The column highlights 12-year-old Kinley Rasmus’s standout Little League World Series performances, presenting her as a record-breaking player and a positive sports story amid wider debates about gender in athletics. It also briefly previews other topics, including Caitlin Clark’s physical treatment in WNBA games, CBS’s new college-football sideline reporter Jordan Giorgio and a discussion of upsetting sports moments.

Rasmus, who plays for Phenix City Little League in Alabama, reportedly set the Little League World Series record for hits by a girl with five and matched Mo’ne Davis’s record of 14 strikeouts by a girl. She was 5-for-8 across four tournament games and had recorded 14 strikeouts in two pitching starts; her team was due to play again at 7pm that evening.