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At the end of October, veteran 9-ball star Kim Davenport was competing in the UPA Atlanta Open, fighting for a spot on the U.S. team for the upcoming Mosconi Cup in London. Today, the 47-year-old Modesto, Calif., pro is fighting for his professional pool player life. Davenport, the 1990 Billiards Di…

[caption id="attachment_3739" align="alignright" width="125"] Karen Corr is fighting back.[/caption]Women’s Professional Billiards Association points-leader Karen Corr may be getting back into the swing of things. Corr defeated her perennial nemesis Allison Fisher, 7-5, in the finals of the WPBA Wom…

Allison Fisher continued her dominant play of late by defeating Karen Corr in a $25,000 sudden-death playoff in the International Tournament of Champions, held Nov. 6-7 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn. In the finals, each player took a set in the race-to-five format, leaving a singl…

[caption id="attachment_3736" align="alignright" width="150"] Expect to see Johnny on your television at the end of December.[/caption]The Mosconi Cup will be broadcast for the first time in the United States this year courtesy of ESPN2. Coverage, which will feature tournament highlights, will run f…

[caption id="attachment_3730" align="alignright" width="150"] Ralf, triumphant.[/caption]In a mad dash to hold off pesky challenger Alex Pagualyan and complete the final match before Pay-Per-View satellite feeds went "to black," Germany's Ralf Souquet scored a heart-pounding 13-11 win in the final o…

Ralf Souquet dominated Johnny Archer in the finals to win the IBC U.S. Championship, his second straight IBC event title. Souquet took the title from Archer in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, at J. O. B. Billiards in Nashville, Tenn. Following about a week of on-site qualifiers, the event ran Sept. 13-15. …

[caption id="attachment_3724" align="alignright" width="100"] Thornfeldt finally overcame them all. (Photo: Carla Bonner)[/caption]Helena Thornfeldt has won her first Women’s Professional Billiards Association title since the Seattle Classic in 1996. Thornfeldt, who has steadily held the fourth or f…

[caption id="attachment_3721" align="alignright" width="150"] Bustamante zeroed in on the title in Vegas.[/caption]"He just plays great against me. It makes me a little sick sometimes," said Ralf Souquet after the finals of the Gabriels Las Vegas Invitational, August 23 at the Riviera Hotel and Casi…