Danny Pancake refurbished 5 Brunswick Gold Crown tables - the pool table equivalent to a Rolls Royce - which he sold for between $3,200 and $4,000 - Hawaii Tribune-Herald - 1/11/2020


In 1992, hard core Archie Karas drove into Ottawa with $50, and went on what is now known in Vegas legend as "the Run". After borrowing $10,000 seed money, Mr. Karas won more than a $1,000,000 playing pool" - The Ottawa Citizen - 2/5/2000

National 3-Cushion Billiards Champion Sang Chum Lee fended off every challenger over the weekend at the Tacoma Elks Club to extend his reign to an 11th consecutive year - The News Tribune - 3/20/2000

Females represent 36 of players compared to 20% in 1986 - Vernal Express 2/23/2000

Allen Hopkins, Hall of Famer, is often referred to as the "Jack Nicholas" of pool is one of the select players to win a world championship in every division of pool - 9 Ball, 8 Ball, Straight and 1 Pocket - The York Dispatch 1/22/2001

Eddie "Fast Eddie" Parker died of an apparent heart attack at the U.S. Classic Eight-Ball showdown in Texas - The Miami Heralds - 2/5/2001

You won't find men's billiards on TV. They haven't been able to organize and get the air time. But the WPA is strong and aired on ESPN. - Albuquerque Journal - 9/7/2001

Hall of Famer - Irving Crane Sr. dies at 89.  First person to sink 300 balls - Press and Sun Bulletin - 11/19/2001

Jeanette Lee "The Black Widow" dressed in black to aggravate her mother - The Oregonian - 1/17/2002

Jeanette "Black Widow" Lee, is only 30, she has undergone eight surgeries for a variety of ailments from scoliosis to poor eyesight to bursitis - The Tennessean - 2/9/2002

In 1998, Ewa Mataya Laurence gained a sponsorship from Brunswick Billiards which allowed her to focus solely on pool.  In 1990, she became the top player in the WPBA, a rank she held for two years - Record Journal - 3/7/2002

Uzbekistan bans billiard halls, in belief that since the country's independence from the Soviet Union they have become places of vice - The Beaufort Gazette - 10/23/2002

Stazzone, Norcross, Georgia, has a "Black Light Room" with a glow in the dark pool table and balls - The Atlanta Constitution - 1/6/2003

Dufferin was first started in Ontario in 1967 by the Selinger family as a pool cue manufacturer.  Eventually, the company expanded into making billiard tables - The Leader Post - 1/14/2003

Ewa Mataya Laurance and Loree Jon Jones, will land in Frankfurt, Germany before touring the US and Nato bases in eastern Europe including Bosnia and Kosovo - Sun-News - 2/1/2003

Germany's Thorsten Hohmann beat Alex Pagulayan of Toronto in the World Championship yesterday. Hohmann beat the favorite Pagulayan 17-10. - The Toronto Star - 7/21/2003

Mike Massey, Hall of Famer, voted the 'best in the history of the game" by Readers Digest - South Florida Sun Sentinel - 1/23/2004

Danny Dilibero, "Buffalo Dan" to elected to the "One Pocket Hall of Fame" - The Buffalo News - 6/24/2011

Alex Pagulayan of Toronto won the world pool championship early today, beating Taiwan's Pei-Wei Chang 17-13 to take the $75,000 top prize in the Nine Ball Tournament - The Toronto Star - 7/19/2004

Loree Jon Jones will compete in International Pool Tour World 8-Ball Championship to be held in Las Vegas.  The event will be the first championship match of its kind between the top male and top female players, Jones, an 8-Ball champion, will face Mike Segal, a nine=ball champion in a "Race to Nine" best two out of three contest - (Note" Segal won) - The Greenville News - 8/12/2005

Danny Basavich "Kid Delicious" went full time pro and was the rookie of the year.  - Sun News - 8/25/20011

According to Billiards Digest - the #1 pool hall is in Williamsburg, VA - cost over $1 Million. - The South Bend Tribune - 11/10/2004

Shane won an unprecedented third straight U.S. Open 9 Ball Championship in October, and the 31 year old is showing no signs of slowing down. He has won four overall U. S. Open titles, and he is ranked No. 1 in the world of 9-Ball billiards. - Argus-Leader 12/28/2004

The "Black Widow" Jeanette Lee took home $15,000 ($24,000 2025$) for winning the Cuetec Cues Florida Classic - The Miami Herald - 1/7/2005

"Piggy Bank" Rogers - It's mandatory that you practice every night in order to stay in shape - in reference to the upcoming Derby City Classics tournament - Southtown Star - 1/13/2005

About 100 people from across the borough gathered yesterday at a fund raiser for the New York Firefighter Burn Center Foundation - including six-time world champion Alan Hopkins - Staten Island Advance - 2/27/2005

Eddie Taylor "Hall of Famers" will be inducted into the "One Pocket" Hall of Fame today - He ran 37 banks without missing at one time - The Times - 4/2/2005

Imran Majid paid $2,000 to enter the International Pool Tour Tournament in Marietta.  Millionaire billiards fan Kevin Trudeau started the tour last year as a way to bring the world's best pool players together.  5 tournaments this year with payouts totaling over $10,000,000 - The Atlanta Constitution - 1/29/2006

Hustlers are a fading part of billiards history.  "Road Players" have been a part of billiards history since the days of Jack Carr.  They show up in a pool hall, win a few and lose a few, buy a round of beer, make friends and then clean out the house - Columbia Daily Tribune - 1/30/2006

William "Weenie Beenie" Stanton, passes at 77.  He was one of the first inductees into the "One Pocket" Hall of Fame.  He received his nickname form a chain of hotdog stands that he and his brother owned - Sun-News - 2/21/2006

Steve Mizerak died at age 61 - complications from gall bladder surgery - The Roanoke Times - 5/31/2006

"Until the late 1960's, black players were widely prohibited from professional tournaments, even when the color barrier was broken many avoided the switch to tournaments because they could make more money under cover" - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 1/1/2007

The WPA keeps track to the top 64 players on the tour and it is unusual to see their name in the standing only after 1 year - Ravail Republic - 1/3/2007

Allison Fisher, the top ranked player in the Women's Professional Billiards Association, beat 47 others to win her seventh national championship. Known as the "Duchess of Doom", England's Allison Fisher beat a field of famous players from around the world, including Jeanette Lee, the "Black Widow" in the semi-final bracket - Statesman Journal - 11/29/2007

Hall of Famer - Shane Van Boening wins his first US 9 Ball Championship at 24. - Rapid City Journal - 11/3/2007

Derby City - Shane Van Boening, winner of last years US Open pool tournament and the man considered the finest player in the nation today was to face Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, winner of the 2005 US Open 9 Ball Championship, 2004 World Pool Championship. - Fort Worth Star Telegraph - 1/20/2008

Better technology has enhanced many other parts of the game, from balls to cloths.  Better pools ball doesn't wear down the cloth when they skid.  High-end cloth still is made of Worster - woven felt - but now it's blended with stain resistant Teflon, that, unlike Scotchgard, does not wear off - The Rock Island Argus - 2/24/2008

Germany has its first case of doping in billiards.  National Champion Axel Buescher tested positive for an EPO masking agent - South Florida Sun Sentinel - 3/27/2008

New book - "The Hustler and the Champ, Willie Mosconi and Minnesota Fats, and the rivalry that defined pool" - Neighbors - 6/12/2008

Tommy Brown, a nominee for the 2007 Billiards Hall of Fame, died at 47 years 0ld - The Daily Journal - 1/19/2009

Allison Fisher - 40 years old - I've won 74 professional titles in the US, four World Championships and eight nationals.  I've been player of the year 11 times out of the past 12 years. - Sunday Telegraph - 2/15/2009

Derby City Classic movers from the Louisville Executive Inn to the Horseshoe Casino in Elizabeth, IN - The Billiards Digest - 6/2009

Allison "Duchess of Dome" Fisher, inducted into Hall of Fame - Messinger Inquirer - 11/8/2009