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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A transgender pool champion is taking legal action against one of the sport’s governing bodies in England after she was banned from playing in women’s tournaments. Harriet Haynes, who is among the ...

Female pool players have hired experts to prove biological males have an unfair advantage — after a transgender player won four out of five major ladies' titles. The women are suing pool's governing ...

In the summer of 2023, Alix Max, new to town with a cigarette in their mouth, was shooting pool on the patio of 4100 Bar in Silver Lake. They were pretty good, too — good enough to catch the eye of ...