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in the end, it's matter of perspective or which angle you are looking it from. there are pros and cons for sure. I'm just glad that the...

Really good thread here. What we have seen is that some interpret pool as the serious tournament scene, others interpret it as the...

Couldn't be further from the truth. The quality of instruction has skyrocketed and the online resources available for learning the...

Read the thread title.

I also think that people here either forget or are too young to remember that 50 years ago and all before that - straight pool was...

Thanks so much for this! As I've confessed before on AZB, most of my knowledge about Keith's past exploits comes from your posts and...

Thanks for your input. Mike Sigel was my favorite player in the early 1980s. I was glad to be present for his first world...

Sorry, but these were not the visible players of fifty years ago. Fifty years ago today, the US Open 9ball was having its very first...

"Great play" is when the match is "enjoyable" to watch, not necessarily a match where two robots perform flawlessly in a sterile...

Much truth in this. I have often commented on this very forum that the switch to four-inch pockets, an overcompensation for the amazing...

I think it's kind of sad, Stu. I mean, what if 50 years from now, football teams from Singapore, Albania, Iraq, Vietnam, Lithuania...

Great post. There's no question that the decline in America's standing in the world of pro pool is, for some, a reason to view the past...

Your memory is failing you. Ed Kelly and Cue Ball Kelly were two different people. Ed Kelly is a BCA Hall of Famer and his nickname...

As much as I respect SJM's opinion on many other aspects of pool, on this I agree with you. Oh gee, another 9 towards the side, wing...

This is also what keeps me interested at 81, and with luck for years to come. Just in the last year I've loved watching the emergence...