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Just in case you were wondering, I do not subscribe to the idea of "the divine right of kings."

What they really need is Tonya Harding

I reacted to the attached article about the robot that broke the world record in the half marathon, thinking about how it might...

OK, so one day there will be a robot that can give Filler the seven. How will this affect the game long-term?

No, we are not saying the same thing. Heart is not the deciding factor in who can play when faced with the systemic interruption that...

As somebody who attends nearly every Mosconi Cup, I do not agree with this. What makes the Mosconi different from every other event...

I grew up playing two shot shootout. More or less what Maha posted, but in New York, we spotted everything that went in illegally. If...

Point well taken. We can only hope so.

That was 1995. Wiley had the #1 ranking through the first part of the year thanks to a couple of second-place finishes and a 3rd. He...

Thanks for that. I was going on memory. I did remember that he was ranked #1 at one point.

I'm sure CJ beat him many more times than that. The difference is that Archer was probably a Top 5 player in the world for fifteen...

No time to belittle a champion. CJ gained the #1 ranking on the PBT, the primary pro tour of his day, in what I believe was 1996...

That's two very different levels of play. Archer is one of the best of all time and his list of major titles is endless. CJ was a very...

No doubt, this is good advice. A player that aims to be a pro must make sure that the lifestyle that comes with being a pro is one they...

even if a player is world class Filler, SVB, Gorst, Yapp level talent, they also have to be prepared to live their life out of a...