The stakes over a softball showdown would be significant, both for Oklahoma City, which estimates that the Division I tournament pumps more than $20 million into the city’s economy, and for the N.C.A.A., whose leaders are weary from a string of recent court and political battles that have hurt the reputation of a multibillion-dollar industry that insists its athletes not be considered employees. Moving the softball championships would be painful. declined to make any officials available for this article. Birth Control Battle : In Missouri, a clash over contraception foreshadows what may come in a post-Roe world.
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