United States Professional Poolplayers Association Takes Stand Against World-pool billiard Association
Press Release

PHOENIX, AZ (May 5, 2008) - The United States Professional Poolplayers Association (UPA) announced today that the organization and its players plan to take a stand against the World pool-billiard Association (WPA) effective immediately due to its meddling within […]

Archer Earns Top Gun Honors
10-Ball Desert Shootout / Tempe, AZ
by Skip Maloney
Veteran billiard player Johnny Archer struggled through some middle matches in the 10-Ball Desert Shoot-Out but roared back in the double-elimination finals to defeat Mika “Iceman” Immonen twice and take home the $12,500 first prize.
Immonen got off the first shot in the hot […]

Archer and Immonen to Meet at High Noon
10-Ball Desert Shoot-Out / Tempe, AZ
By Skip Maloney
It’s only fitting that the last two winning billiards “cowboys” still standing in the 10-Ball Desert Shoot-Out in Tempe, AZ, will meet in the desert at high noon on the tournament’s last day. Johnny Archer continued his blistering pace on […]

UPA Desert Shoot-Out Down to Winners’ Final Eight
10-Ball Desert Shoot-Out / Tempe, AZ
by Skip Maloney
As the sun set over the desert, the winners’-side bracket of the 10-Ball Desert Shoot-Out in Tempe, AZ, was down to eight players. In five of the eight matches on Friday at Kolby’s Korner Pocket […]

UPA Desert Shoot-Out Commences
10-Ball Desert Shoot-Out / Tempe, AZ
By Skip Maloney
billiard players Mika Immonen, Johnny Archer, Tony Crosby, Corey Deuel, and Tony Robles were among the first-round winners on the opening day of the $25,000-added 10-Ball Desert Shoot-Out held at Kolby’s Korner Pocket Billiards in Tempe, AZ, April 24. The three-tiered event began with […]