Category: Industry

by Joshua Johnson, Inside POOL Tony Williams made quick work of Brad Shearer by the margin of 7-2 in the finals of the Great Southern Billiard Tour’s Upstate Amateur Classic at World Cup Billiards in Greenville, SC, to take the trophy and $1,000 first-place prize. Williams, after defeating AA-rated player…

Roberts and Rice on Collision Course in Greenville by Joshua Johnson, Inside POOL After Saturday’ play ended at World Cup Billiards in Greenville, SC, in the latest edition of the Great Southern Billiard Tour amateur events, only 12 players survived through a rough first day. Still undefeated is Josh Roberts,…

Tri-State Tour / Parsippany, NJ by Lea Andrews After a grueling day of play, a 31-player field was whittled down to two men who agreed to skip the final set. Mike Aro and Joe Fego split first- and second-place money at the $500-added B-D Tri-State Tour event June 13, hosted…

Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour / Palm Harbor, FL by Lea Andrews Michell Monk topped the points on the Bay Area Amateur Tour before their June 13 event, and after an undefeated day of play that day, Monk remained the points leader. Although local APA championships took several regular ladies…

GSBT Raids World Cup Billiards by Joshua Johnson, Inside POOL Staff The Great Southern Billiard Tour is hosting the latest of its amateur events this weekend at World Cup Billiards in Greenville, SC, where a field of 38 players has arrived to compete for the $1,000 first-place prize. What this…

Converter boxes let analog TV sets pick up digital signals.Today marks the historic, nationwide transition to all-digital television. Touted as a milestone date in TV history, the day also is likely to bring confusion, with nearly 3 million U.S. households and perhaps 60,000 area homes unprepared for the changeover. Here…

OB Cues Welcomes Its Newest Team Member – Grace Nakamura Grace Nakamura is not only a seasoned women’s pro player with titles and accomplishments spanning more than 2 decades, but she has also worked in the billiard industry for the last 15 years. If you have attended a major billiard…

Television converter boxes await last-minute shoppers at a Los Angeles Best Buy. The converters allow analog TVs to receive digital broadcasts.Somewhere in the Sacramento area on Friday, someone will turn on their TV and watch … nothing. The nationwide transition to digital television is here, finally, but despite a four-month…

The nationwide transition from analog to digital TV is set for Friday. Most people – including those with cable or satellite service, a digital receiver or an analog-to-digital converter box – are ready. But some are not, and others will have either poor or no reception after the switch. Here’s…

Desert Classic Tour / Phoenix, AZ by Lea Andrews To reach the finals of the Desert Classic Tour stop the weekend of June 6-7, Gus Briseno had to get through several quality players, including 2008 U.S. Bar Table 8-Ball champion Mitch Ellerman. The $1,000-added 10-ball event, which was played on…