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Search results for "Olivia Pichardo makes history as the first woman to pitch in a NCAA D1 game"

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X posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a tweet from a hoax account:
Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.”
By Bill McCarthy• March 24, 2022
X posts stated on May 11, 2023 in tweets:
“NCAA strips Lia Thomas of National Championship After ‘Unfavorable’ Test Results.”
By Loreben Tuquero• May 15, 2023
Deadspin stated on August 13, 2013 in a website:
The highest paid employee of the State of Rhode Island is a basketball coach.
By Gregory Smith• September 29, 2013
George Will stated on June 06, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010
E. Gordon Gee stated on October 04, 2011 in a comment to a reporter:
"We are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the NCAA no matter how minor the violations."
By Aaron Marshall• October 31, 2011
Viral image stated on October 09, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows “second night of missiles attacks against Israel.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 10, 2023
Mark Warner stated on April 09, 2019 in a TV interview.:
Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…"  
By Warren Fiske• April 16, 2019
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 21, 2024
John Calipari stated on January 20, 2018 in an interview:
"We have the highest graduation rate of basketball players in the history of the NCAA. We have the highest graduation rate of African-American basketball players in the history of the NCAA in basketball."
By John Kruzel• February 1, 2018
Jim Moran stated on November 22, 2014 in a Facebook post:
Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."
By Nancy Madsen• December 22, 2014
ESPN stated on September 27, 2015 in in an article:
Alabama’s Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturday’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.
By Nancy Badertscher• October 1, 2015
Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“NCAA shifts all medals from Lia Thomas to Riley Gaines.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2024
Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in a post on X:
A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 13, 2025
Viral image stated on June 28, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Officially; Lia Thomas has lost every title.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 9, 2024
Matt Maddock stated on March 27, 2024 in a post on X:
“Three busses just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro" airport.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 29, 2024
Viral image stated on March 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Twitter suspended a swimmer for tweeting about Lia Thomas.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 29, 2022
Jody Conradt stated on September 28, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel:
"All" University of Texas "student-athletes get an iPad."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 22, 2013
Jim Moran stated on November 22, 2014 in a Facebook post.:
Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."
By Nancy Madsen• December 30, 2014
Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in en una publicación en X:
Un vídeo muestra al presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, al primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, y al canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, con una bolsa de cocaína tras visitar al presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 16, 2025
Pat McCrory stated on October 25, 2017 in a radio appearance:
The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."
By Paul Specht• November 22, 2017

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By Will Doran• September 13, 2016

PunditFact's March Madness

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman• March 25, 2014

Road to the pundit Final Four

By Aaron Sharockman• March 19, 2014

Trump’s transgender athlete order includes an immigration fraud penalty. Why?

By Grace Abels• February 20, 2025

In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige

By Tom Kertscher• November 12, 2021

Will Tampa’s Super Bowl be a super spreader? Experts worry about what NFL can’t control

By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2021

Pondering the perfect game of 1956

By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010

Truth-O-Meter, meet Truth Invaders

By Matthew Waite• October 22, 2008

Mailbag: ‘I rate your service as Scorched Pantyhose’

By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2018

Highlights from the week in fact-checking, PunditFact edition

By Aaron Sharockman• April 4, 2014

Dan Patrick touts fact check of study tied to Texas bathroom bill

By W. Gardner Selby• February 7, 2017

Fact-checking the Aug. 10 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• August 10, 2014

Rick Perry pitch touches on fact-checked claims

By W. Gardner Selby• June 10, 2013

We don't fact check basketball predictions, but...

By Warren Fiske, Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011

Ted Cruz's false abortion claim was our No. 7 hit of 2016

By W. Gardner Selby• December 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech, annotated

By Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton, Adam Thorp• July 29, 2016

A short history of the national anthem, protests and the NFL

By Louis Jacobson• September 25, 2017

PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 10 shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• August 10, 2014

Ex-Wisconsin football star: 'Women don’t know football … they are incapable'

By Tom Kertscher• October 10, 2017

Political pundits err in talk about Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling

By Jon Greenberg• April 30, 2014