Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. ESPN broadcaster Sam Ponder responded to an attack from a sports columnist on Wednesday after the presenter was labeled a "bigot" for supporting fairness in women’s and girls' sports.
USA Today’s Nancy Armour criticized Ponder for her support of former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, who has called for transgender women to solely compete against those who are of their biological sex and not the one they identify as.
Ponder agreed with Gaines’ messaging. But for that, Armour called Ponder’s words "plain old bigotry." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Nancy Armour wrote the column taking issue with Sam Ponder. (USA Today via Imagn Content Services, LLC) Ponder disagreed. "Biology is not bigotry.
Loving people does not require the absence of boundaries," she tweeted. Ponder, and fellow ESPN colleague Sage Steele, have voiced their support for Gaines, who has taken the reins to lead the calls for transgender athletes to participate in sports against the gender they were born as instead of the gender they identify as.