• Home
  • Politics
  • Health
  • World
  • Business
  • Finance
  • Tech
  • More
    • Sports
    • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
What's Hot

Trump Announces First Post-Tariff Trade Deal

May 8, 2025

100 Funny Father’s Day Quotes for Hilariously Relatable Humor (and Plenty of Love Too)

May 8, 2025

Top 10 Benefits Of Acupuncture

May 8, 2025
Facebook Twitter Instagram
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
Friday, May 9
Patriot Now NewsPatriot Now News
  • Home
  • Politics

    Security video shows brazen sexual assault of California woman by homeless man

    October 24, 2023

    Woman makes disturbing discovery after her boyfriend chases away home intruder who stabbed him

    October 24, 2023

    Poll finds Americans overwhelmingly support Israel’s war on Hamas, but younger Americans defend Hamas

    October 24, 2023

    Off-duty pilot charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut off engines midflight on Alaska Airlines

    October 23, 2023

    Leaked audio of Shelia Jackson Lee abusively cursing staffer

    October 22, 2023
  • Health

    Disparities In Cataract Care Are A Sorry Sight

    October 16, 2023

    Vaccine Stocks—Including Pfizer, Moderna, BioNTech And Novavax—Slide Amid Plummeting Demand

    October 16, 2023

    Long-term steroid use should be a last resort

    October 16, 2023

    Rite Aid Files For Bankruptcy With More ‘Underperforming Stores’ To Close

    October 16, 2023

    Who’s Still Dying From Complications Related To Covid-19?

    October 16, 2023
  • World

    New York Democrat Dan Goldman Accuses ‘Conservatives in the South’ of Holding Rallies with ‘Swastikas’

    October 13, 2023

    IDF Ret. Major General Describes Rushing to Save Son, Granddaughter During Hamas Invasion

    October 13, 2023

    Black Lives Matter Group Deletes Tweet Showing Support for Hamas 

    October 13, 2023

    AOC Denounces NYC Rally Cheering Hamas Terrorism: ‘Unacceptable’

    October 13, 2023

    L.A. Prosecutors Call Out Soros-Backed Gascón for Silence on Israel

    October 13, 2023
  • Business

    Trump Announces First Post-Tariff Trade Deal

    May 8, 2025

    Electric Vehicle Sales Nosedive As GOP Takes Buzzsaw To Biden’s Mandate

    May 7, 2025

    Tyson Foods Announces It Will Bend The Knee To Trump Admin’s New Rules

    May 7, 2025

    Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates Steady Despite Pressure From Trump

    May 7, 2025

    ‘Wait Them Out’: John Kennedy Tells Larry Kudlow One Lie He Suspects China’s Telling US

    May 7, 2025
  • Finance

    Ending China’s De Minimis Exception Brings 3 Benefits for Americans

    April 17, 2025

    The Trump Tariff Shock Should Push Indonesia to Reform Its Economy

    April 17, 2025

    Tariff Talks an Opportunity to Reinvigorate the Japan-US Alliance

    April 17, 2025

    How China’s Companies Are Responding to the US Trade War

    April 16, 2025

    The US Flip-flop Over H20 Chip Restrictions 

    April 16, 2025
  • Tech

    Cruz Confronts Zuckerberg on Pointless Warning for Child Porn Searches

    February 2, 2024

    FTX Abandons Plans to Relaunch Crypto Exchange, Commits to Full Repayment of Customers and Creditors

    February 2, 2024

    Elon Musk Proposes Tesla Reincorporates in Texas After Delaware Judge Voids Pay Package

    February 2, 2024

    Tesla’s Elon Musk Tops Disney’s Bob Iger as Most Overrated Chief Executive

    February 2, 2024

    Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth Grew $84 Billion in 2023 as Pedophiles Target Children on Facebook, Instagram

    February 2, 2024
  • More
    • Sports
    • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
Patriot Now NewsPatriot Now News
Home»Sports»ESPN’s Sam Ponder Praises Ex-UPenn Swimmer Paula Scanlon for Testimony on Trans Athletes
Sports

ESPN’s Sam Ponder Praises Ex-UPenn Swimmer Paula Scanlon for Testimony on Trans Athletes

July 28, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

ESPN personality Sam Ponder jumped to Twitter Thursday to praise former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan for her emotional testimony in criticism of allowing men claiming to be women to compete in women’s sports.

Scanlan spoke at Thursday’s meeting of the House Judiciary subcommittee, which was looking at gender-affirming care for minors, and she said of her experiences being forced to compete with and against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas during the 2022 NCAA swim season.

The former swimmer said that the university utterly ignored the women on the swim team’s concerns about Thomas parading around nude in the locker room with his male genitalia in full view and was told that Thomas’ participation on the women’s team was “non-negotiable.”

She also said seeing Thomas in the locker room was extremely uncomfortable for the women, many of whom changed their habits and use of the locker rooms to avoid Thomas. As a victim of sexual assault, it was particularly egregious for her.

All this brought ESPN’s Ponder to praise Scanlan for her bravery.

“Paula you are so brave and your voice is so important,” Ponder tweeted to a video of Scanlan’s testimony.

Paula you are so brave and your voice is so important ❤️💪🏼 @PaulaYScanlan https://t.co/JvQjSv5d5m

— Samantha Steele Ponder (@samponder) July 28, 2023

Scanlan soon responded to thank Ponder for her tweet.

“Thank you @samponder It means so much for you to help elevate my voice,” she wrote.

thank you @samponder ❤️It means so much for you to help elevate my voice.

— Paula Scanlan (@PaulaYScanlan) July 28, 2023

Ponder’s fellow ESPN talker, Sage Steele, also tweeted a response to Scanlan’s testimony.

💯 https://t.co/ijPhSMQin6

— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) July 28, 2023

Regarding trans athletes, Steele also re-tweeted comments against trans athletes by Rep. Wesley Hunt (R, TX).

Oh my. THIS is the energy we need to #SaveWomensSports

THANK YOU, @WesleyHuntTX https://t.co/sxnGH1s8oB

— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) July 27, 2023

During her testimony, Scanlon blasted the University of Pennsylvania.

See also  The Land Beneath This Stadium Once Was Theirs. They Want It Back.

“My teammates and I were forced to undress in the presence of Lia, a 6-foot-4 tall biological male, fully intact with male genitalia, 18 times per week. Some girls opted to change in bathroom stalls, and others used the family bathroom to avoid this. When we tried to voice our concerns to the athletic department, we were told that Lia’s swimming and being in our locker room was a non-negotiable, and we were offered psychological services to attempt to re-educate us to become comfortable with the idea of undressing in front of a male,” she said.

“To sum up the university’s response, we the women were the problem, not the victims. We were expected to conform, to move over and shut up. Our feelings didn’t matter.”

Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: facebook.com/Warner.Todd.Huston, or Truth Social @WarnerToddHuston

Athletes ESPNs ExUPenn Paula Ponder Praises Sam Scanlon Swimmer Testimony trans
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Related Posts

Walmart Abandons Trans Products For Kids, DEI Policies

November 27, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Yeti Accused Of Going ‘Full Woke’ After Years Pushing DEI, Sponsoring Trans Ideology For Kids

November 22, 2024

Here’s What The Corporate Media And Biden DOJ Aren’t Telling You About Sam Bankman-Fried

March 28, 2024

‘Almost Shocked’: Former US Attorney Blasts Sam Bankman-Fried’s Prison Sentence For Being Too Short

March 28, 2024
Add A Comment

Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

Top Posts

Retired & Feeling Pinched By Smaller Social Security Payments? You’re Not Alone

September 24, 2023

Creative Ideas For The Holidays

August 24, 2024

Lawsuit Seeks $1 Billion from YouTubers Who Promoted FTX

March 27, 2023

Ukraine Wants to Build One Million ‘Suicide Drones’ Next Year

December 22, 2023
Don't Miss

Trump Announces First Post-Tariff Trade Deal

Business May 8, 2025

President Donald Trump announced Thursday the U.S. has reached a trade agreement with the U.K.,…

100 Funny Father’s Day Quotes for Hilariously Relatable Humor (and Plenty of Love Too)

May 8, 2025

Top 10 Benefits Of Acupuncture

May 8, 2025

Electric Vehicle Sales Nosedive As GOP Takes Buzzsaw To Biden’s Mandate

May 7, 2025
About
About

This is your World, Tech, Health, Entertainment and Sports website. We provide the latest breaking news straight from the News industry.

We're social. Connect with us:

Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest
Categories
  • Business (4,110)
  • Entertainment (4,220)
  • Finance (3,202)
  • Health (1,938)
  • Lifestyle (1,626)
  • Politics (3,084)
  • Sports (4,036)
  • Tech (2,006)
  • Uncategorized (4)
  • World (3,944)
Our Picks

Bud Light marketing exec says the brand will recover but calls trans debacle a ‘wake-up call’ for all companies

June 22, 2023

Sphere, Instacart, Riot and more

October 2, 2023

Biden Administration in ‘Intelligence Denial’ on Iran

October 13, 2023
Popular Posts

Trump Announces First Post-Tariff Trade Deal

May 8, 2025

100 Funny Father’s Day Quotes for Hilariously Relatable Humor (and Plenty of Love Too)

May 8, 2025

Top 10 Benefits Of Acupuncture

May 8, 2025
© 2025 Patriotnownews.com - All rights reserved.
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.