Transgender player in NWHL

Harrison Browne is preparing to make his debut for the National Women’s Hockey League Buffalo Beauts as the second-year professional league’s first transgender player. The 23-year-old previously played at the professional and college ranks as a woman, under the name Hailey Browne. On Friday, Browne announced he identifies as a male in an ESPN story. Browne plans to make the medical transition to being a man after finishing his college career.