Tag: Earl Strickland

Round three starts today in the International Pool Tour's North American Open and already 17,066 games have been played. Fatigue certainly played a role yesterday with 120 players facing a $5,000 difference in payout as they were whittled down to 60 in 12 straight hours of 8-ball action. The 60 rema…

Recent Hall of Fame inductee Earl "The Pearl" Strickland was born 45 years ago today, on June 8, 1961, in Roseboro, North Carolina. Happy birthday Earl!! …

Tom Gearhart, co-owner of the Toledo, Ohio-based Glass City Open with partner Tom Elder, gave a glassy-eyed eulogy for the 22-year-old independent 9-ball tournament via press release yesterday. "Although record crowds packed the seats every night, it still wasn't enough for this great tournament …

The 6th Annual Predator Florida Open began on May 25 at the Hyatt Regency in Jacksonville, bringing in 73 players, a third of which were non-Americans. The first round saw several big names drop to the one-loss side, including Earl Strickland, Johnny Archer, Gabe Owen, Ralf Souquet and Rodney Mor…

"Where are my friends?" demanded Earl Strickland, discussing the lack of respect given to pool players by professional athletes in other sports during his acceptance speech as the 50th inductee of the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. The fact is, Strickland was surrounded by friends dur…

[caption id="attachment_3043" align="alignright" width="150"] Strickland's record was too impressive to deny.[/caption]At long last, controversial pool superstar Earl Strickland has earned entry into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame, BCA officials announced Tuesday, topping fellow nom…

It didn't take long for Team USA to finish off Team Europe on the final day of the 2005 Mosconi Cup at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Entering Day Four, Team USA, winner of nine of the previous 11 US vs Europe team challenges, needed a single win from a possible six singles matches. As was expect…

Team USA captain Johnny Archer couldn't wait for the action to commence on Day Three of the 2005 Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas. With his team holding a 6-4 lead in the 12th annual edition of the transatlantic 9-ball clash, Archer knew he could stack his line-up for the three doubles and two singles match…