Category: Industry

Frederick Mali Honored with Billiard Congress of America 2009 President’s Award Each year the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) recognizes an outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to the billiard industry with the presentation of the BCA President’s Award. This year the BCA has chosen to recognize Frederick Mali.…

Toney Tops on Tri-State Tour Tri-State Tour / Queens, NY by InsidePOOL Staff Twenty-eight players showed up for the February 6 installment of the Tri-State Tour, and Duane Toney bested them all to win the title. Hosted by Master Billiards in Queens, NY, the C-D handicapped stop featured a $750-added…

Venom Trickshots Groundbreaking DVD The people that brought you the next generation of instructional video with Mastering Pool, are now taking trickshots to a whole new level with Venom Trickshots. Runout Media has produced this amazing DVD with Masters of Trickshot Champion Florian “Venom” Kohler. Florian’s artistry combined with superb…

Dustin Adler is a computer programmer and software writer. This true son of the dot-com generation has a story to tell about his best friend stealing a valuable software platform Adler created. He told that story late last month to jurors in Sacramento federal court, and they awarded him more…

Julia Goines of Pediatric Bioscience in Davis tests blood samples in her research on autism. The company grew out of breakthrough work done at UC Davis.From biofuels to pharmaceuticals, Sacramento-area inventors have created scores of promising scientific breakthroughs, many of them in the well-funded laboratories of UC Davis. Turning those…

Clearing out closets is one thing. But the biggest clutter trap in your home or office could be sitting right in front of you: your computer. Most of us have computers stuffed with aging e-mails, unneeded downloads and scads of file folders scattered like confetti across the computer’s desktop. “The…

Robert Benefield, project manager for digital migration at Comcast, holds one of the boxes that some customers will need for the company’s expansion of its digital channels.The conversion to a digital world marches on. Comcast, the largest cable TV provider in the Sacramento area, will stop providing about 50 channels…

Gambler Pro Tour Launches Gambler Clothing has announced the Gambler Pro Tour, a new billiards tour to be played in pool rooms throughout the Southeast USA. The goal of the new tour is to provide more opportunities for players to win more money and promote the game of billiards. Gambler…