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Laurence Miedema

Copy Editor and Writer at The Mercury News

Bay Area News Group Sports since 2000. @BANG_Sports @mercnews @insidebayarea @CCTimes

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  • 1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Laurence Miedema

    GLASGOW, Scotland — Scottish soccer club Rangers confirmed on Friday a U.S.-based consortium that includes an investment arm of the San Francisco 49ers has purchased a majority ownership stake. Rangers said health insurance entrepreneur Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises led the consortium of investors that was reported to have bought a 51% stake. The purchase price was not disclosed.

  • 1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Julia Prodis Sulek |Laurence Miedema |Darren Sabedra

    By Julia Prodis Sulek, Laurence Miedema and Darren Sabedra - The Mercury News (TNS) News that a Southern California high school transgender athlete is advancing to the girls' state track and field championship this weekend triggered President Trump on Tuesday to threaten "large scale" funding cuts to the state and to order local authorities to block the athlete "if necessary" from competing in the Clovis meet. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

  • 1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Julia Prodis Sulek |Laurence Miedema |Darren Sabedra

    News that a Southern California high school transgender athlete is advancing to the girls’ state track and field championship this weekend triggered President Trump on Tuesday to threaten “large scale” funding cuts to the state and to order local authorities to block the athlete “if necessary” from competing in the Clovis meet.

  • 1 week ago | marinij.com | Julia Prodis Sulek |Laurence Miedema |Darren Sabedra

    Trump’s Truth Social post early Tuesday also blasted Gov. Gavin Newsom, who stunned many in his party in March by telling conservative commentator Charlie Kirk that while the issue is nuanced, he agreed transgender players on girls' teams is "deeply unfair." Originally Published: May 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM PDT

  • 1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Laurence Miedema

    After a wild West Coast Conference tournament run that saw the Saint Mary’s baseball team capture the second league title in school history, the Gaels’ pursuit of their first-ever College World Series appearance will begin in Corvallis, Oregon. The Gaels open the tournament Friday night against No. 8 seed and three-time CWS champion Oregon State. The game 5 p.m. game against the regional hosts will be broadcast on ESPN+. USC will face TCU in the other opener of the double-elimination regional.

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