Pinball was invented nearly a century ago, yet the number one player in the world today is a teenager in northern Colorado. Escher Lefkoff, 19, obtained the rank of number one pinball player in the ...

We found 19 pinball machines themed after big rock and metal acts that are also heavily reviewed by serious pinball players. More bands have started licensing their IP to be used on pinball machines ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia is known for a lot of things: The Gamecocks, the State Fair, famously hot temperatures, and now pinball can be added to that list. One of the largest pinball groups in the ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Mike and Trisha Burgess love pinball, and they love sharing the game with their community and beyond. The couple opened Wizard’s World in 2017, becoming the largest all ...

The world's top competitive pinball player is a 19-year-old from Longmont, Colo. How did Escher Lefkoff become No. 1? Colorado Public Radio's Matt Bloom wanted to know. (SOUNDBITE OF PINBALL MACHINE ...

MURRIETA, Calif. — Not many sports hold a World Championship that requires its players to use outdated equipment, but that's exactly what the IFPA does. CBS 8's John Howard caught up with Jim Belsito, ...

If you pull back the plunger of a pinball machine ever so slowly, your wrist can feel the delicious tension building in each coil of the metal spring, one after the next, as the kinesis of ...

September 25, 2020 update: This story first ran shortly before the coronivirus pandemic gripped San Antonio, putting Steve Bowden's plans to help launch Deeproot Pinball on hold. In March, just before ...

You’d probably assume the first Star Wars pinball machine came out of the United States, and fair enough. The film was ...

It’s like the Super Bowl of pinball. Or maybe the Indy 500. David Denholtz, president of Fort Myers’ The Pinball Asylum, calls it both those things. But whatever analogy you use, there are two things ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Some of the best women’s pinball players in North Carolina had a dilemma: Though it was an honor to be among the 16 invited to compete for the state title in January and a shot at ...

Escher Lefkoff grew up playing pinball at his world pinball champion dad's knee. Now, the son is world champion. Dad is proud — if a little miffed he can't still beat his protege. Right now the ...