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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…

The Big Time

NewsJanuary 1, 2017November 8, 20170

It's been 10 years since the International Pool Tour died. How will history judge the short-lived $13 million venture that showed the promise and peril of attempting to bring pool into the big time? By Nick Leider It almost seems like a fever dream, now that it’s been a decade since its death.…

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

NewsDecember 22, 2016June 26, 20170

Mark Wilson announces his resignation as Team USA Captain, today, Dec. 22, 2016. I had a lot of time to think on the flight home from London, where Team Europe pasted Team USA in the Mosconi Cup. The final score was 11-3, which is bad enough. But it was the way Team Europe rolled to victory that …

BCA Hall of Famer Robert Byrne Dead at 86

NewsDecember 9, 2016June 26, 20170

Prolific billiard author, carom aficionado, longtime contributing editor to Billiards Digest and Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer Robert Byrne passed away Tues., Dec. 6., at his home in Dubuque, Iowa. He was 86. Mr. Byrne was best known for a string of successful billiard instructional …

Teams Set For Mosconi Cup

NewsNovember 9, 2016June 26, 20170

With the announcement of the final “wildcard” selections by the opposing captains, the final rosters for Team USA and Team Europe are set with four weeks to go before the 23rd Mosconi Cup commences at the Alexandra Palace in London, Dec. 6-9. Team USA captain Mark Wilson used his wildcard picks t…

The Storm Before the Calm

NewsOctober 17, 2016June 26, 20170

A week prior to the start of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, players across the United States were informed that they would be required to complete a World Pool-Billiard Association Player License Agreement if they intended to play in the WPA-sanctioned event, setting off wave of questions, alle…

‘Rocket’, ‘Belle’ Enter BCA Hall of Fame

NewsJuly 19, 2016June 26, 20170

For smooth-stroking lefty “Rocket” Rodney Morris, the call informing him of his election into the Greatest Player wing of the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame came as both a shock and a relief. “I want to cry,” Morris said after getting the news. “It’s validation and recognition of all the …

Partypoker set to sponsor Mosconi Cup XXIV

Appleton, Rossman Elected To BCA HOF

Tools of the Trade

Ruijsink to Coach U.S.

The Big Time

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

BCA Hall of Famer Robert Byrne Dead at 86

Teams Set For Mosconi Cup

The Storm Before the Calm

‘Rocket’, ‘Belle’ Enter BCA Hall of Fame

An ‘A’ in Chemistry

December: Too Much of a Good Thing?

Mind & Body

Eye of the Tiger