Quarter-final matches will take place today between undefeated players Johnny Archer and Luc Salvas, Alex Pagulayan and Jason Klatt at the 2006 SML 9-Ball Open in Calgary. Archer's path to the final was almost thwarted by young Shane Van Boening in an early match on April 13, the third day of the…

"Where are my friends?" demanded Earl Strickland, discussing the lack of respect given to pool players by professional athletes in other sports during his acceptance speech as the 50th inductee of the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. The fact is, Strickland was surrounded by friends dur…

A weeping Dennis Hatch cradled the championship trophy for the Gabriels Open 8-Ball Professional Players Championship, after mounting a furious comeback to win a second-set squeaker against undefeated challenger Mike Davis in the final. Hatch, 35, had won the first set, 5-3, but found himself dow…

At the fifth and final International Pool Tour qualification event in Weert, The Netherlands, David Alcaide of Spain and Daryl Peach of England nabbed the final two spots on the 150-player roster for the 2006 season. After defeating Peach on Saturday night in a hill-hill nailbiter, Alcaide showed…

Allison Fisher, "The Duchess of Doom," fended off some hungry foes and battled some personal demons, but managed to pull off her 46th Women's Professional Billiard Association tournament win at the Great Lakes Classic stop of the WPBA's 2006 season, March 8-12 in Michigan City, Ind. Fisher suffer…

The world has a new women's 9-ball champion in Ga-Young Kim of Korea. It's a title she's had before, in 2004, and one that she stole away from former 2002 champion Shin-Mei Liu, in the final match of the 2006 Women's World 9-Ball Championship that took place in Taipei, Taiwan. The four-day tournamen…

The International Pool Tour gained two new players after its fourth qualification event ended Feb. 26 at in Chelmsford, Mass. Warren Kiamco of the Philippines advanced steadily through the the winners’ side, scorching Furuta Kazao 10-2 and then besting George Breedlove 10-10-8 in the winners’-sid…

It’s gut-check time in the world of pro pool as 78 players prepare to fight it out in the last U.S. qualifier for the International Pool Tour, held this weekend at Country Club Billiards in Boston. Only four more spots are open on the 150-player tour for the 2006 season, and two will be awarded i…