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Guinness World Record Attempt!

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

Can Raymond "Hitman" Modglin, owner of Castleton Billiards Cafe in Indianapolis, play 1,000 games of 9-ball IN A ROW? Ray will make this historic attempt at a Guinness World Record during the BCA N.A. 8-Ball Championships at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Ray will begin his quest the morni…

Corr defends Valley Forge

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

Karen Corr kicked off the 2001 Women's Professional Billiard Association's Classic Tour by capturing its first stop at the Cuetec Players Championship, in Valley Forge, Pa., March 23-25. Corr went undefeated to collect $6,500 during the three-day tournament, which will be aired on ESPN beginning in …

Hall of Fame Ballot Released

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

Three first-timers joined a pair of returning nominees on the 2001 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame Ballot. Author Bob Byrne, three-cushion legend Raymond Ceulemans and player of the year Earl Strickland all make their first appearance on the ballot. Allen Hopkins and Jim Rempe are holdover…

Jones’ All-Star weekend

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

Jeremy Jones bounced back from the one-loss bracket to defeat Corey Deuel in the final match of the Lexington All-Stars Championships in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 28-March 4. Two months after the two finalists played as teammates during Team USA's win in December's Mosconi Cup, Jones held off Deuel in th…

Lee gives 3-cushion a stab

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 28, 20140

Women's Professional Billiard Association attraction Jeanette Lee has announced she will participate in the United States Billiard Association's next Carom Corner 3-cushion billiards event at World Class Billiards in Peabody, Mass., March 12-18. She will compete in a handicapped event during the tou…

“Fast Eddie” dies at 69

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

Eddie Parker, a legendary money player and an inspiration for Walter Tevis' book and subsequent film The Hustler, died at the U.S. Classic Billiards amateur 8-Ball Showdown in South Padre Island, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 2. Parker, 69, appeared at the amateur event to participate in an exhibition on S…

Daulton Master of the Table

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

Shannon "The Cannon" Daulton punctuated his claim as All-Around Champion at the Derby City Classic in Louisville, Ky., Saturday night by winning the multi-discipline tournament's 9-ball division. The 28-year-old Kentuckian, who had already clinched the event's all-around crown prior to the 9-ball di…

Lee squares off with ESPN anchor

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

Pool fans normally accustomed to watching Jeanette Lee on ESPN wielding her cue against the game's best will discover today that her ESPN appearances aren't limited to the Women's Professional Billiard Association Classic Tour. The Black Widow is featured in the sports network's newest "This is S…

Cannon blast

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

Shannon "The Cannon" Daulton tore through a deep field to earn his second Music City Classic championship at J.O.B.'s in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 9-14. Daulton, who twice knocked off defending champion and recent Mosconi Cup teammate Johnny Archer to claim the top spot, collected $2,500 for his effort…

Strickland’s holiday wish

News, UncategorizedJanuary 1, 2004May 23, 20140

By edging Efren Reyes, 13-9, in the final of the US-RP Challenge in Muntinlupa City, Philippines, American Earl Strickland may have already secured his biggest holiday wish. "Finally, I got what I wished for," Strickland told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, "to beat Reyes on his own turf." With the v…

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Guinness World Record Attempt!

Corr defends Valley Forge

Hall of Fame Ballot Released

Jones’ All-Star weekend

Lee gives 3-cushion a stab

“Fast Eddie” dies at 69

Daulton Master of the Table

Lee squares off with ESPN anchor

Cannon blast

Strickland’s holiday wish

Mind & Body

Eye of the Tiger

Queen’s Gambit

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