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Condolences to those living in the most frigid regions. Here In New York City, we got about 4" of snow a few weeks ago and it was the...

In a way I compare pool to my other favorite sport: Baseball. I started following baseball way back in 1952, when I was all of 8 years...

Fifty years ago was 1976, the World & USA are not the same. We can not turn back hands of time, only study good & bad and move...

Yep, this is where we seem to be. There are more world class players, more tournaments, and probably more tournament money around today...

i think this is true, but also the tendency to view sport from ones youth / prime years in a brighter light. this seems true for all...

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...