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Earl Strickland, nicknamed "Earl the Pearl", is a famous American pool player and is generally considered one of the best nine-ball players of all time. He also has the monicker "Million Dollar Man" because he once ran eleven consecutive racks, against Nick Mannino, during the first PCA tournament, in 1996, where there was a stipulation that anyone who could break and run ten racks would win US$1,000,000.^[1] Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Pocket billiards is a sub-classification of the broader category of games known as cue sports. ... A correct nine ball rack Nine ball is a contemporary variation of pocket billiards, with historical beginnings rooted in the United States and traceable to the 1920s. ... See also: 1995 in sports, other events of 1996, 1997 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Rusty Wallace wins the Suzuka NASCAR Thunder 100 at Suzuka City November 24, the first NASCAR... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the various carom... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ...

History

Strickland was born on June 8, 1961, in Roseboro, North Carolina. He started playing pool at the age of nine, and after intensive practice he entered his first pro tournament at 15. Five years later he turned professional. Strickland is a multiple winner of the prestigious player of the year award and his career highlights include wins at the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championships, and the WPA World Nine-ball Championships. Strickland is the only WPA World Nine-ball Champion ever to win the event in consecutive years. He is also an ever-present player for the American team in the annual Mosconi Cup tournament. June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Roseboro is a town located in Sampson County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 kmÂ²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual international, professional nine-ball pool tournament, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). ... The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Europe and the USA since 1994. ...

Earl Strickland is known for being an emotional player.^{[citation needed]} He often talks out loud while playing, and has gotten into confrontations with fans, players, referees and tournament officials. On at least one occasion, during the 2006 Mosconi cup, he broke his own cue by smashing it against the floor after a failed shot attempt^[2]^{[verification needed]}

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