“It wasn’t easy,” said Poland’s Wiktor Zielenski, minutes after he’d completed an undefeated run through the field of 176 entrants to win the 2026 Diamond Open NineBall Players Championship at this year’s Super Billiards Expo in Oaks, PA over this past weekend (April 9-12).  The numbers, however, suggest ‘easy,’ even though from a personal perspective, […]

In the world of top-level professional pool, it’s difficult to get surprised by the results of any individual match or the overall performance of any single competitor at a tournament. It’s similar to professional football’s theory about “’any given Sunday.” At that level of professionalism, any given sport’s fan base is predicated on the idea […]

Defending champion Feijen eliminated by Thorsten “The Hitman” Hohmann At about noon this afternoon (Sat., April 11), 64 competitors who’d advanced from the initial field of 176, began their day in a five-round, single-elimination bracket that will crown the 2026 Diamond Open NineBall Professional Players Champion tomorrow. Among them were the event’s defending champion (Neils […]

“The Pink Dagger” is only woman left standing among Pro Players Final 64 Before we open up the informational floodgates and bring you up to date (as of Friday evening, April 10) with all the varied goings-on at the 32nd Annual Super Billiards Expo (SBE) at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA, we’d […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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The American Poolplayers Association (APA) continues to earn national recognition as a leading franchise opportunity for entrepreneurs seeking small business ownership. In the newly released 2026 Entrepreneur Franchise 500 rankings, APA secured […]

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Beginning with the 2027 Championship cycle, the APA Wheelchair Championship will transition to the APA 9-Ball format. This update is designed to strengthen competitive balance and enhance the overall championship experience. After […]

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“The Black Widow” is back. This week marks the triumphant return to the WPBA Tour for “The Black Widow” Jeanette Lee as she competes in the Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Classic […]

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