News From Around the Web

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

Joss NE 9-Ball Tour 2026-2027 Season Kicks Off in Maine

Congratulations to Turning Stone Classic XLII 9-Ball Open winner Moritz “Hollywood” Neuhausen ($10,000), Second chance winner Steve Fleming ($550) and $1,800 Joss Cue raffle winners Art Wadsworth & Rick Manzi My Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour’s 30th season (2026-2027) kicks off with “The Main Event XVIII” at TJ’s Classic Billiards in beautiful Waterville Maine on September […]

BEF Announces Call for Board of Directors Nominations

The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) announces a call for nominations for positions on its Board of Directors. The BEF Nominating Committee is currently accepting nominations for two available Board of Directors seats, with terms beginning Oct 1, 2026. BEF supporters, industry members, and members of the greater cue sports community are encouraged to nominate qualified […]

MacDonald goes undefeated to claim NWPA Stop #5 in Spokane, WA

With her undefeated run at this past weekend’s (Aug. 28-30) Stop #5 on the Northwest Women’s Pool Association (NWPA) tour and a single, ‘regular’ stop to go in the 2026, 25th anniversary season, Kathie MacDonald has secured a virtual ‘lock’ on the tour’s 2026 Player of the Year award. She has gone undefeated in winning […]

Garcia ousts ’24 Texas Open champion Patsura to claim 53rd Texas Open 9-Ball Championships

There were more than just a few familiar faces at this year’s Predator Texas Open 9-Ball Championships. Its defending champion, Shane Van Boening for starters, as well as Ukraine’s Vitaliy Patsura, who claimed the title in 2024. Unfortunately, for both of them and others, like the Philipines’ Jeffrey De Luna, German late-teens competitor Felix Vogel, […]

Kibaroglu successfully defends Texas Open Ladies title, downing home-grown Aryana Lynch

Though the American contingent, in all divisions of this past Labor Day weekend’s (Sept. 4-7) Predator Texas Open Championship at Skinny Bob’s Billiards, in Round Rock, TXdominated the entrant fields, though competitors who hailed from elsewhere won two of the three main events. The 32-entrant One Pocket division, in which three out of every four […]

Erick Amador Wins “The Grind” as Village Cue Club Wraps Labor Day Weekend; Sam Kantar Takes Monday’s 10-Ball Title

North Palm Beach, FL — Village Cue Club closed out its three-leg Labor Day Weekend tournament series, “The Grind,” on Monday with a hard-fought 10-Ball single-elimination event that saw several of the field’s top players pushed to the hill. Erick Amador claimed the overall Grind title and its $250 “Grind Prize” bonus with the most […]

Kenny Chavarria Wins Packy’s “King of the Box” event

Packys Sports Pub launched its inaugural “King of the Box” tournament on August 30, 2026, bringing together 21 players in a high-stakes double-elimination bracket for a total prize pool of $3,420 (combining a $2,100 main pot with a $1,320 Calcutta auction). How the Tournament Unfolded Kenny C.’s Flawless Championship Run: Kenny dominated the winner’s bracket from […]

Moritz Neuhausen Earns Second Career Turning Stone Classic title.

Moritz Neuhausen went undefeated to win the Turning Stone Classic XLIII and become the eighth player in the events twenty six year history to win multiple titles. With Jayson Shaw (9 time winner), John Morra (defending champion) and Neuhausen in the field, the fans in attendance were expecting a repeat winner, but the brackets certainly […]

Who Starts as the Favorite for Turning Stone Classic 43?

Turning Stone has a habit of rewarding players who arrive in form and punish anyone relying on reputation alone. With January’s Turning Stone Classic LXIII on the horizon, the early pecking order is taking shape, and a few names have done enough in 2026 to make the argument interesting before the field is confirmed. Turning […]

Niels Feijen Returns To Mosconi Cup As Team Europe Captain, 27-30 November

Eight-time Mosconi Cup winner and four-time MVP takes charge as Europe targets seventh consecutive title The World Nineball Tour is thrilled to announce that Niels Feijen will return to the Mosconi Cup in 2026 — but this time, he will lead Team Europe from the captain’s chair as the European side targets a seventh consecutive […]