“Comments off, lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy,” Gaines replied to the league's post on X. According to Fox News, she was referring to Marissa Rothenberger, a transgender athlete who is a pitcher for the team. Rothenberger helped secure the win by pitching a shutout, as their opponents failed to score any runs.

What began as a comment about a high school softball team erupted into a national fight over gender, fairness and who gets to speak for women.

Legendary U.S. gymnast Simone Biles has apologized for making personal comments toward former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines as they publicly disagreed about transgender women in sports.