All Entries Tagged With: "Philippine Billiards"
THE VIEW FROM ABOVE
Dominant after an early loss at the World 10-Ball Championship, Mika Immonen further distanced himself from the field as the greatest player on the planet. BY TED LERNER IN BILLIARDS DIGEST MAGAZINE
IS 10 BALL THE PERFECT GAME?
With the 2nd World 10 Ball Championship set for Nov. 25th-30th in Manila, it’s clear that the relatively new discipline has taken its place alongside older games like 8 ball and 9 ball. Some in the know even say 10 Ball may be the perfect billiard game. BY TED LERNER
WOMEN’S WORLD 10 BALL FEATURE IN THIS MONTH’S BILLIARDS DIGEST
Tiny Rubilen Amit’s incredible victory in the first ever Women’s World 10-Ball Championship back in June surprised the pool world and put the friendly Filipina up there with the likes of Efren Reyes, Alex Pagulayan, and Ronnie Alcano. I covered the tournament for Billiards Digest magazine, the leading pool magazine in the US, and the feature story I wrote just came out in the August issue of the magazine. And now it’s yours to read, absolutely free.
WORKING CLASS HERO
When I wrote this feature for Manila’s Businessworld newspaper back in 1995, Efren “Bata” Reyes was considered by many at the time to be the best pool player ever. From tracking down the elusive great, to meeting and interviewing him, and to watching him perform his special magic, here in its entirety is one of the earliest accounts of the man whom many Filipinos considered then, and now, a walking, breathing Philippine folk legend.
INTERVIEW WITH GREATER GOOD RADIO
Here’s a recent interview I did with Jay-R Patron of Greater Good Radio out of Hawaii. From how I ended up living in the Philippines, to the ups and downs of daily life in this crazy and never dull country, to working as a journalist in one of the world’s notoriously dangerous spots, Jay-R managed to coax some interesting answers from me.
INPUT DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUAL OUTPUT
World reknowned Dutch pool star Alex Lely’s rambling letters reveal a startling universal truth. What you put into an endeavor does not always equal that which comes out. Sometimes in life, you simply have to stop giving a rip. by TED LERNER
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- Finally found some moments to upload some new content here on tedlerner.com, all of which you can check out as it spins up and down in the features section just above. I was lucky enough to be ringside doing the tv commentary for the Brian Viloria-Carlos Tamara world title fight here in Manila Jan.23rd and I've found some youtube video of the incredible last two rounds. Mika Immonen's awesome run to the World 10-Ball Championship in Manila is captured in my feature article in the Jan, 2010 issue of Billiards Digest magazine. And Saipan based author Joe Race is back with a tale of the Trung Sisters of Vietnam. Now these are some serious sisters I'd like to meet! Thanks Joe!--Ted aka "Hey,Joe"
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