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 ...

Did you know our part of the country is the birthplace of pinball? It’s also the place where that activity’s rebirth is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — Not many sports hold a World Championship that requires its players to use outdated equipment, but that's exactly what the IFPA does.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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some rock and metal musicians have entered the world of pinball even without their bands getting an official machine with ...

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 ...

Zen Studios announced this week they have a new mobile title on the way that will give you pinball on the go with Zen Pinball World. This is basically a mobile version of the pinball titles the ...

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 ...