The Black Widow of Pool Stares Down a New Challenge: Cancer

By BY JONATHAN ABRAMS from NYT Sports If you can name just one billiards player, it’s probably Jeanette Lee, who is known as the Black Widow. She recently learned she has Stage 4 ovarian cancer.https://nyti.ms/3sP6Utb

After Much Effort, an ‘Unbreakable’ Record in Straight Pool Is Topped

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports If John Schmidt’s pocketing of 626 balls without a miss on Monday in Monterey, Calif., is certified, it will break Willie Mosconi’s mark of 526 set in 1954.https://nyti.ms/2Kb5JSi