The Who gave the world many unique rock ‘n’ roll songs. For example, one of the only hit songs about a game is The Who’s “Pinball Wizard.” In his autobiography, Pete Townshend explained how the words ...

Pete Townshend recounted the truth behind the story of how “Pinball Wizard” came to be part of the Who’s 1969 rock opera Tommy, forcing him to make the deaf, dumb and blind lead character into an ...

Pinball fanatic David Silverman has 867 pinball machines, some dating to the 1920s. He hopes to open a multimillion-dollar museum in Maryland dedicated to this unique American game, which saw its ...

Pinball Wizard, a new pinball game for Apple Arcade starring an actual wizard, has all the elements of a great subway game: It’s easy to learn, challenging as you keep going, and it doesn’t always ...

WASHINGTON — Local pinball wizard Stephanie Traub is competing in a really cool event this weekend: PinClash. An online arcade pinball tournament featuring 24 top ranked players from around the world ...

World-ranked pinball champion Robert Gagno, the subject of new documentary Wizard Mode, talks about what it’s like to come of age with autism. World-ranked pinball champion Robert Gagno is the subject ...

Portland's Pinbrawl tournament is coming this weekend, and it's a chance for pinball pros and amateurs alike to fight for the title of pinball champ. (Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian) There are pinball ...

Mariana Juliano for Slate. The last guys who tried to save pinball bet all their quarters on a bunch of 3-D aliens. With sales of new machines dwindling in the late 1990s, the top execs at Williams, ...

ASHLAND - If there was a pinball machine somewhere, Dallas Overturf would be there. He didn’t just play for fun. He played to win. As a child in the 1970s, Overturf saw his first pinball machine at ...