New collective bargaining agreement doesn't define eligibility by sex or gender identity, despite years of advocacy by WNBA players and coaches to let males in female sports, long before Sophie Cunningham's opposing stance.
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith is pushing the NBA to reverse course on marijuana, arguing that weed's nerve-calming effects give players an unfair competitive edge, a stance the league shows no sign of adopting. Smith made the case on a recent episode of "The Culture Table," a podcast produced by his company Straight Shooter Media. His […] The post Stephen A. Smith wants the NBA to ban marijuana again, calling it a performance-enhancing drug appeared first on American Almanac .
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith is pushing the NBA to reverse course on marijuana, arguing that weed's nerve-calming effects give players an unfair competitive edge, a stance the league shows no sign of adopting. Smith made the case on a recent episode of "The Culture Table," a podcast produced by his company Straight Shooter Media. His argument is straightforward: marijuana quiets the anxiety and competitive jitters that separate elite professionals from talented amateurs, and that chemical calm amounts to a performance advantage the league should not tolerate. The NBA removed marijuana from its banned substances list ahead of the 2023-24 season, finalizing the change in a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' union. That…Open