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Kirsten Fleming
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About the Columnist
Kirsten Fleming is an award-winning senior features reporter and occasional columnist, who has covered the intersection of sports and broader culture — from the youth level to the professional ranks. She has interviewed some of New York City’s biggest athletes and wrote the preeminent piece on pop culture icon, Fudgie the Whale. Kirsten graduated from Providence College with a degree in history.
The Archive
Stop trying to cancel KC kicker Harrison Butker — it's more American to just disagree with him
May 16, 2024 | 7:35pmDisagreeing with Harrison Butker's views isn't enough for some Americans, who want payback simply because they find his personal values offensive.
How the #Resistance put 'good leftist' Nellie Bowles out in the scold
May 14, 2024 | 7:32pmBowles is holding up a mirror to ultra-progressives who gave us "fiery but mostly peaceful protests" — and who're too fanatical to see they're farcical.
Jerry Seinfeld actually had a great message for Duke graduation protesters — too bad they missed it
May 13, 2024 | 7:10pmFor a man who created a show about nothing, Seinfeld offered lot of meaningful principles. Too bad the most self-serious members of Duke's audience missed his advice.
Reconstruction of Oct. 7 massacre is a punch to the gut, the senses and the tear ducts
May 11, 2024 | 6:00am“The Nova Music Festival Exhibition: October 7th 06:29am – The Moment Music Stood Still," in Manhattan, shows what really happened.
Tom Brady roast was shocking, crude and filthy — and the best thing that could have happened to him
May 7, 2024 | 6:26pmWith white jokes, black jokes, gay jokes, Jewish jokes — and jabs Jabs about CTE and Brady's failed marriage to Gisele Bündchen — the roast felt like shedding decades of political correctness.
The real twist in Netflix hit 'Baby Reindeer': It's turned curious viewers into stalkers
May 2, 2024 | 6:00amWhen the series ends, the story doesn't. There remain more mysteries to be solved — and some fans are taking it to an ironic level.
Howard Stern's spineless kiss-up to Biden is a new low for the shock jock's edgy reputation
April 29, 2024 | 8:14pmStern used to hold guest's feet to the fire. But with Biden, there was no talk of the border crisis, antisemitism on college campuses or nosebleed inflation.
'Fat liberation,' decolonization rants and pro-Palestinian chants have no place in medical school
April 26, 2024 | 6:51pmThe David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA should be tasked with educating great doctors of tomorrow — not an army of social justice warriors with stethoscopes.
Biden’s new Title IX revisions are a repulsive attempt to erase biological truth
April 22, 2024 | 6:58pmThe Biden administration has announced plans to kneecap lady athletes — introducing sweeping, radical changes to Title IX.
Ex-Barstool Sports CEO has a surprising new job: old one was 'a heart attack every day'
April 18, 2024 | 7:00am"I'm sure there will be a little bit of 'What the f--k does she know?' but that happened at Barstool too," Ayers Badan said of her new CEO gig.
No, Joe Biden — Caitlin Clark does not just 'deserve' to make more money
April 17, 2024 | 7:14pmInstead of blaming the pay gap all on the evil forces of the patriarchy, we should be asking a lot of questions about the sports landscape.
Barstool Sports personality is using prize money from boxing Jose Canseco to run for Congress
April 15, 2024 | 6:37pmBarstool Sports personality Bill Cotter, aka "Billy Football," is running to represent New York's District 3 — the seat formerly held by George Santos.
The wild cast of characters who made up the OJ Simpson murder trial — where are they now?
April 11, 2024 | 7:18pmFrom Kato Kaelin to Kim Kardashian's dad and "Real Housewives" star Faye Resnick — here's what happened to the major players around OJ Simpson's criminal murder trial.
Colleges are finally starting to stand up to students and punish them for acting like brats
April 10, 2024 | 7:38pmAs college leaders finally mete out punishment for students who flagrantly break rules, UConn Coach Danny Hurley's team approach proves accountability is vital.
Fifty years ago, Maria Pepe was just 11 when she sued Little League to play with the boys — and won
April 5, 2024 | 6:45pm"It wasn't just about baseball," Maria Pepe, now 63, told The Post. "It was about girls' roles in society. Now they are able to play and reap the benefits from...
Manhattan borough president slams parents who want to protect girls' sports as 'MAGA' — but why is it political?
April 4, 2024 | 8:57pmManhattan Borough President Mark Levine declared “the MAGA movement has come to Manhattan" after parents asked for a public review of DOE guidelines on issues like gender. But how is...
Ex-Levi's president who dared to take on COVID closures — and lost her job — now fighting to protect women's sports
April 3, 2024 | 6:00amFormer Levi's exec Jennifer Sey's clothing line XX-XY Athletics is "the only athletic brand to stand up for female athletes and the protection of women's sports."
No more free throws, ladies! Women's sports have truly arrived — now the 'yas queen' days need to stop
April 3, 2024 | 5:00amMarch Madness isn't meant to be a soft focus, Dove soap ad. More visibility and a bigger stage means no more kid gloves because that's equality too.
Back off Jenny from the Block: TikTokers need to stop using Jennifer Lopez for cheap cred
March 26, 2024 | 6:33pmTikTok users have been viciously mocking Jennifer Lopez and her Bronx roots — but it's time to back off and actually respect her work ethic.
Colbert, Cohen, Kardashian: All should be ashamed of mocking Kate Middleton's 'disappearance'
March 23, 2024 | 12:51pmDiscretion has become a foreign concept in our social-media age. Maybe that's why no one could believe the Princess of Wales wanted to stay quiet.