When you play a game of billiards, you’re usually hoping to hear the satisfying clack of the balls. You’re probably not hoping to hear a sound like gunfire as your cue ball connects with the eight ...

When you played billiards during the early days of plastic, you took your life into your hands. Under the right circumstances, your bank shot could cause a ball to explode. Billiards played an ...

A Frenchman has become the first in history to be killed by an exploding petanque ball. The freak accident took place in sweltering temperatures on Thursday in the southwestern town of Boulou, close ...

This is the first known case of an exploding petanque ball. Photo / Getty Images. A Frenchman has been killed by an exploding petanque ball. He is believed to be the first ever victim of such an ...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Rory McIlroy picked up the ball from the thick rough, held it out in front of him and burst out laughing. It was one of the most baffling things to have happened to him on ...