FARGO-A pool checker tournament is scheduled March 12 at the Dr. James Carlson Library, 2801 32nd Ave. S.The time limit for the tournament is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library opens at 9 a.m. for ...

It was a curious cultural alliance, and it took place in a Ramada Inn banquet room a few blocks from the Mississippi River. There, for five muggy July days, 120 black men and two Soviet Jews assembled ...

2002-10-22 04:00:00 PDT New York-- James Searles, who elevated the lightning-fast form of checkers played mainly by black men in barbershops, parks and sidewalks to the province of an exclusive if ...

Wayne “Notorious Bowlegs” Broderick and Ronnie “Most Wanted” James joined about 35 checkers enthusiasts from Florida and Georgia in an event hosted Saturday by the Ocala Players at the Holiday Inn ...

James Searles, who elevated the lightning-fast form of checkers played mainly in barbershops, in parks and on sidewalks to the province of an exclusive if distinctly clamorous society — the Brooklyn ...