NAIA bans transgender athletes
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced a policy that all but bans transgender athletes from women’s sports.
The NAIA is the governing body for mostly small colleges, covering about 83,000 athletes across the country.
The NAIA’S Council of Presidents approved the policy in a 20-0 vote.
The NAIA is believed to be the first college sports organization to take such a step. The NCAA responded by saying it remains committed to “fair competition for all student-athletes in all NCAA championships.”
Aaron gets stamp, Hall statue
ATLANTA — Baseball’s Hall of Fame will unveil a bronze statue of Hank Aaron on May 23 on the first floor of its museum in Cooperstown. And the U.S. Postal Service will release a commemorative stamp picturing Aaron in his batting stance wearing his Atlanta Braves uniform.
Clayton entering NBA draft
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr., the team’s leading scorer at 17.6 points a game this season, is entering the NBA draft with the potential to rejoin the Gators for his senior year.
Clayton, a 6-foot-3 junior from Lake Wales who became a father in December, plans to go through the predraft process before deciding whether to forgo his final year of college eligibility. He has until 11:59 p.m. on May 29 to withdraw from the draft and return to Florida.
Canisius hires Christian
BUFFALO — Canisius University hired former Boston College coach Jim Christian to take over its men’s basketball program on Monday.
The 59-year-old Christian joins the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference program after spending the past two seasons as an assistant at Kent State. In 2022-23, the Golden Flashes won 28 games and the Mid-american Conference tournament title to earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
NBA fines Knicks $25,000
NEW YORK — The NBA fined the New York Knicks $25,000 on Monday after Mitchell Robinson was listed as out on an initial injury report and then played in a game against Toronto.
Robinson’s 50-game absence because of a left ankle injury ended in the Knicks’ 145-101 victory over the Raptors on March 27. The 7-foot center scored eight points in 12 minutes.
NBA admits two mistakes
NEW YORK — The NBA has acknowledged two officiating mistakes — one wrong call, one missed call — in the final minute of Miami’s 117-115 loss at Indiana on Sunday, a defeat that helped send the Heat into the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference going into the season’s final week.
Miami’s Tyler Herro, the league said, was fouled by Indiana’s T.J. Mcconnell while shooting a 3-pointer with about 55 seconds remaining. No foul was called on the play.
And a foul called by official Marat Kogut against Heat center Bam Adebayo with 17.1 seconds left was made in error, the league said. Indiana’s Myles Turner made two free throws after that foul call.
Inter Milan marches on
ROME — Davide Frattesi scored a dramatic stoppage time winner for Inter Milan to edge Udinese 2-1 and extend its lead in Serie A to 14 points on Monday.
Djokovic oldest No. 1
LONDON — Novak Djokovic has surpassed another tennis record once held by Roger Federer, becoming the oldest man to be ranked No. 1 in the ATP Tour’s computerized rankings.
Djokovic is 36 — he turns 37 next month — and is now older than Federer was on his last day atop the rankings in June 2018.