nine-ball

Too often it's like playing nine-ball and effortlessly sinking the first seven, only for your opponent to nail the final two.

The Magical Mystery Behind Manchester's London Double Gabriele Marcotti 2012

He shot a good stick, mostly nine-ball and one-pocket, the money games back then.

Stevie Wonder 2010

We got to be friends over bad Buffalo wings and worse nine-ball.

The Hanging Tree Bryan Gruley 2010

When the shadow is fully over the yardarm – sometime between 4 a 6 – the visitors are welcome to join me on the roof patio; try to beat me at a game of nine-ball; share a cocktail or two and watch the sunset.

36 Hours in Your Part of Mexico 2007

In this game of nine-ball, were number three, blue, pristine, and bursting with life, and our satellites are imperfections in the felt.

Archive 2009-09-01 Aaron M. Wilson 2009

Back at the hotel, I hung out in the hospitality suite for awhile, where I lost a game of nine-ball to Liza Groen Trombi.

Nebula Awards Weekend: Thursday scottedelman 2008

Arch walks over to the pool table and racks up a game of nine-ball.

Occupational Hazards Jonathan Segura 2008

Arch walks over to the pool table and racks up a game of nine-ball.

Occupational Hazards Jonathan Segura 2008

The first event consisted of nine-ball bank games, in which the object ball must hit at least one cushion before being pocketed; the second of one-pocket games, in which each player picks a corner pocket and must deposit all his balls in that pocket; and the third of nine-ball games, in which the balls must be shot in order, 1 to 9, with the last being the money ball.

The Magician 2005

A year before that match, in Reno, Nevada, Reyes beat Strickland in a nine-ball game with what has become known as "the Shot."

The Magician 2005