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 …

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. …

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…

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…