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Taking A Mulligan

NewsApril 5, 2019August 20, 20250

Matchroom’s acquisition of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships was met with great joy by the pool community. Bold plans and grandiose promises heralded a bright future for America’s oldest and most significant major pool tournament. A guaranteed purse of $300,000 for the 2019 event was announce…

Pool’s Olympic Bid Fails

NewsFebruary 25, 2019August 20, 20250

The organizing committee for Paris 2024 released a press kit on its recommendations to the International Olympic Committee. The committee recommended break dancing, surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing. Other sports that were included as “finalists” were baseball, squash and karate. In re…

Good Things Come To Those That Wait

NewsAugust 3, 2018August 20, 20250

That old adages seems perfectly appropriate in 2018, as former champions Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson and Kim Davenport earned election into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame, the BCA announced today. The Austrian-born Hofstatter-Gregerson, 47, had been on the Greatest Player ballot…

Mandalay Bay To Host US Open 9-Ball

NewsApril 15, 2018August 20, 20250

The 43rd US Open 9-Ball Championship will take place at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas from Sunday, April 21 until Friday, April 26, 2019. Matchroom Multi Sport acquired full ownership of the US Open 9-Ball Championship in a ground-breaking agreement last month and the tournament will mo…

Matchroom Acquires U.S. Open

NewsMarch 24, 2018August 20, 20250

After several months of questions and speculation, the mystery surrounding the future of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship has been unveiled. British event producer Matchroom Sport, promoters of the Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters and World Cup of Pool, has taken over ownership of the world’s longes…

Go Big Or Go Home

NewsNovember 8, 2017April 21, 20190

[caption id="attachment_4450" align="alignleft" width="300"] Frost, who opened Freezer's Ice House in Tempe, Ariz., says most poolroom owners are "simply behind the times."[/caption] While poolrooms struggle across the country, two industry veterans open sparkling new rooms in the Southwest U.S., w…

Partypoker set to sponsor Mosconi Cup XXIV

NewsOctober 19, 2017March 3, 20190

Matchroom Multi Sport is delighted to announce Partypoker as the title sponsors for the 24th annual Mosconi Cup at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas from 4th to 7th December. Partypoker.com is one of the oldest, most recognized and trusted online poker brands. Launched in August 2001, partypoker.com i…

Appleton, Rossman Elected To BCA HOF

NewsJune 15, 2017May 15, 20180

Darren Appleton was already 30 years old when he made the move from English 8-Ball to American Pool, and soon thereafter from Yorkshire, England, to the United States. But in 11 short years, the doggedly determined former boxer made an indelible mark on the game, winning three world championships in…

Tools of the Trade

NewsApril 23, 2017August 20, 20250

Pool players have a love/hate relationship with their cues. We talk to some of the game's best to better understand how equipment impacts performance. [caption id="attachment_4400" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photos by Mel Evans[/caption] Pool isn't baseball, where an inside fastball can sn…

Ruijsink to Coach U.S.

NewsJanuary 23, 2017March 24, 20180

[caption id="attachment_4390" align="alignright" width="300"] Ruijsink will switch jerseys for the Mosconi Cup.[/caption]In a move that was met with mixed reviews, Mosconi Cup promoter Matchroom Sport announced Holland’s Johan Ruijsink as 2017 captain for Team USA. The 50-year-old Ruijsink is well k…

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Taking A Mulligan

Pool’s Olympic Bid Fails

Good Things Come To Those That Wait

Mandalay Bay To Host US Open 9-Ball

Matchroom Acquires U.S. Open

Go Big Or Go Home

Partypoker set to sponsor Mosconi Cup XXIV

Appleton, Rossman Elected To BCA HOF

Tools of the Trade

Ruijsink to Coach U.S.

December: Too Much of a Good Thing?

Mind & Body

Eye of the Tiger

Queen’s Gambit