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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2026

Seattle Times Columnist Quits Over Spiked Women's Sports Story

from Clark County Today News

After 11 years at the Seattle Times, sports columnist Matt Calkins resigned when editors refused to publish his July 31 column on female high school athletes opposing competition against biological males. He told @TCSWashington editors were "afraid of the smoke." https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/video-seattle-times-loses-columnist-over-spiked-womens-sports-article/ #SeattleTimes #MattCalkins #WomensSports #MediaBias #GirlsSports #TransgenderAthletes #WashingtonState #Journalism #FreeSpeech #SportsNews

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