Ring Game Set for U.S. Open

Six players will match up for a special event Ring Game o­n Wednesday evening, September 8, 2004, during the 29th Annual U S Open 9-Ball Championship. Although the players are not yet determined, efforts our being made to make this a full field of former U S Open Champions. The event was previously scheduled for Sunday, September 5th, but commitments in Europe for the World Pool Masters will delay the arrival of several top-level players who might participate.Grady "The Professor" Mathews will preside over the event as "Ring Leader" along with U S Open Tournament Director Scott Smith. This unique 10-Ball event was very successful at the Derby City Classic, in Louisville, KY last January, when two separate Ring Games were produced, resulting in twelve o­ne-hour cable TV programs. The Derby City Classic Ring Game #1 is currently running o­n Empire Sports Network and will soon be broadcast o­n several new regional sports cable networks in the third quarter of 2004. Billiard Club network is securing broadcast distribution in Buffalo, Denver, Chicago, Detroit and possibly Atlanta for U S Open,Derby City Classic and Ring Game programming.   Billiard Club network will broadcast the U S Open Ring Game event live o­n the Internet at www.billiardclub.net and tape-delayed through its cable TV partners. ESPN has expressed an interest in the programming, but has yet to secure the rights.

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