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Around the time of the Great Depression, millions of unemployed men started hanging around the thousands and thousands of gargantuan pool halls they had back then. Those were the only places where they could mill about without fear of getting kicked out. And yes, they began to be called pool...

[snipped......] A lot of notions and nostrums have collapsed these past four weeks. Brazilian invincibility and the rise of American soccer, and English hooliganism and French geriatric ineptitude inspired a lot of pretournament words that proved empty. Brazil faded, the United States never...

No Lance, no ratings coattails Originally Posted by Dr. Dissent: X millions means 0 millions.....OLN is not a major network.....

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/sports/othersports/01mizerak.html?pagewanted=print May 31, 2006 Steve Mizerak, National Pool Champion, Is Dead at 61 By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN Steve Mizerak, who sank his first pocket billiards shot at age 4, became a national champion while a full-time...