Willard Welch treats his pool shooting like a job. Like clockwork, you can spot the 96-year-old pool player during the lunch hour or on weeknights chalking up his cue and contemplating his next cut ...

The man who calls himself Last Chance eyed the green expanse of felt, calculating his chances of kissing the 15 ball into the side pocket, then bent to his task. There was a short stroke of his custom ...

PHILADELPHIAPHILADELPHIA — When illness forced billiards great Willie Mosconi into a nursing home toward the end of his life, his equipment sponsor donated a pool table to the Cherry Hill, N.J., ...

You'd expect a 600-year-old sport to have played through its identity crisis. Not the case for pool. The sport's very name comes from pooling money to determine odds. And wagering lends pool mystique; ...

Until three years ago, Zingalie says, it might have been enough to go home after a long day's work and take a hike in the Marin hills, work on his own vehicle or just veg out in front of the tube. Not ...

You'll find a pool table in many a bar and basement, but are you brave enough to pick up the cue stick? Knowing how to hold your own in a game of pool is great for social situations with friends who ...

You’ll have to smoke your cigar at home, but two of this year’s best billiard simulations offer nearly all the other sensory opportunities, including some – sight lines from a variety of angles, ...

PHILADELPHIA -- When illness forced billiards great Willie Mosconi into a nursing home toward the end of his life, his equipment sponsor donated a pool table to the Cherry Hill, N.J., facility.