FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump’s Department of Education (ED) said it has notified San Jose State University (SJSU) that it faces “impending enforcement action” for its “refusal to comply with Title IX.” 

SJSU and the California State University (CSU) system filed a lawsuit earlier in March to challenge an ED investigation that determined the university violated Title IX in its handling of a biological male transgender volleyball player on a women’s team from 2022-24. 

Now, the administration is cracking down against that resistance. 

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“We have provided SJSU with multiple opportunities to resolve its Title IX violations with common sense actions: separating male and female athletes based on their biological sex, keeping men out of women’s locker rooms and bathrooms, restoring rightfully-earned titles and accolades to female athletes, and apologizing to the women forced to forfeit competitions to protect themselves,” ED’s Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in an announcement. 

“Yet, SJSU remains obstinate, choosing a radical ideology over safety, dignity, and fairness for its own students. With today’s action, the Department is putting the university on notice: comply with the law or risk losing its federal funding.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to SJSU and CSU for a response.

Brooke Slusser and Blaire Fleming of the San Jose State Spartans call a play during the first set against the Air Force Falcons at Falcon Court at East Gym on October 19, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

The conflict between Trump’s administration and the school stems back to the 2024 season, when a national controversy involving transgender player Blaire Fleming triggered an election-cycle media firestorm, all during Trump’s third White House campaign. 

ED’s investigation has claimed, “SJSU actively recruited and allowed a male to compete on the women’s indoor and beach volleyball teams and reportedly instructed members of the coaching staff not to tell the female players that the athlete was a male.” 

The investigation added that “on multiple occasions, the male athlete spiked the ball so forcefully that it knocked females on the opposing team to the ground.” 

One of the standout details of the investigation’s findings was that a female SJSU player “discovered that the male student had conspired to have a member of the opposing team spike her in the face during an upcoming match. SJSU did not investigate the conspiracy, but later subjected this female athlete to a Title IX complaint for reportedly ‘misgendering’ the male athlete when discussing this incident in online videos and interviews.” 

Former SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser has included those allegations in her ongoing lawsuit against representatives of SJSU and CSU. 

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After SJSU and CSU announced they were suing the Trump administration to challenge the findings, Slusser, and other former NCAA players, came forward about their alleged experience during the scandal, and how it affected them, in recent interviews with Fox News Digital. 

Slusser, who shared an apartment with Fleming at SJSU without knowing the athlete’s birth sex, became the subject of viral debate after her interview reflecting on the experience sharing spaces with Fleming. 

“You find out you’re just chilling in a bed with a man that you have no idea about … I [was] unknowingly sharing a bed at that time with a man,” Slusser said, also alleging SJSU volleyball coach Todd Kress encouraged her to live in the same apartment as the trans teammate when another group of players was also looking for a final tenant. 

Former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray told Fox News Digital that during matches against SJSU and Fleming in 2022 and 23, before Fleming’s birth sex was known, she had teammates suffer finger injuries from the trans athlete’s spikes. 

“I had teammates who had seriously jammed their fingers, luckily not broken, but a handful of girls who had sustained minor injuries from the male player,” Ray said, adding, “We knew that if the male athlete had a phenomenal game, there was nothing we could do to stop that person.” 

Ray’s Utah State team became one of five teams to forfeit at least one game to SJSU in 2024, seemingly in protest of Fleming. She says the forfeit impacted her team’s hopes of winning their fourth straight Mountain West championship. 

Meanwhile, the University of Wyoming forfeited two matches to SJSU in 2024. Former Cowgirls player Macey Boggs told Fox News Digital that the decisions to forfeit the games “permanently ruined” friendships among her teammates. 

“There were some of the girls who I really enjoyed, and we got along great, and then this situation came up, some conflict came up, and ultimately we went in separate directions because of that … as soon as we played in our last game, we all went in separate directions… it was hard to maintain those relationships,” Boggs said. 

SJSU was plagued by a separate Title IX violation in sports that it had to resolve with former President Joe Biden’s administration in 2021. The university ultimately came to a $1.6 million resolution with the Department of Justice in 2021. 

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The DOJ found that SJSU failed for more than a decade to respond adequately to reports of sexual harassment, including sexual assault, of female student-athletes by an athletic trainer then working at SJSU, beginning in 2009 when female student-athletes reported that the trainer subjected them to repeated, unwelcome sexual touching.

The department and SJSU entered into a comprehensive agreement to address the findings of the investigation, which began in June 2020 during Trump’s first term. 

Now, Trump’s current administration is giving the school 10 more days to comply with a series of resolution agreements to resolve the volleyball situation, or face enforcement action, including referral to the DOJ and termination of SJSU’s federal funding.

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One of the top freshmen in the mid-major ranks will be playing for a new school in 2026-27.

On Tuesday, On3’s Joe Tipton reported that Delaware guard Christian Bliss will enter the transfer portal. Bliss, a native of Queens, New York, was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2026. He also earned All-CUSA Second Team honors.

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Bliss started all 31 games as a redshirt freshman this season, averaging 16.7 points, 5.9 assists and 5.2 rebounds. He had 55 steals on the season and shot 39.2% from three-point range.

He had seven 20-point games this past season, and he dropped 18 in an early season power conference showdown against BYU.

The Football Association‘s ambition to have at least 25 per cent of England men’s coaching staff from a non-white background by 2028 has been branded “utter woke nonsense” by Reform MP Suella Braverman.

Ms Braverman, who recently defected from the Conservatives, has formally written to FA chief executive Mark Bullingham, demanding the governing body scrap the target.

This diversity goal, which aims for a quarter of coaches across all England men’s age levels to be from black, Asian, mixed, or other ethnic backgrounds, forms a key part of the FA’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for 2024 to 2028, with a more ambitious stretch target set at 30 per cent.

In a Reform statement Braverman said the approach was “utter woke nonsense” and “fundamentally flawed, inherently racist and bad for the game”.

She has requested a meeting with Bullingham, and has suggested replacing the policy with a simple new principle entitled The Best Person for the Job.

Braverman wrote: “The FA has led the fight to kick racism out of football, a mission I utterly support.

“There is no place for discrimination of any kind in our national game. Yet your DEI strategy does precisely that, it divides rather than unites.

“It replaces merit with quotas and implements identity politics where teamwork, ability and hard graft should prevail.”

The FA has been contacted for comment.

At the time the strategy was launched, Bullingham said: “Through our new strategy, we will work with our partners across football to boost representation, drive inclusion and tackle discrimination at all levels of our game.

“We have seen how the power of football can bring communities together and celebrate diversity, and we want to continue to use our influence to deliver positive and lasting change that we can all be proud of.”

Kick It Out’s former chief executive Tony Burnett told the Press Association in 2023: “Football is one of the last bastions of the old boys’ network, to be absolutely frank.

“When you look at the representation across football, what’s really clear is there is a myth of meritocracy.”

A report from the Black Footballers Partnership in March 2023 found the number of management-related positions held by black employees rose by eight in 2022 compared with the previous year, from 49 among 1,338 individuals (3.7 per cent) to 57 individuals out of 1,304 in 2023 (4.4 per cent).

Kick It Out is continuing to push for the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) to ensure that EDI is central to the code of governance clubs adopt under its licensing regime.

Three-time All-Pro linebacker Lavonte David announced Tuesday his retirement from the NFL, ending a 14-year career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Retirement had been brewing for multiple years. Each of David’s last three contracts with the Buccaneers were one-year agreements, which left the door open for him to walk away from the team. He again became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2025 season but this time will not re-sign with Tampa Bay.

The Buccaneers made a roster move on Monday that indicated it was unlikely David would return for a 15th season. Tampa agreed to terms with free agent linebacker Christian Rozeboom, who last year started a career-high 15 games with the Carolina Panthers and now appears poised to fill David’s spot on the depth chart.

A lingering knee injury hampered David’s final season, and while he did not miss any time due to the ailment, it required arthroscopic surgery at the end of the campaign. David revealed earlier this offseason that he had to have fluid drained weekly from his knee in order to play.

Even at less than full strength, David turned in another stellar season to close his nearly decade-and-a-half run with the Buccaneers. He accumulated 114 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 8.0 tackles for loss and a pair of forced fumbles in his final year as a pro.

David’s legacy, albeit arguably underrated, is that of a potential Hall of Famer. He was the NFL’s active leader in solo tackles before his retirement with 1,172 career stops, and he finished his time in Tampa Bay with 42.5 sacks and 177 tackles for loss to his name. His efforts earned him a Pro Bowl nod in 2015, and he picked up a first-team All-Pro selection in 2013 and two second-team honors in 2016 and 2020.

David will also be remembered for helping to deliver a second Super Bowl title to Tampa Bay. He was a centerpiece of the 2020 roster that rolled to a Super Bowl 55 victory, as he picked up the NFC Defensive Player of the Month honor in September for a terrific start to that championship season.

Lavonte David retires as an all-time great linebacker

While he is not a slam dunk to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, David’s credentials as a Super Bowl champion and one of the most esteemed tacklers of his era give him a chance to be enshrined alongside the best linebackers in NFL history. He ranks in the top seven players in league history in both total tackles and tackles for loss.

All-time tackle leaders

David finished his Bucs career tied with Derrick Brooks for most tackles.

All-time tackles for loss leaders

David’s achievements are all the more meaningful because he accumulated them with just one team. He is one of the rare players on these leaderboards to spend his entire career with a single franchise.

Tiger Woods makes his return on Tuesday night as Jupiter Links looks to stay alive and force a third and deciding Tomorrow’s Golf League (TGL) Finals match later in the evening. Los Angeles is up 1-0 in the best-of-three TGL Finals. Los Angeles is led by Collin Morikawa and Justin Rose, who already have PGA Tour wins this season. Despite the return of Woods, who has been absent from the PGA Tour for nearly two years and last played in a TGL match last year, Jupiter is a +110 underdog as Los Angeles GC is a -138 favorite in Match 2. os Angeles is -410 to win it all, while Jupiter is +280.

Match 2 is being played at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The match gets underway at 7 p.m. ET. The SoFi Center is a custom-built 250,000 square foot indoor stadium. It features a 64-foot-wide simulator for long shots and a physical 23,100-square foot short game rotating complex. If Jupiter Links wins Match 2, a decisive third match will follow at 9 p.m. ET.  Before making any TGL picks, you need to see the Jupiter Links vs. Los Angeles GC predictions and best bets from golf insider Brady Kannon. 

Kannon is an elite golfing handicapper with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. He has called eight major winners since 2013 and hit seven PGA winners, including 110-1 longshot Harris English at the Farmers Insurance Open, in 2025. He also hit on Matt Fitzpatrick (15-1) last week for an outright winner. Additionally, he’s 32-27-4 on head-to-head bets since joining SportsLine. Anyone who followed his golf betting picks could have been way up on betting apps and sportsbooks.

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Now, Kannon has focused his attention on Jupiter Links vs. Los Angeles GC and locked in his TGL best bets for Tuesday, March 24. You can only see them at SportsLine.  

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Kannon understands the logic of Los Angeles GC being the favorite at -138. Collin Morikawa and Justin Rose already have PGA Tour wins this season. Tommy Fleetwood and Sahith Theegala round out the heavyweight squad. Despite the return of Woods, who hasn’t golfed much over the past two years, will it be enough for Jupiter Links to square the series and then win in a third match?   

“Simply on paper, most golf enthusiasts would understand the Los Angeles GC being a heavy favorite,” Kannon said. “Morikawa and Rose already have victories on the PGA Tour this season while Fleetwood and Theegala have each finished top 10 three times. Kim and Homa had been struggling but have shown some improvement on Tour lately. Woods last played a TGL match a year ago and hasn’t played on Tour in nearly two years.”

Jupiter Links, however, is an intriguing underdog as Woods makes his return and could provide a spark. At least in Match 2, Jupiter is the one facing the win-or-go-home situation, so the should be highly motivated to play its best golf. See Kannon’s TGL pick and analysis right here.

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How to make Los Angeles GC vs. Jupiter Links TGL picks

Kannon has evaluated the matchup and found a critical X-factor that has him jumping on one side. You can only see the TGL picks at SportsLine. 

So who wins Jupiter Links vs. Los Angeles GC, and where does all the betting value lie? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Los Angeles vs. Jupiter spread you need to jump on, all from the golf expert who has called eight major winners since 2023. 

Imperfect Women season 1 episode 3 is set to release on March 25, 2026, on Apple TV+, continuing the series’ weekly rollout. Titled “Monster,” the episode follows Ellie and Mary as they continue investigating Nancy’s death. Imperfect Women season 1 builds on earlier developments, including new information about Robert and changing suspicions surrounding those close to Nancy.

The upcoming chapter focuses on how these details affect the direction of the investigation and the relationships between the characters. As the story progresses, episode 3 presents additional information that may clarify key events while also introducing new questions about what happened.

When does Imperfect Women season 1 episode 3 come out? Release time for all major time zones

The third episode of the first season of Imperfect Women is set to be made available to the public on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, on Apple TV+. The new episodes are made available to the public at weekly intervals, as per the weekly release plan. The release plan for the episodes may be slightly different in various regions, but episodes are made available during the same window of time across the world.

Here is the expected release schedule across major regions:

Viewers can stream Imperfect Women season 1 exclusively on Apple TV+, where the episode will be available with subtitles upon release.

How many episodes are left in Imperfect Women season 1?

There are a total of eight episodes, and they comprise the first season of Imperfect Women. The third episode is the one to be released next, and there are five more episodes to be released after that. The series is based on a weekly routine, and as new information is made available regarding the investigation, the story is able to develop.

This structure provides support to the major mystery, as it is the central theme of the first season of Imperfect Women. At the same time, it is expected that the upcoming episodes will continue to elaborate on the death of Nancy and the relationships that it entails.

A brief recap of Imperfect Women season 1 episode 2

During the second episode of the first season of Imperfect Women, fresh information causes the investigation to take a different path. Through her investigation, Eleanor finds out that Robert was aware of Nancy’s affair prior to her passing.

This information presents a potential motivation and makes the relationships that already exist more complicated. At the same time, Eleanor and Robert transcend personal boundaries, which has an impact on the way that she approaches the situation.

In addition, the inquiry undergoes a change when Davide, who was initially considered a main suspect, is given his freedom. His story gives the impression that Nancy was going through some emotional issues that her acquaintances might not have had the opportunity to fully notice.

Mary continues to raise doubts about the official inquiry, demonstrating an elevated level of mistrust in the manner in which the matter is being handled. Due to these circumstances, a number of persons are now in a position to be prospective suspects in the first season of Imperfect Women.

Major events to expect from Imperfect Women season 1 episode 3

• Eleanor confronts new information about Robert while dealing with her involvement in recent events. Her decisions may affect both the investigation and her relationships, especially as details about Nancy’s past continue to surface.
• Mary continues to push for answers outside official channels. Her actions may lead to new discoveries, but they also increase tension with others involved in the case and the ongoing investigation.
• The narrative introduces additional details about Nancy’s final days. These insights may clarify certain events while raising further questions about who was involved and what led to her death.
• As part of the investigation, gaps in Eleanor’s timeline are explored. Details that are missing concerning her whereabouts during crucial occasions can become relevant in the future.

Viewers can watch Imperfect Women season 1 episode 3 on Apple TV+ starting March 25, 2026, with new episodes released weekly on the platform.