Tonight, Thursday, Nov. 17, the International Pool Tour's first event, the "IPT World 8-Ball Championship," will be showcased on a special one-hour edition of Fox Sports Net's "Best Damn Sports Show Period." The match was an exhibition-style 8-ball contest between Hall-of-Famers Mike Sigel and Loree…

Rising Korean superstar Ga Young Kim won the WPBA National 9-Ball Championship, Nov. 9-13 in Lincoln City, Ore. This is Kim's second WPBA title. "I am so happy and I want to say a lot of things and I don't know how!," gushed the giddy champ, for whom English is her third language. Kim bested Vivi…

In round three on the winners' side of the Women's Professional Billards Tour's Cuetec Cues National 9-Ball Championship, newly elected WPBA President Kim White, ranked No. 41, upset No. 2 Karen Corr, 9-6. The year-end event, being held at the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, Ore., Nov. 9-13…

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 …

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-…

Mike Immonen beat a solid field at the United States Professional Poolplayers Association's fourth annual Atlanta Open, held at Murphy's Brass Rail in Athens, Ga., Oct. 12-16. Immonen came up the one-loss side after losing to Earl Strickland on Saturday. The Iceman beat Luc Salvas, Mike Davis and…

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…