Maxwell Nagle is young promising journalist covering the his favorite game. He's a high school basketball writer for Novahoops.com, based one of the nation's basketball hotbeds, the DMV (District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia)

But he's only a few years remove from his time as a three-point bombardier at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.

As Nagle was helping Hollins through the difficult Old Dominion Athletic Conference, he was also working through finding his place as a transgender man on the court and off, while playing ball at an all-women university.

The examination led to a choice entering senior year between love for self and a love for the game. Nagle sit in with Karleigh Webb to look at how sport influenced his journey, what he took from the experience and how sports could adapt and grow to help trans student-athletes in the years ahead.

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• The Hints and Allegations just don't stop
• Kwame Brown: Really, bruh?
• Why Avatar: The Last Airbender is an underrated gem

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