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FEBRUARY/MARCH, 2023
March 21, 2023 - Wyoming - Wyoming Bans Transgender Youths From Girls' Sports Teams, NBC News.
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March 20, 2023 - Washington, DC - 12-year-old Transgender Student Athlete Fights West Virginia's Proposed Anti-Trans Sports Ban, reported by Devan Cole, ABC 7 Chicago, IL. This matter is before the US Supreme Court. We will follow it's progress through the Court.
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March 9, 2023 - Lexington, KY - 'We Take Care of Each Other.' Eastern Kentucky Band Playing for Neighbort School at Sweet 16, reported by Valarie Honeycutt Spears, Lexington Herald-Leader.
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March 5, 2023 - Houston, TX - Sports Bra Controversy: High School Student Calls Out Spring Branch ISD Over Dress Code, reported by Cory McCord, KHOU TV.
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March 2, 2023 - San Francisco, CA - Brawl Forces End of NorCal High School Basketball Playoff Game, reported by Jason Mastrodonato, San Jose Mercury News; and Look: Brawl Ends Inderkum At Riordan Northern California D1 Boys Basketball Regional Quarterfinal, reported by Mitch Stephens, SB Live.
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February 26, 2023 - Charleston, SC - Brawl Breaks Out Between Parents and Referee At Girls' Youth Basketball Game, reported by Natalie Spala, ABC News (Charleston), March 6, 2023. The reader should note that the headline of this story is misleading, and makes it appear as if the referee and the parents are engaged in mutual combat. In truth, the parents appear to have left the stands and attacked the referee.
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February 24, 2023 - Medford, OR - Basketball Brawl In Oregon. See North Finale Ends In No Contest, reported by Kris Henry, Rogue Valley Tribune, February 25, 2023.
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February 21, 2023 - Dorset, VT - Girls High School Basketball Team Forfeits Tournament Rather Than Play Against Transgender Player, reported by Sara Smart and Jennifer Henderson, CNN, March 1, 2023.
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February 18, 2023 - Minneapolis, MN - Parents of Minneapolis Women Softball Players Name Foul, Leading to Title IX State Investigation, reported by Irene Garcia, Local Today News, Minneapolis.
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February 16, 2023 - Camden, NJ - Camden-Eastside Boys' Basketball Game Called Off After An On-Court Altercation, reported by Isabella DiAmore, Philadelphia, Inquirer. See 2 New Jersey High Schools Disqualified From State Tournaments After Fight In Boys Basketball Game, reported by Ryan Morik, Fox News, February 17, 2023.
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February 15, 2023 - Miami, FL - Antisemitic Taunts May Have Fueled Miami Brawl Between Jewish and Catholic High School Athletes, reported by Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, February 16, 2023.
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February 11, 2023 - Itta Bena, MS - MVSU Cheerleader Gets Ejected For Storming Onto The Court To Confront A Player, reported by Larry Leo, tigerdropping.com (LSU website in Baton Rouge, LA).
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February 8, 2023 - Burlington, KY - A NKY Mom Signed Up To Ref Her Son's Basketball Games. She Was Told She Couldn't Because She's Gay, reported by Christian LeDuc, WCPO TV 9 (Cincinnati, OH).
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February 7, 2023 - Nashua, NH - 10 Students Charged In Connection With Fight Following NH High School Basketball Game, reported by Marc Fortier, NBC Channel 10, Boston, MA, March 8, 2023.
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February 7, 2023 - Englewood, NJ - White Players Accused of Yelling Racial Slurs At Black Players Before All-Out Brawl At New Jersey High School Basketball Game, reported by Nick Caloway, CBS News (New York), February 10, 2023.
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February 7, 2023 - New Hanover County, NC - NHCSB Reverses Transgender Sport Team Freedoms, Meeting Recessed Over Clash Involving A Proud Boy, reported by Brenna Flanagan, Port City Daily (Wilmington, NC), February 8, 2023. This article has video, and you can see the disruption noted in the headline. You can also see the level of intimidation the Proud Boys projected at this meeting.
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February 6, 2023 - "Females may be more susceptible to concussion, and they also have worse and prolonged symptoms after their injury than men, according to a review of 25 studies of sport-related concussion published in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine." See These Young Female Athletes Died By Suicide. They All Had Head Injuries in Common, reported by Amy Woodyat, CNN.
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February 4, 2023 - Fort Collins, CO - CU Students Chanting "Russia" at Ukranian Player Max Shulga Another Embarrassment, reported by Rich Kurtzman, MileHighSports.com.
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February 2, 2023 - South Bend, IN - School Officials Plan To Resume South Bend Washington-Riley Game Halted By Fan Brawl, reported by Justin Frommer, South Bend Tribune, February 3, 2023.
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February 2, 2023 - Jamestown, ND - Jamestown Students Disciplined For Racist Taunts at Bismarck Basketball Players, reported by David Velasquez, The Bismark Tribune.
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Former Sac-Joaquin Section Commissioner Pete Saco Dies At Age 70, reported by Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, January 30, 2023.
I Stand Accused, Referee Magazine, July 2022, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Show Me The Money, Referee Magazine, May 2022, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
IC Chaos in California, Referee Magazine, January 2021, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Gig Economy Bill, Referee Magazine, January 2020, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
FROM THE ARCHIVES
IC Chaos in California, Referee Magazine, January 2021, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Gig Economy Bill, Referee Magazine, January 2020, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Student Athlete Surmounts Obstacles On and Off The Field by Amanda Pazornik, JWeekly, June 10, 2010.
