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Tied to a hectic schedule and hoping to make a last big splash in the competitive arena, Ewa Laurance has decided to step down as president of the Women’s Professional Billiard Association with a full year left on her two-year term. The position will be filled after the WPBA’s board of directors …

Women's Professional Billiard Association star Ga Young Kim has had quite a week. The day that Westwood Billiards announced their sponsorship of Kim, Nov. 3, she went on to win the Women's Tournament of Champions at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn. The made-for-TV event features a two-…

The International Pool Tour has sealed a prime-time television deal with the national Fox Sports Network. The IPT World 8-Ball Championship, a challenge match between hall-of-famers Loree Jon Jones and Mike Sigel which took place Aug. 20th in Las Vegas, Nev., will be broadcast several times on FSN. …

After a fluke scratch cost him a shot at $54,000 at the end of the finals of the Skins Billiards Championship, tiny Santos Sambajon held on to win a three-game playoff to pocket the same amount and bring his total Skins winnings to a gargantuan $73,500. "It's unbelievable . unbelievable," the 45-…

Allison Fisher beat Karen Corr, 7-6, in the final of the Cuetec Cues WPBA U.S. Open, held Oct. 12-16 at the Sandia Casino in Albuquerque, N.M. Fisher was sent to the one-loss side by Monica Webb, 7-5, in the winners'-side fifth round. On the left side, Fisher beat Helena Thornfeldt, 7-4, and adva…

There have been a few early upsets at the Women's Professional Billiard Association's Cuetec Cues U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, being held Oct. 12-16 at the Sandia Casino in Albuquerque, N.M. Taiwanese player Hsin Huang beat No. 4-ranked Kelly Fisher, 9-5, while Megan Minerich defeated Gerda Hof…

Ewa Laurance won the second annual Women's Trick Shot Challenge, organized by Matt Braun's promotional company Billiards International and held at the ESPN Zone in Las Vegas, Nev., on Oct. 4. Laurance beat Allison Fisher, 10-7, in the final match. Both semifinals and the final match were taped fo…

Marketing maven Kevin Trudeau's new International Pool Tour has announced the 150 players who were accepted for membership in the IPT for its first regular tournament season, which kicks off with the IPT Masters' 8-Ball Championship, January 31-February 4, 2006, at the Orlando Convention Center in O…