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 ...

Pole vaulters have made headlines at the 2024 Paris Olympics, whether it's because they've twerked in celebration of winning a medal or hit their, er, crotch on the bar on the way down. But here's ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – On a quiet street in the Switzerland neighborhood, people may notice a red, grey, and navy blue flag outside a home, which will lead them to the “FL Pole Vault Factory,” a ...

Mary Serritella, 71, performs in front of a live audience during the Comedy Pole Show at the Bourbon Room on Sept. 18, in Hollywood, Calif. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) LOS ANGELES — Dressed in ...

Virginia Marshall can do anything except pick herself up from the floor. At least, that’s what she declares one morning in June after completing a dizzying, gravity-defying four-minute routine. The ...

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands (AP) — A split second of flight, then a landing on the sand — or a splashdown in a canal. That's the thrill of the Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” — far leaping — which sees ...

Welcome back to How I Parent, where we speak to families, about how they’re raising their kids. This week we hear from pole dancers Lindsey Teall and Jake Night, and their daughters Rosalyn, nine, and ...

Mary Serritella, 71, performs in front of a live audience during the Comedy Pole Show at the Bourbon Room in Hollywood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent ...