Transgender athletes will endure a summer of uncertainty about whether they can return to their sports teams when school starts in the fall. Longtime Broward County athlete Jazz Jennings called that a heartbreaking process.
Jennings, who covers Variety s Power of Pride issue, said she s very frustrated by legislative efforts to ban gender-affirming healthcare for trans youths.
Still, even with his seemingly inhuman ability to make himself into whatever piece of the puzzle was missing at the time, Beasley s historic playing career had to finish at some point. And so, in 2019, Beasley began part two of his life: the infamous post-playing career. It s one that promises to be even longer than his time on the field, and one that he s admittedly still adjusting to.
He s now an owner of a club that represents his hometown, having brought professional soccer to Fort Wayne in the form of a team in USL League 2.
He s served as an analyst, working as part of CBS Sports Champions League coverage. And, after playing in a record four World Cups as a player, he s indirectly playing a role in a fifth as he looks to bring the 2026 tournament to his adopted home of Houston.
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Barney’s bible: ‘The more games you play, the better you get’ fallacy leaves T&T players underdeveloped
Youth development in Trinidad, simply put, consists of tournaments and competitions. The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL), Youth Pro League (YPL), Republic Bank Youth League, Next Level U-19 Tournament and Commissioner’s Cup are the main players in this arena.
The European Super League – A failed coup inspired by American Exceptionalism
For a little over 48 hours from Sunday through Tuesday, the world of club football hung in the balance. Twelve large European clubs attempted to breakaway from the UEFA Champions League and the established construct around soccer in Europe. The attempt to create a European Super League, outside the auspices of UEFA, shook the soccer world and exposed the clubs involved to a level of vitriol they have likely never faced in their histories.
On the surface, the story that captured sports fans across the globe and moved at a frenzied pace was simply about rich clubs trying to create their own competition where they could control the flow of sponsorships, revenue and thus control costs with guaranteed pay days.