Jacob Richman and Alexandra Gopin - Associated Press

Oxford High School sophomore Allison Hepp, 15, holds a candle as she bows her head in prayer during a vigil after the Oxford High School school shootings, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at LakePoint Community Church in Oxford, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

Who are the victims of Oxford High School shooting?

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Northwestern football players gather during practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus in Kenosha, Wisc., in this Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, file photo. College football players and some other athletes in revenue-generating sports are employees of their schools, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in a memo Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, that would allow the players to unionize and otherwise negotiate over their working conditions. The nine-page NLRB memo revisited a case involving Northwestern University football players who were thwarted from forming a union when the board said that taking their side “would not promote stability in labor relations.”(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File) **FILE**

NLRB memo: College football players are employees

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Ohio State wide receiver Chris Olave catches a touchdown pass in front of Clemson cornerback Derion Kendrick during the second half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, in this Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, file photo. Olave was selected to The Associated Press Preseason All-America first team offense, Monday Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File) **FILE**

ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 ally to ‘protect the collegiate model’

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

FILE - Hartford players celebrate after beating the UMass-Lowell in an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the America East conference tournament in Hartford, Conn., in this Saturday, March 13, 2021, file photo. The University of Hartford is dropping its sports teams from Division I to Division III. The discussion to downgrade to Division III has sparked marches on campus led by athletes and a petition from alumni to remain in Division I. The Board of Regents said Thursday, night's vote, May 6, 2021, came after a year of discussions. A consultants report released last month said the school could save more than $9 million a year by making the move. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP, File)

University of Hartford sports drops from Division I to III

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Oakland Athletics' Jesus Luzardo pitches against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

LEADING OFF: Luzardo hurt playing video game, Ohtani OK?

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Oakland Athletics' Jesus Luzardo pitches against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

LEADING OFF: Luzardo hurt playing video game, Ohtani OK?

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Kansas hires Northwestern administrator Goff as next AD

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 23, 2020 file photo, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, right, speaks during a news conference in Little Rock, Ark. Gov. Hutchinson on Thursday, March 25, 2021 signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing in school sports teams consistent with their gender identity. (Staton Breidenthal/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Column: Trans athletes not an issue but discrimination real

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, stands behind a clear safety barrier that surrounds the speaker's well as she presents a bill for consideration at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Legislators continue to debate the long lists of bills that survived the first big deadline of the session. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi close to putting limits on transgender athletes

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2019, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert answers questions during a news conference at the Final Four college basketball tournament in Minneapolis. The NCAA is set to delay a potential landmark vote on legislation that would permit college athletes to be compensated for their fame for the first time after the association received a warning from the Department of Justice about potential antitrust violations. NCAA President Mark Emmert on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2020, emailed a letter to Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general of the DOJ's antitrust division, saying he strongly recommended putting off votes on new name, image and likeness rules by two key legislative bodies that had been scheduled for next week. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) **FILE**

Emmert: NCAA still expecting to get pay issue done in ‘21

By Eric Olson - Associated Press

Booker, Democratic lawmakers introduce NCAA reform bill

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, people rest on grass while reading at Brown University in Providence, R.I. The university and attorneys for student-athletes, who challenged the Ivy League school's decision to reduce several women's varsity sports teams to club status, announced a proposed settlement Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Judge approves settlement in women’s sports case at Brown

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Investigation launched into Utah State football allegations

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Oakland Athletics center fielder Ramon Laureano makes a catch at the wall on a ball hit by Los Angeles Angels' Brian Goodwin during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

A’s hit 3 HRs, Laureano’s 3 fine catches help top Angels 8-4

By JOE REEDY - Associated Press

People line up at the Covid-19 testing site at LSU's Alex Box Stadium parking lot, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)

Louisiana governor, lawmakers oppose canceling school sports

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2014, file photo, Stanford men's volleyball head coach John Kosty, second from left, looks down as players react after a 3-1 loss to Loyola in the NCAA men's college volleyball championship at Gentile Arena in Chicago. Stanford announced Wednesday, July 8, 2020, that it is dropping 11 sports amid financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The school will discontinue men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling after the 2020-21 academic year. Stanford also is eliminating 20 support staff positions. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) **FILE**

Stanford drops 11 sports to cut costs during pandemic

By John Marshall - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 10, 2019, file photo, Bowling Green's Neil Lambert bats during the team's NCAA college baseball game against Kent Sate in Bowling Green, Ohio. Bowling Green recently announced that it is dropping baseball. Colleges mulling whether to cut sports amid the coronavirus pandemic must ensure they remain compliant with the federal civil-rights law known as Title IX, which requires the equitable treatment of remaining men's and women's programs. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)

Title IX major factor for colleges looking at sports cuts

By AARON BEARD - Associated Press