There was definitely tons of doping too, but the few early cases of intersex athletes being outed or accused of being men were almost all from eastern Europe. Klobukowska was banned from competing and a year later she became pregnant and had a kid. The Press sisters retired before gender testing was introduced. Dora…

Lol, I know it means “tuna” but Google isn’t much help for French-Canadian slang; fill me in on the joke?

That grating, nasal, flat voice of that one woman, oh man...

Eh, not so long ago it was white east-European women who would get “caught” with that condition. Ewa Klobukowska was a good example, ironically it was also the Russians who suggested the Polish team should get tested, they got rid of a strong rival that way.

Maybe, but while this article is specifically about Semenya, she’s not the only track and field athlete with an (alleged) intersex condition. Francine Niyonsaba and Margaret Wambui, who finished behind Caster for silver and bronze at the 800m race in the 2016 Olympics, are examples of two other top athletes with Y…

There’s always more testing scrutiny on winners, especially when they make quick dramatic improvements in their personal bests like Caster did. It’s not just her; her, the silver medalist, and the bronze medalist at the 800m race at the 2016 Olympics all have intersex conditions.

Also, height can’t be altered without weird surgery. Testosterone levels can be lowered safely with medication.

Well, yes and no. The IAAF decided that there needs to be testosterone level limits for both men and women. The limits are set so high that men could only exceed them with PEDs, and women could only exceed them with PEDs or an intersex condition like Semenya has. In the case of PEDs the athlete is banned, stripped of…

At what level of testosterone do we prohibit men from competing against other men, because of the innate advantage a man with super-testosterone would have?

I’d love it if it were true, but this is boxing; 4 out of 5 times hugely-hyped fights end up being a dud. This isn’t two young lions hungry for success like Barrera-Morales, or old pros who still have something to prove and don’t know how NOT to put on a bloodbath like Gatti-Ward. At their ages and their lack of a…

“Papers Please” is also a cool, retro, 8-bit computer game.

The Hague is an international court. Deal with your internal problems yourselves.

I’m aware of course, maybe I didn’t structure that paragraph well.

Getting arrested for not carrying ID was literally a hallmark of Communist police states. Torture and possibly death for not carrying ID was what the Germans did in the countries they occupied in WWII.

Good response to Harvey, but this detail is incorrect and not what the linked NY Times article says.

But next time sprinkle some crack over him, Johnson.

Is there anything for them to flip though? Any information that could help the prosecutor? It seems to be all there on video.

There’s an electric car company called “Nikola?” Isn’t that like a regular car startup calling itself “Henry” or “Soichiro?”

I feel your pain. It’s one thing to know that rich owners and some players and media are racist assholes, but to realize that so many of the fans are too, that hurts.

That’s nice, but the NFL is still behind on this. The NBA had a three day strike that got actual, concrete results like getting the owners to let the public use their arenas for voting. Even the 99% white, 50% Canadian NHL had a two day strike in support that spurred on some minor, internal improvements. Kneeling or si…