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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Now that North Carolina has lost its NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference championship events for this year, some other states face potential challenges in the organizations fight for discrimination-free environments.The NCAA this week took the unprecedented step of pulling seven championship events from the state over its objection to a law that can allow discrimination against LGBT people. Two days later, the ACC did the same thing -- relocating all 10 of its neutral-site championships from the state the conference has called home since its founding in 1953.At issue in North Carolina is the law known as HB2, which excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from statewide antidiscrimination protections. It also requires transgender people to use restrooms in schools and state government buildings that correspond to the gender on their birth certificate.When the NCAA announced its antidiscrimination policy last spring, it said it was tracking the actions of legislatures in several states but did not identify them. A questionnaire event organizers must complete during the bidding process asks them to identify any laws that might lead to discrimination.In announcing the moves, the NCAA pointed out that North Carolinas situation was unique in that it has the only statewide transgender bathroom law in the nation. Plus, five states and several cities dont allow public employees and representatives of public institutions to travel there because of HB2.Here are four states that might eventually wind up on the NCAAs radar:----TEXASRepublican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has suggested the state will take up school bathroom access in 2017, and the state is leading an 11-state lawsuit that accuses the federal government of turning schools into a massive social experiment. Voters last November overturned a Houston ordinance that extended nondiscrimination protections to gay and transgender people. Opponents used a campaign featuring the slogan, No Men in Womens Bathrooms. San Antonio is scheduled to host the 2018 Final Four and Dallas is hosting first- and second-round games in 2018. Dallas will host the Womens Final Four next spring.----GEORGIAThough Republican Gov. Nathan Deal in March vetoed a religious freedom bill that critics say would have limited LGBT peoples rights, some conservatives have vowed to revive the measure -- known as HB757 -- in 2017. The NFL has said the bill, if passed, could jeopardize Atlantas bid for future Super Bowls. The NCAA mens basketball South Regional semifinals and final is set for Atlanta in 2018, while the Division I mens and womens tennis championships are scheduled for Athens in 2017.----TENNESSEEOfficials at Memphis have said any decision about the 2017 South Regional semifinals and finals -- which theyre scheduled to host -- rests with the NCAA after the state passed a law that allows therapists to decline to see patients based on religious values and personal principles. That led to a lawsuit in June filed by gay rights activists, who claim it targets LGBT people. It also led the American Counseling Association to cancel its planned conference in Nashville -- which also is scheduled to host opening-weekend games in the 2018 mens basketball tournament.----MISSISSIPPIThe state hasnt hosted any predetermined NCAA championship events since 2001 because the Confederate battle flag appears on the state flag. Appealing a judges ruling against a law that was supposed to take effect July 1 likely wont do the Magnolia State any favors in the sports organizations eyes. The religious objection law signed by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant remains blocked after a federal judge ruled it unconstitutional, with U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves in his ruling calling it the states attempt to put LGBT people back in their place. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month refused to unblock the law.---(This version removes an incorrect reference to state Sen. Josh McKoon sponsoring the Georgia bill.)LeBron James Shoes For Sale . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. LeBron James Shoes Outlet . 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The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast.When Smylie Kaufman thinks back to his victory in last years Shriners Hospital for Children Open, it makes him, well, smile.That would be the appropriate and expected response for the memory of ones first PGA Tour victory and is a natural for a golfer who goes by Smylie.As soon as I walked in the door, I had good memories being in the media room, Kaufman said Wednesday.Kaufman returns to defend his title at the TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas beginning Thursday, but hell have to fend off the challenge of 143 other competitors in a field thats one of the best of the autumn portion of the Tours 2016-17 wraparound season.Kaufman (whose first name is Carter; Smylie is his middle name) carded a final-round 10-under-par 61 to finish the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at 16-under 268, winning by one stroke over six players. He finished his round 2 1/2 hours before the final group holed out.His closing 61 is the lowest finish on the PGA Tour by a winner since Tommy Gainey ended the 2012 RSM Classic with a 10-under 60. His seven-stroke, come-from-behind victory was the best on Tour in the 2015-16 season.Kaufmans victory in Las Vegas was one of four top-10s in his rookie season. He also tied for 10th at both the Safeway Open and the Quicken Loans National and tied for eighth at World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship (then played at Trump-Doral in Miami).The field features three players from the victorious United States Ryder Cup squad -- Brooks Koepka, Ryan Moore and Jimmy Walker -- as well as and U.S. team captain Davis Love III.Love III returns to competition for the first time sincce hip surgery in July.dddddddddddd. The 1993 champion will make his 23rd start in Las Vegas, where he has just three missed cuts.The courses were shorter back then, and I was hitting it longer, the 52-year-old Love said. It was a time where I was playing well, and I had a good week.Loves expectations for this week arent lofty, a sentiment based on the time off caused by his surgery and his other commitments.Id like to play well and make the cut, he said. I love playing out here in the desert. So if I can stick around for the weekend, Ill be pleased.The event is the fifth tournament in the PGA Tours schedule that bridges two years with 43 events. Seven of those tournaments are during the fall of 2016. After a seven-week break, the season resumes in January with the traditional swing through Hawaii before moving to the West Coast.Nine major winners are in the field: Ernie Els of South Africa, Vijay Singh of Fiji, Keegan Bradley, Stewart Cink, Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland, Webb Simpson, Love III and Walker.The top 10 finishers from the 2015 tournament have returned this season and nine other former Shriners Hospitals for Children Open champions will also compete for the $6.6 million purse ($1,188,000 that goes to the winner. They are Ben Martin (2014), Webb Simpson (2013), Ryan Moore (2012), Kevin Na (2011), Jonathan Byrd (2010), Martin Laird of Scotland (2009), Stuart Appleby of Australia (2003), Bob Estes (2001) and Love III (1993). ' ' '