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Rodney Morris found just the salve to ease the sting of Saturday afternoon’s 11-10 loss to Germany’s Thorsten Hohmann at the World Games in Duisburg, Germany. Back at the table in the Saalbau Arena in Bottrop, site of the billiard competitions, just hours after the heartbreaking loss, Morris free-wh…

CHANG, OUSCHAN ADVANCE AT WORLD GAMES Pei-Wei Chang of Chinese Taipei cruised past unheralded Vangelis Vettas of Greece, 11-7, Saturday afternoon to move into Sunday’s Gold Medal match against German Thorsten at the World Games in Duisburg, Germany. Chang, runnerup to Alex Pagulayan in the 2004 W…

Rodney Morris overcame an early 4-1 deficit against Germany's Thomas Engert Friday evening to win 11-8 and advance to the semifinals of the men's 9-ball division at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg, Germany. With the ousters Friday of Charlie Williams and Vivian Villarreal, Morris is the only U.S. c…

American Jeanette Lee and Taipei's Ching-Shun Yang captured the 9-ball divisions of the 6th World Games in Akita, Japan, Aug. 16-26. Lee took home the Gold Medal after beating Ireland's Karen Corr, 9-3. Lee's finish gave the United States a second-best 15 total Gold Medals during the Games, and a co…