19 year old Fedor Gorst of Russia wins the 2019 World 9-ball Championship with a hard fought 13 -11 win over Taiwan’s Chang Jung Lin. Ted Lerner reports from Doha, Qatar.
Watch as England’s Chris Melling breaks the internet with one of the sickest run outs in pool history.
Russia’s Ruslan Chinakov claims the Molinari Players Championship with a powerful 16-6 win over the Philippines Lee Vann Corteza in New York City.
It’s Appleton vs. Corteza, Chua vs. Chinakov as the Molinari Players Championship heads to the final day.
20 year old American Billy Thorpe upsets two world champions to storm into the final 16 at the Molinari Player’s Championship in New York City.
Wheelchair world champ shines along with Brits, Filipinos and Finns on a tough Day 1 at the World Pool Series in New York.
Jayson Shaw is the hot favorite as sport’s newest pool tour gets ready to kick off in New York.
William Hill, the world’s largest bookmaker, will be offering action
on the upcoming World Pool Series.
Darren Appleton goes all in with the World Pool Series, his new professional 8-ball tour he hopes will catch the fancy of millions of players and fans around the globe.
Taiwan’s Ko Pin Yi wins his first World 9-ball Championship with a gritty 13-11 win over the USA’s Shane Van Boening
Follow my exclusive coverage from Doha, Qatar as the WPA World 9 ball championship begins September 7. 128 of the world’s best pool players competing for the biggest prize in the sport.
Can’t Have One Without The Other
While on an epic train journey with his wife Au through India’s colorful past, Ted Lerner discovers the secret to enjoying life in the tortuously hot and overcrowded subcontinent is to embrace the madness…or is it brilliance? An excerpt from “The Traveler & The Gate Checkers.”
19 year old Fedor Gorst of Russia wins the 2019 World 9-ball Championship with a hard fought 13 -11 win over Taiwan’s Chang Jung Lin. Ted Lerner reports from Doha, Qatar.
How Lionel Rose’s Most Prized Possession Saved The Life Of A Young Boy
Ted Lerner uncovers the incredible story of Aboriginal boxing legend Lionel Rose, his unlikely championship belt won, then given away to save a boy’s life after a sickening racist attack, and how boxing eventually honored this magnanimous gesture.
Back From The Brink And On To The Streets
Boxing was going to be Alvin Felisilda’s path out of crushing poverty, when a life-threatening brain injury in the ring cut his dreams short. Then the sport itself rallied to restore hope. Ted Lerner reports for the Ring Magazine.
In an article from the Asian Wall St. Journal, Ted Lerner tracks down now destitute former world champion Rolando Navarrete and 8 time world champion Manny Pacquiao. The two are from the same town in Mindanao, live 4 blocks apart, but their paths in life couldn’t be any different.
In this feature from Billiards Digest, Ted Lerner chronicles Francisco Bustamante’s journey from poverty to pool’s pantheon.
