“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.

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.

After making waves over the weekend for a dust-up over transgender athletes in sports, Houston Olympian Simone Biles broke her silence on Tuesday.