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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.
