ON THE CUSP OF TURNING PRO. WHEN JOHN ANGELO SHOOTS POOL. SHE’S NOT JUST RUNNING THE TABLE, SHE’S SINKING. STEREOTYPES. IT’S MAINLY JUST LIKE OLDER MEN PLAYING. IN FACT, 75% ARE MEN. THERE’S A STIGMA ...

Controversy. Accusation and counter-accusation. A dramatic walkout. A high-profile player withdrawing in protest. This week saw yet another women’s sport plunged into disarray and division over the ...

Pool’s governing bodies are facing a potential sex-discrimination lawsuit brought by women players devastated at the lack of restrictions on transgender competitors. Lynne Pinches, who recently ...

Earlier this month, a women's pool tournament championship in the United Kingdom featured two transgender athletes who defeated their female competition. Harriet Haynes and Lucy Smith went toe-to-toe ...

Transgender women have been banned from the female category of Ultimate Pool Group (UPG) after last week's landmark UK Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological ...

Nka Belinsky lines up a shot at a Please Be Nice tournament at 4100 Bar in Silver Lake. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) In the summer of 2023, Alix Max, new to town with a cigarette in their ...

Two transgender players faced-off in the final of a women's championship pool match on Sunday—adding fuel to the fiery social debate surrounding trans athletes' participation in women's sports.