Defending champion Fong-Pang Chao recovered on Monday with a pair of wins at the 2001 Admiral World Pool Championship in Cardiff, Wales, moving into the last qualifying spot in Group 1 with one day of round-robin play remaining. Chao topped Brazil’s Fabio Luersen, 5-0, and England’s Andy Battams, 5-…

The Women's Professional Billiard Association has added another tournament to the 2001 line up, according to Trifecta Entertainment. The event brings the year's total Classic Tour stops to five. The women will gather October 10-14 in the Chicago suburb of Villa Park for the WPBA Midwest Classic. …

By RICK ROMELL of the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: June 14, 2001 McDermott Cue Manufacturing Inc. is trying for the business equivalent of a bank shot into the corner pocket. Less than a year ago, the Menomonee Falls firm, one of the country's largest makers of custom, two-piece pool…

Ireland’s Karen Corr captured her 2001 Classic Tour-best third title of the season by defeating Allison Fisher, 7-3, in the final of the Women’s Professional Billiard Association’s Cuetec Cues Carolina Classic at the Charlotte Marriott City Center, June 14-17. The victory vaulted Corr into the No. 1…

Jeanette Lee ended Karen Corr's two-tourney win streak when she came from the one-loss side to hand Corr her only loss of the tournament, 7-5, at the Billiard Congress of America Pro 9-Ball open. Lee also ended a drought of her own, taking her first tournament top prize since prior to her 2000 back …

Defending Champion Johnny Archer will have to do it the hard way if he is to repeat at the Billiard Congress of America's Pro 9-Ball tournament in Las Vegas. Archer was upset by Canadian Mario Mora, 11-8, in the opening round of the men's division, Sunday. The double-elimination format makes it "sud…

Karen Corr became the first Women's Professional Billiard Association player other than No. 1-ranked Allison Fisher to win back-to-back Classic Tour titles since 1997 by capturing the Spring Classic, in Alpine, Calif., April 26-29. The victory, which paid Corr $6,500, once again came against Jennife…

Can Raymond "Hitman" Modglin, owner of Castleton Billiards Cafe in Indianapolis, play 1,000 games of 9-ball IN A ROW? Ray will make this historic attempt at a Guinness World Record during the BCA N.A. 8-Ball Championships at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Ray will begin his quest the morni…