The WNBA on Wednesday criticized those trying to create a narrative about transgender women playing in the league.
Illinois and 11 other states sued the Trump administration over its move to withhold potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in grant funding from states that refuse to comply with the Trump administration's definitions of sex and gender.
Lower courts ruled for the transgender athletes in Idaho and West Virginia who challenged the state bans, but the conservative-dominated Supreme Court gave no indication after more than three hours of arguments that it would follow suit.
The Supreme Court will decide whether states can ban transgender girls from participating in girls and women's sports under Title IX and the Constitution.
A lawsuit says a transgender Chicago Cubs employee has been the victim of sex and gender-based discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
He said the four day athletic event would include "the greatest high school athletes, one young man and one young woman, competing from each state and territory."