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In 1966, the Billiard Congress of America created its hall of fame to honor people who have been known to enrich the sport, containing two categories — "The Greatest Player", a category including players who played either internationally or nationally for 20 years or more and have won at least one national or international championship, and "The Meritorious Service", a category for players ...
The Iowa Wrestling team hosted the 1959 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at the Field House. (2012) President Barack Obama at the Iowa Field House. The pool inside the facility was the home of the Iowa Hawkeyes men's and women's swimming team from its construction through the 2009–2010 season.
"U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championship" as a proper noun most often refers to the straight pool (14.1 continuous pool) championship, the oldest of the events. Though "U.S. Open Pool Championship" as a stand-in for an official event name most commonly refers to the nine-ball event, it may, depending upon context, refer to any of six different ...
Iowa City has released four design concepts for the new City Park Pool and is looking for more public input to guide to the design process. Iowa City seeks community feedback for redesigning 75 ...
The APA conducts pool leagues and tournaments in the disciplines of eight-ball and nine-ball with a unified ruleset. The organization was founded in 1981 by professional pool players Terry Bell and Larry Hubbart, with roots dating back to the National Pool League (NPL), founded in 1979. The APA bills itself as the largest pool league in the ...
The "Please Be Nice" tournament at 4100 Bar in Silver Lake was created as an antidote to the prickly, male-dominated world of dive bar pool. No turf wars, no sexism: Meet the queer Gen Z women ...
A new era of the City Park Pool is near, complete with six swimming lanes and a diving area. The Iowa City City Council approved the $18.4 million plan for the 75-year-old pool's redesign on ...
The event and its regional qualifying tournaments followed Billiard Congress of America (BCA) / World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world-standardized rules, and were double-elmiination in format. The championship was a BCA-sanctioned event, with champions listed as such in BCA's Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book.