{"id":1754,"date":"2025-06-11T23:58:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2025-06-11T23:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:58:28","slug":"simone-biles-slammed-after-disrespectful-comment-about-transgender-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/?p=1754","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles slammed after \u2018disrespectful\u2019 comment about transgender athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Olympic icon Simone Biles has found herself at the center of a firestorm after publicly taking on former swimmer and conservative activist Riley Gaines in a fiery exchange on X.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It all started with what was supposed to be a celebration. The Minnesota State High School League posted a proud photo of Champlin Park\u2019s softball team after they won the Class AAAA State Championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But instead of support, the post sparked controversy \u2014 and eventually, a full-blown social media clash between two sports powerhouses.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-riley-gaines-stirs-the-pot\">Riley Gaines stirs the pot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Former NCAA swimmer and OutKick host&nbsp;Riley Gaines&nbsp;is never one to hold back when it comes to transgender athletes \u2014 and now she\u2019s swinging hard once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Friday, the Minnesota State High School League shared a celebratory photo of Champlin Park\u2019s softball team after their Class AAAA State Championship win. But beneath the post, Riley Gaines \u2014 a vocal critic of trans inclusion in women\u2019s sports \u2014 sparked controversy with her comment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cComments off lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic icon Simone Biles has found herself at the center of a firestorm after publicly taking on former swimmer and conservative activist Riley Gaines in a fiery&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}