Billiards
Three Worlds Under One Name: Mapping the Disciplines of Vietnamese BilliardsOn a three-cushion table in a small club tucked deep inside an alley, the whi...
2026 Reyes Cup Tickets Go on Sale: 660 Pesos for an Evening of 9-Ball and the Real Structure Beneath Makati Coliseum2026 Reyes Cup: The Structure of a 660-Peso Ticket and the Sediment Layers...
Clint I'anson and the Closed Loop of the Billiards Equipment ChainOn an evening in Liverpool I scrolled back through a streamed Blackball match...
Yapp Falls at Phu Tho: How Institutionalized Randomness in Short-Format Pool Decides TitlesThe decisive moment of the final sat in Liu Shasha's two-five jump combo at t...
From the 2026 Sanctions to Crucible 2026: Re-Reading Chinese Snooker Through DataOPENING: FOUR SECONDS OF SILENCE IN SHEFFIELD On the evening of 5 May 2026, a...
10-Ball World Championship in Saigon: When the Named Shot Redefines Vietnam's No. 1There is something I learned from my years commentating snooker for VTC at th...
Jimmy White and the Deciding Frame in Nanjing: When Short Format Saves a 64-Year-Old LegendAt 64, Jimmy White can still make people rise from their seats. In the...
Jimmy White at 64: One Deciding Frame and the Sediment of Short-Format SnookerThe scoreboard settled at 6-5, and the man walking through was Jimmy White. A...
Blue off the Black and Two Broken Hearts in the International Championship QualifiersLeone Crowley stepped half a pace back from the table, cue still in hand, eye...
Two Deciders in Leicester: Crowley and Brown Fall Short, Gao Yang Walks ThroughTwo Deciders in Leicester: Crowley and Brown Fall Short, Gao Yang Walks Throu...
Nine Strata of Vietnamese Billiards: A Report From a Spreadsheet That Refused to SpeakNine Strata of Vietnamese Billiards: A Report From a Spreadsheet That Refused...
Chalkgate in Da Nang: Jayson Shaw, Duong Quoc Hoang and a 120-Rack Marathon Still UndecidedRack 56. Duong Quoc Hoang straightens up, sets his cue on the rack and steps...
Yen Sinh Reaches the 2026 Women's World 3-Cushion Semifinal: The 30-20 Win Over Heo Chae Won and the Data Gaps Behind ItAt 22:40 on September 16, 2026, Vietnam time, the scoreboard above a pocketle...
Calling the Discipline by Its Right Name: The First Archaeological Step Vietnamese Billiards Keeps SkippingOne evening in mid-November 2026, I sat in the front row of a billiards club ...
Vietnamese Carom Billiards: When the Numbers Learn to DanceThe clock on the wall of a practice room on Nguyen Van Linh Street, Da Nang,...
One Word, Three Sports: Why Vietnamese Billiards Analysis Must Start With Naming the Discipline CorrectlyAt a billiards hall on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in Nha Trang, I sat listenin...
Nine Silent Seconds: Where Vietnamese Three-Cushion Is Actually DecidedNha Trang, close to eleven at night. Outside, the sea keeps time like a...
Sofia 2026: 45 Entries, Eight Ranking Events and a Trophy for Those Who Miss QualificationRamada Sofia City Centre, 20 September 2026. No packed stands, no internation...
