Episodes

In Part 2 of our four-part conversation with Austrian Pool Hall of Famer Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson , Gerda’s story takes a bold turn—across an ocean, into the spotlight, and straight onto the American tour. Gerda recounts ho...

In Part 1 of our four-part conversation, we welcome the unstoppable “G-Force” —Austrian legend Gerda Hofstätter-Gregerson —for a deep dive into the roots of a world-class competitor. Before she became a trailblazer in women’s...

In this moving final chapter of our six-part Legends of the Cue conversation, Mitch Laurance brings his remarkable journey full circle—through gratitude, reflection, and the relationships that have shaped a life squeezed for ...

In Episode 5 of our six-part life-story series with Mitch Laurance, we pick up where his improbable second act really takes flight—behind the microphone, on the biggest stage pool had at the time: ESPN. Mitch takes us back to...

In Episode 4 of our six-part conversation with actor, producer, and longtime billiards broadcaster Mitch Laurance, the story turns on a single moment in Winston-Salem that changed everything. Mitch takes us back to 1990—sent ...

In Part 3 of our multi-part life-story conversation with American film and television actor—and longtime sports broadcaster— Mitch Laurance , we detour through the worlds that shaped him long before pool took center stage. Mi...

In Part 2 of our conversation with actor and sports broadcaster Mitch Laurance , Mitch takes us deeper into the improbable zigzags that turned a behind-the-scenes job at Saturday Night Live into a front-row seat to entertainm...

In this opening chapter of our multi-part conversation, Mitch Laurance takes us all the way back—before the bright lights of television, before the broadcast booth, before the roles that made his career a near-constant highli...

In the final chapter of our four-part life story with WPBA Hall of Famer Ewa Mataya Laurance , we land where legends are forged: on the road, under the lights, and in the moments that reveal what matters most. Ewa takes us in...

In Part 3 of our four-part Legends of the Cue conversation with pool Hall of Famer Ewa Mataya Laurance , the “Striking Viking” hits the most turbulent—and transformative—stretch of her career. We rewind to 1990–91 , the perio...

Part 2 picks up as Ewa Mataya Laurance—“The Striking Viking”—plants her feet in America with one goal: play pool, and nothing else. From home in Michigan to road trips with her friend Vicky Frechen (Paski), Ewa relives the hu...

In this first chapter of our four-part life-story series, we welcome one of the most captivating figures ever to pick up a cue: Pool Hall of Famer Ewa Mataya Laurance —the iconic “Striking Viking.” From her earliest days in S...

In the powerful final chapter of our four-part Legends of the Cue conversation with Jerry Briesath , we arrive at the heart of a life devoted not just to playing pool—but to teaching it, elevating it, and preserving its futur...

In Part Three of our four-part conversation with Pool Hall of Famer and BCA Dean of Master Instructors Jerry Briesath, we dive deep into the heart of what made Jerry one of the most influential teachers the game has ever know...

In Part 2 of our four-part Legends of the Cue conversation with Jerry Briesath , we dive deep into the heart of his instructional philosophy—and the ideas that forever changed how generations of players approach the game. Thi...

In this opening episode of a special four-part series, Legends of the Cue begins the remarkable life story of Jerry Briesath , widely regarded as the father of modern pool instruction and the longtime Dean of the BCA’s Master...

In this powerful and deeply human conclusion to our multi-part conversation, Pat Fleming reflects on a life spent giving more to the game of pool than he ever took from it. Known worldwide as the founder of Accu-Stats , Flemi...

In Part III of our in-depth conversation with Pat Fleming, the Hall of Famer and founder of Accu-Stats pulls back the curtain on the pivotal chapter that reshaped both his life and the future of recorded pool history. Pat wal...

In Part 2 of our in-depth Legends of the Cue conversation with Hall of Famer and Accu-Stats founder Pat Fleming, we dive deeper into the ideas, inventions, and relentless curiosity that forever altered how the game of pool is...

In this opening chapter of a multi-part Legends of the Cue conversation, we sit down with Pat Fleming —the meticulous mind whose lifelong obsession with numbers would ultimately reshape how the game of pool is measured, under...

In this third installment of our multi-part conversation with Hall of Famer Mike Sigel, we dive deeper into the mind of one of the most electrifying champions in cue sports history. With characteristic candor, humor, and razo...

In the second installment of our multi-part conversation with Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer Mike “Captain Hook” Sigel , we dive deeper into the wild early years that shaped one of the greatest champions the sport...

When a true giant of the game speaks, the pool world listens. In this episode of Legends of the Cue , Hall of Fame icon Mike Sigel joins us to unveil the most ambitious billiards initiative in decades—the launch of America’s ...

In this captivating first chapter of our multi-part conversation with Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer “Captain Hook” Mike Sigel , we step into the origins of one of the greatest cue artists the sport has ever known...