The Women's Professional Billiard Association inducted two players in the "Greatest Player" category at its annual award banquet at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

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On October 27, Guys & Dolls Billiards in Roanoke, Virginia will host international billiard champions Yu Ram Cha and Charlie Williams. The event is brought to the fans by Dragon Promotions and the Predator Group. The Predator Challenges are also co-sponsored by Table Sports Pool & Darts of Yorktown, VA.

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Allison Fisher has been nominated for "Sportswoman of the Year" by the Women's Sports Foundation for her exemplary performance in billiards. The selection process was not an easy task this year with the consideration of all the Olympic athletes, and a great honor for Allison to be nominated! It will take you just a few seconds to cast your vote for pool - To vote, CLICK HERE!

The next leg of the Legends and Champions Pool Tour heads to Texas! According to promoter Mark Cantrill, "We have had great successes in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Oregon and Washington so far. So due to popular demand we will be taking the Pool School and Exhibition tour to the Lone Star State in September."

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This in from Inquirer.net - Former World Pool champ Alex Pagulayan yesterday filed a libel suit against the Billiards and Snookers Congress of the Philippines for accusing him of "sharking" and for later withdrawing his participation in last year's Guinness 9-Ball Tour.

Sharking is a pool term for acts that disrupt and disarm one's foe, according to BSCP in a media statement last year where it explained the reason for barring the flamboyant Pagulayan from vying in a Tour leg in Shanghai. The media statement was quoted in Pagulayan's complaint which he filed at the Pasig Regional Trial Court yesterday. He was accompanied by fellow pool stars Efren "Bata" Reyes, Francisco "Django" Bustamante, Roberto Gomez and Joven Bustamante.

In a 9-page affidavit, Pagulayan said the BSCP's pronouncements last year, which accused him of sharking his Malaysian opponent in the Guinness Tour's Singapore leg, are "libelous" and have caused him "irreparable harm, injury and embarrassment."

"My complaint is they ruined my reputation," Pagulayan told court reporters in Filipino. "I've been giving honor to the country and they accuse me of something which is not true."

The BSCP, in withdrawing Pagulayan's entry in the Guinness Tour's Shanghai leg last year, said it based its decision on a finding that Pagulayan's conduct in the Singapore leg was "unworthy and unacceptable for a representative of a country that is regarded today as the epicenter of international pool."

"His antics amounted to sharking - the pool term for acts to disrupt and disarm one's opponent in order to win," the BSCP said in its media statement.

But Pagulayan argued that his actions did not constitute sharking. In fact, he said, the promoter, the organizers, and even his own opponent in that particular Singapore match did not complain about his play. "So who complained? We talked to Ibrahim Bin Amir, my opponent, and he was not complaining. ESPN and the sponsors all said there was no problem," said Pagulayan.

Bata Reyes, who is also the vice president of the Billiard Managers and Players Association of the Philippines, said, if anything, Pagulayan was just entertaining the crowd.

Strokers's 2, the newest billiard room in Tampa, FL hosted this weekend's Viking Cue Open and Amateur 9-Ball Tour events. 85 players including 18 Jr and women players who received free entry, and 21 league players that took advantage of the discount offered by The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour participated in the events. Pros Ronnie Wiseman and Corey Deuel mad the event extra exciting...

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Xiaoting Pan, fresh off a victory in the GenerationPool.com Championships in Charlotte, will attempt to defend her Great Lakes Classic title this week in Michigan City, Indiana at the Blue Chip Resort & Casino. Pan's first match takes place at 6 p.m. Thursday against former tour regular, Norway's Line Kjorsvik. Stay tuned for details!

Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan is on fire in Las Vegas. First he won the World Pool Masters and the $20,000 "lion's share" of the purse. Then he won another cool $10,000 in The Action Report Challenge against Shane Van Boening. But his undefeated reign as king of the forest ended when event promoter Charlie Williams handed him his first loss. "He's got my number because I've never beaten him," said the good natured Pagulayan.

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New York's Jennifer Barretta, a top 24 ranked WPBA pro, has been invited by David Asman and Fox Business Network to appear on his nationally aired program "America's Nightly Scoreboard" this coming Friday, May 16, 2008 in a live interview at 7:00 pm EST. Asman is interested in the "sleek, sexy success" behind the WPBA; he'll also ask Jennifer's opinion on what strategies she as a player uses that other professional women can apply in the business world.

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Yuan Chun Lin TPE and Mike Davis USA are the new champions of the Korea Pro Tour Championships. Both Davis and Lin played near flawless matches in the semi and finals to win for their first time in Korea. The matches were aired on MBC ESPN, Korea's top sports channel.

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