After struggling to keep up with Europe for more than a decade, Team USA’s pool team acquired an unlikely star: Russian world champion Fedor Gorst. Gorst, 25, is the No. 1 ranked pool player in the ...

At the US Open in August, 256 players competed for a prize pool of $500,000, with $100,000 for first place. Gorst won his first five matches without much resistance to reach the final 16, raising his ...