Advani storms into semifinals

Pune: Pankaj Advani stormed into the semifinals of the 2010 National billiards championship with an authoritative 4-1 victory over Ashok Shandilya of Railways.

Bend billiards buddies rack up trip to Vegas competition

Teammates Erica Skatvold, John Smith and Jeff Johnson all started in the local APA pool league less than a year ago and also found themselves at nationals last week.

Sethi, Alok Kumar in quarterfinals

Pune: The National billiards championship being staged at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana here, which was also the venue for the recently concluded IBSF World billiards championship, reached the quarterfinal stage after three days of round robin matches.

Neon Nights offers students a chance to play video and arcade games

The University Student Union (USU) is holding the first Neon Nights of the semester in the CSUN Games Room where students can play with the free video games offered.

Weekend: The Frontier Circus, Eric Somner, Tea Leaf Green

FRIDAY 9/3 Goof-rockers Pop Tart Monkeys begin their three-night, Labor Day weekend stint at West End Smokehouse and Tavern, 10 p.m., $5. Twangy, country-singing workhorse Ryan Couron plays Fox and Hound, 10 p.m., $5. Soul-man/ladykiller William Staggers brings his funk-laced R&B to The Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7. Eric Somner , the folk-blues vagrant, comes to Midtown Billiards, 12:30 a.m., $8 non ...