KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A woman here in East Tennessee will travel across seven time zones to compete against the best in the world in an event called pole sport. It began in strip clubs and adult ...

Christine Hotchkin was an elite, world-class athlete who suddenly could not move her left side, or speak clearly. To be one of the best in the world at anything is an amazing accomplishment. To reach ...

Mary Serritella competes and performs here in Los Angeles and abroad. Her passion for the sport challenges society’s conceptions of age. “I just didn’t want to absorb that ‘I can’t’ attitude.” Her ...

Christine Hotchkin is an attorney by day and a pole artist at night. And now, she is best in the nation in her hobby. Hotchkin, 32, from Reno won two disciplines at the National Championships: ...

The fight for pole dancing to be included in the Olympics began, unlike most sports, in Ibiza’s party scene. More specifically, it was born inside the legendary Manumission Motel, a pink, triangular ...