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Keith McReady, Tom Cruise, Jay Helfert and The Color of Money
“It’s like a nightmare, isn’t it?” Jay Helfert, author of Pool Wars, recounts his first-hand memories of Keith McReady, Tom Cruise, Martin Scorsese and the making of The Color of Money.
Keith McReady, Tom Cruise, Jay Helfert and The Color of Money
"It's like a nightmare, isn't it?" The story of Keith McReady in The Color of Money By now everybody knows that legendary pool hustler Keith McCready was immortalized in Martin Scorsese’s movie The Color of Money, where he played the part of Grady Seasons, who was...
Welcome to PoolHistory.com
Historic matches. Famous pool players. Dates and stats. Find all that and more at poolhistory.com, the pool and billiards history website curated by R.A. Dyer. Click through for articles about world champions Willie Mosconi and Ralph Greenleaf, or read details about big-time matchups with Minnesota Fats and Jersey Red. Dyer, author of the critically-acclaimed books Hustler Days and The Hustler and the Champ, has spent the last three decades writing about pool and pool history. He’s also the author of the long-running Untold Stories column in Billiards Digest.
Running Hundreds: Mosconi, Shaw, Schmidt & Cranfield
Mosconi, Schmidt & Shaw each locked down 500-plus ball-running records. But what of Cranfield?
Ko Pin Yi wins 2023 World Pool Masters; Kaci Second
The Taiwanese player also vanquished Jayson Shaw, 9-1, and Shane Van Boening, 11-7.
Michael Phelan: Father of American Pool, Irish Seditionist
The man rightfully considered the father of our sport in America had a colorful political history.
Pandemonium! Top 10 Billiards Brawls in Cinema
From DeNiro to Pacino to Jackie Chan, poolroom fights aplenty in the movies.
Orcollo, Briesath Selected for Billiard Congress Hall of Fame
Orcollo, 43, was the clear choice of voters in the Greatest Players category for the 2022 HOF.
American Shane Van Boening wins World Pool Championship
Shane Van Boening finally became the champion of the world after beating Albin Ouschan in the World Pool Championship final at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes on Sunday. From 6-6, Van Boening ran home with an expert performance to deliver his first-ever world title leaving Ouschan with very few opportunities at the table as he wrapped up an emotional 13-6 win.
