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Across the country, Republican legislatures are pushing anti-trans bills to exclude trans women and girls from joining sports leagues and teams.

ESPN’s Israel “Izzy” Gutierrez has a different message: Let them play.

Israel and host Ron Steslow explain the inexorable links between political issues and the top narratives driving sports, and why the effort to exclude LGBT athletes is just the latest front of the culture wars driving a wedge through the country.

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