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First National TV Interview for Transgender Basketball Player
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 9 a.m. ET, ESPN)
This season, junior Kye Allums suited up for the George Washington women’s basketball team as the first publicly transgender athlete to play Division I basketball. Allums is biologically female, has yet to have surgery to change sexes, and says he has not taken any male hormones. Still, he is starting the transition by changing his name from Kiara to Kye, and asking everyone to refer to him as a man. Kye plans to have surgery to remove his breasts in May, and the NCAA has said as long as Allums does not take male hormones, he can play his senior season on the women’s team. Sunday on Outside the Lines, John Barr talks with Allums and his mother, who has been reluctant to accept his transformation.
“You know, I’m a guy, just a plain old guy. I don’t like to be labeled, I don’t like to sit down and say, ‘Oh yes I’m just a lesbian,’ or, ‘I’m gay.’ Or, whatever, I’m just a guy.” – Kye Allums
“I never expected this. No one has ever had to deal with it, so it wasn’t like I could go to someone and ask them how to deal with it.” – Mike Bozeman, George Washington coach
“Honestly, I was just in denial for quite some time. It was just very hurtful to hear because most moms have this vision of having their kids grow up, get married, have the white picket fence, wear the wedding dress. So, it’s like your dream being shattered.” — Rolanda DelaMartinez, Allums’ mother
Why You Should Care About Cricket
ESPN.com
Wright Thompson goes on the road with the Indian national team and its greatest star –Sachin Tendulkar, perhaps the most famous Indian alive who transcends athletics and celebrity — navigating the madness of a billion fans and chasing the soul of the game.
The Game That Changed the Game
College GameDay (Saturday, noon, ESPN)
The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap (Friday, 10 p.m., ESPN Radio)
College GameDay (Monday, 6 p.m., ESPN2)
The University of Nevada Las Vegas Runnin’ Rebels were the defending national champions entering the 1991 NCAA tournament – a team that reflected the town it was from. The players were brash, confident, and the odds were in their favor with a 30-0 record. Some suggested they formed the greatest college basketball team ever. When they reached the Final Four they were facing the Duke Blue Devils, a team they had defeated by 30 points the year before to capture their first crown. However, the outcome of the ’91 game is considered one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history. Twenty years later, Tom Friend looks back at Duke’s stunning defeat of UNLV.
“I didn’t want to play Duke because I knew I’d have a hard time convincing our guys how tough they’re going to be because we beat them so easy the year before.’ — Jerry Tarkanian, former UNLV coach
“I wasn’t the same guy in that game (the 30-point loss) that Vegas was going to see on Saturday.” — Bobby Hurley, former Duke point guard
“Spring Football 101 with Urban Meyer” Series
College Football Live (Monday-Friday 3:30 p.m., ESPN)
Former Florida coach Urban Meyer visits five teams during spring practice in a five-part series debuting Monday on College Football Live:
Monday: Texas — Head coach Mack Brown discusses the offseason changes in Austin and emotional introduction of the coaching staff to the players.
Tuesday: Notre Dame — Brian Kelly implements competitive drills for playmakers and utilizes a helmet camera in practice for his quarterbacks.
Wednesday: Oregon — Chip Kelly breaks down film and explains the Ducks’ spread offense.
Thursday: Utah – Meyer, who coached Utah (2003-04), returns to the campus for the first time in six years to discuss the Utes’ move to the Pac-12 with his old defensive coordinator and current head coach Kyle Whittingham.
Friday: Michigan — Brady Hoke’s hands-on approach stresses fundamentals as he tries to improve this team’s 110th ranked defense.