1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (290+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — Natalie Nakase didn’t shy away from giving her thoughts about transgender athletes. The Valkyries’ second-year coach was asked before Sunday night’s game against the Toronto Tempo about Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s recent comments about transgender athletes participating…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (439+ words) Santa Rosa tax proposal This track record doesn’t proclaim “fiscally responsible city.” — Dean Cooley, Santa Rosa Home ownership is a smart investment There are always trade offs when investing and home ownership may not be the right call for everyone…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (422+ words) GENEVA — FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino is being referred to Olympic ethics investigators for a possible breach of political neutrality, a human rights group said Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump helped block a World Cup player’s ban. Trump took…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1009+ words) Less than 16 hours before a press conference to announce the fate of intercollegiate athletics at Sonoma State University, organizers cancelled the event, scheduled for 9 a.m. June 30, without explanation. The much-anticipated decision on whether to bring back the SSU Seawolves, after administrators…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (195+ words) The return of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test was officially kicked off at an event Monday where children exercised alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The revived version of the gym class mainstay now has just three tests, down from the seven…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (591+ words) The court fight over the fate of Sonoma State University’s athletics program continues to evolve even as university leadership is poised to make a long-awaited decision on the future of intercollegiate sports on campus after an infusion of state funds…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (978+ words) For a president who revels in winners, Trump had to enjoy crowning two champions on a big fight night staged closer to the Rose Garden than Madison Square Garden in the co-main event of UFC Freedom 250. American lightweight Justin Gaethje…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (371+ words) Against the backdrop of a 3-month-old war with Iran that’s been broadly unpopular with Americans and has rattled global oil markets and with inflation spiked to the highest level since April 2023, the White House — long known as the people’s house…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1044+ words) Maybe it’s the kind of contraption that has carried space aliens to the White House to force a meeting with America’s leader. But come closer and you’ll see the contours of the eight-sided cage, 30 feet in diameter and shaped, with…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (617+ words) WASHINGTON — UFC heavyweight Josh Hokit was decked out in an American flag bandana and American eagle gloves as he delivered vigorous trash talk ahead of the company’s White House debut. Hokit wasn’t about to modify his style on the microphone…...