Patricia Babcock McGraw

Patricia Babcock McGraw is an editor at OutKick.

A former basketball player at Northwestern University, she spent 25 years in newspapers covering sports of all kinds and at every level in the Chicago area. She's also worked in sports television since 2007.

AB Hernandez standing on the high jump podium with fellow competitors at a track meet

OutKick Sports

May 25, 2026

California mom speaks with compassion but brutal honesty about presence of trans athlete in daughter’s sport

Jennifer Oliver speaks out after trans athlete AB Hernandez beat her daughter and the rest of the top girls in high jump at a California girls state qualifying track meet.

AB Hernandez standing on the high jump podium with fellow competitors at a track meet

OutKick Sports

May 24, 2026

Trans track star sweeps three events, shares first-place podium and qualifies for CA state meet yet again

Now a senior, trans athlete AB Hernandez continues to make headlines, qualifying for the California high school girls state track meet for the second straight year.