Below are headlines from various news sources in the pool and billiards industry. This list is updated every 2 hours and only contains the 10 most recent articles from each source.
AZ Billiards News
Just Do GOOD Entertainment (JDG), the North Carolina–based production company dedicated to spotlighting uplifting stories and acts of generosity, is celebrating a series of new milestones as it continues to grow its national footprint. The company has completed filming a new two‐part episode of its signature series, Finding Kindness, this time in Phoenix, Arizona. Building […]
World Billiards Legend Allison Fisher Honored with North Carolina’s Prestigious Long Leaf Pine Award
Internationally acclaimed billiards champion Allison Fisher, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, has been awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of North Carolina’s highest civilian honors. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Fisher has proudly called the United States—and specifically Charlotte, North Carolina—her home […]
Roberts mounts comeback in finals to win SE Open 9-Ball stop at Rack & Grill in GA
Tommy Kennedy has been running his J. Pechauer Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour for about 27 years now. He launched it about seven years after defeating Johnny Archer in the finals of the US Open 9-Ball Championships in 1992. Throughout most of its history, the tour was running about a dozen stops every year, though more […]
Ussery goes undefeated to win Pool Series $1,000-added One Pocket event at The Smokin’ Cue
We almost missed it. In our never-ending search for events, we tend to get hypnotized by the ‘normal; a 9-ball event on a regional tour, a Split Bracket (or more recently, Quad bracket) event happening somewhere else and the usual menu of things happening in the upper stratosphere of the tournament scene where the Pros […]
Wojciech Szewczyk named World Games Athlete of the Month
Polish pool star Wojciech Szewczyk has been named Athlete of the Month for April 2026following a breakthrough victory that marks a defining moment in his career. Szewczyk captured his first Eurotour gold medal at the Turkish Open, delivering a composed and consistent performance across the weekend to finally secure a title that had long been […]
Howard goes undefeated to claim Q City 9-Ball Tour title at Mickey Milligan’s
Regional tours have a way of spotlighting more than just individual players competing in a relatively tight geographic area. They reveal a sort of competitive and collective ‘DNA,’ unique to a given area. You get a mixture of first-time players, returning but relatively new ones, a smattering of competitors who’ve traveled a bit to be […]
MD’s Florian Ancho chalks up first regional tour win on B & L Quad Bracket event
This past weekend (Sat. April 4) at a B & L Billiards Tournaments’ Quad Bracket event, he came from the second-lowest bracket of four, downing three opponents, only the last of whom had a lower FargoRate than his (541). He advanced to a final 16, played and won two straight-up races to 9, then gave […]
Is a Video Game Key to Billiards’ Growing Its Global Presence?
As we look further into 2026, we can see that the potential for billiards to appeal to newer and younger audiences, particularly via the digital entertainment/video gaming industry, is more important than ever. Just like how FIFA and EAFC have revolutionized soccer by introducing it to broader audiences, billiards could also leverage high-quality video games […]
The Crucible Turns 50: Why the World Snooker Championship Is Still the Greatest Show
If you have never watched the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, you are missing one of sport’s genuinely irreplaceable experiences. Not because snooker is the most athletic thing you will ever see, though the precision and stamina required are seriously underrated. But because nowhere else in professional sport does an intimate […]
Alban goes undefeated to claim Sullivan Open Tour ‘550 & under’ event
NYC’s Erika Alban has been competing in and around the city for about two years now, and though, prior to this past weekend (Sat., March 28), she’d recorded only one cash payout with us here at AZBilliards, she was building up an impressive resume at mixed-gender tournaments. Two years ago (Feb./March ’24), she claimed the […]