“The youth are our future” is a quote used by many people to describe multiple aspects of life.  In pool, it is ever so true.  All...

Alfonso was born in Cuba, came to the States when he was 10, as part of the 1980 Mariel boat lift. His father was one of Castro’s...

Okinawa Slim, a true professional and ambassador to the sport of pool. Slim is a professional artistic pool player, a Marine, and a true...

Nine-year-old Parker Jakubczak from West Michigan is tearing up the felt! This young man, who started playing at the ripe old age of...

Rich is estranged from his 86-year-old father who ditched Rich’s mother and moved back to the Philippines where he hooked up with a woman...

Billiard chalk is not chalk at all. It is a combination of talc silica and aloxite (aluminum oxide) in frangent crystals.  “Frangible”...

I first met Rich Kranicki a little over 5 years ago when my business partner, Al Tonelli, introduced me to him in our new pool room....

If you have never seen a Junior Player start his career, then you are missing out.Logan Briggs, a four foot, six year old, Northern Ohio...

Pronounced: Bi-lee-thuh-KID- LA za-ay, and that’s Lasee not Lasso. Billythekid is quite the character with some very interesting talents...

Timmy Bly, 17, of Decatur Illinois, just recently won the APA Junior National Championship of 2016 held in Davenport, IA. Bly started...

Due to his father, Jerry Pechauer, being a member of the pool world for many years; Joe had it in his blood to do something involving...

Atlanta, GA – April 4, 2016 – Retired Marine, world famous trick shot artist, and past president of the World Pool Billiard Association –...

From an early age I knew one day I would be a World Champion in sports. But every successful person, in sports or not, knows it’s a...

12 year-old Dominic Pyka is a new youth shooter to the world of pool. Together — I as his adult partner — won the WAPPA Jr/Sr 9-Ball Open...

Do you practice playing pool by yourself in that infinite quest for personal perfection in the game—or at least as much perfection as you...

At what age do you know all the rules of the game you’re playing? 40, 50? Every single player reading this knows someone like this. The...

What is it about a pool hall that seems to instigate unbridled paroxysms of rage, extended periods of bedlam and brutal bouts of...

It’s hard to forget the first time I tried to earn money so I could go gamble at pool… I was right around 12 years of age. Frank Morton,...

While playing in the first Gotham City Classic 9 Ball tournament, I’ve noticed intense emotions running at high altitudes. Players...

Thorsten “The Hitman” Hohmann is regarded by his peers and one of the best all-around pocket billiard players on the planet. His resume...