• WNBA star Brittney Griner has drawn the ire of former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines for stating she’s against banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.
• “I think it’s a crime, honestly, to separate someone for any reason,” Griner said in response to calls to ban transgender women from women’s sports leagues. “So I definitely will be speaking against that legislation and those laws that are trying to be passed, for sure.”
• “Which NBA team would have (Brittney Griner) since apparently the overwhelming, obvious differences between men and women should simply be overlooked?” Gaines said on Twitter. “Heartbreaking to see athletically successful women take this demeaning stance.

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