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The Warriors were in Philadelphia, when Wilt Chamberlain first came in the League, then the Warriors moved to California. The Supersonics moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City, and the Cincinnati Royals started in Rochester, New York, and eventually moved to Kansas City as the Kings, later moving...

The Minneapolis Lakers had the first Superstar Center, George Mikan. Mikan was so good, that they created the Goaltending rule because of him, and created the shot-clock. Her also fought for the players to have Pensions, and was one of the Founders of the ABAS, which introduced the three-point...

Kareem Abdul Jabber, the NBA’s All-Time Leading Scorer, put out a Movie called,”On the Shoulders of Giants”, which chronicled the history of the Harlem Rens and the Globetrotters, which led to the integration of Pro Basketball. Jabbar was known then as Lew Alcindor, and was born in New York, saw...

Globetrotters bas No problem. The Globetrotters played straight-up Basketball at their outset. They defeated the Chicago Bruins to capture the prestigious World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1940, after winning it the previous year. They didn’t incorporate ball tricks and dribbling...

The Harlem Rens beat the Celtics, won 88 straight compared to the Celtics 44 straight in the World Basketball League, won the Championship in 1932-33, and John Wooden said they played The best Team Basketball he had ever seen!

I’ve heard several Top One-Pocket Players, Road Warriors, and Eye-Ballers say that nobody wanted to play Bugs even in his Prime, and even more said the same about Parica! Parica said that he bet his own Money, and you could break him, and he’d get some more money, so that you could get some...

I would choose Allison Fisher or Jean Balukas, as the Greatest Female Player, ever. There is still a lot of Sexism in Pool, as if just not having a Vagina, automatically makes you better. Some Women are better Players than some Men, some Women have superior skills to some Men. All men don’t have...

That’s a Great Post, greyghost!

It’s just that you too cavalierly dismiss Crimes against Humanity. That’s why Jewish people, Native Americans, and Oriental people don’t let you forget what was done to them. It was a Holocaust, and has to be remembered and acknowledged. I’m glad that humanity finally kicked in, to the benefit...

I don’t care what you say or think Russ. I’m not your child, I don’t value your opinion, and your are I’ll-mannered.

I was asking for insight, from those that know and understand the Pool business, in depth, because just knowing what Titles someone won, doesn’t give you the complete understanding of why some Stars remain in relative obscurity. That even happens to Hall-of-Farmers! Obviously, the ones mentioned...

I never used the words “rabid racist “ to refer to Mosconi! Pool, and America was and is racist, that’s America’s track record. I don’t need anybody to tell me Varner and Rempe’s Titles, or that they were great All-Around Players, I read up on ALL the Champions. Even Parica is underrated, was...

Believe me, I know about Sigel! He shot Lefty, like I am, and I always watch the Lefties. I know he was a legendary 9-ball and Straight Pool Champion, and not many people beat him in his prime. However I don’t know how good he was at Banks or One-Pocket. I also read that Sigel shot Lefty because...

It seems that Rempe and Varner won a bigger variety of Tournaments than Sigel, Strickland, or Archer. Why aren’t they as celebrated? Were they as talented? Were Ruth McGinnis and Jean Balukas better, or as good as Allison Fisher and Chen Siming?

I appreciate and respect your modesty, Jay. People like yourself, and those mentioned along with you, in addition to Mr. Forsyth and Mark Wilson, are a credit and valuable resource to our community and Sport. It’s a shame that pool isn’t as highly-regarded as Tennis, Golf, Bowling, and Poker...

Thank you, Jay! That’s great insight, and that’s what makes you, Billy Incardona, Grady Matthews, John McHenry, DiLiberto(regardless of the criticism of today’s players), and Cornbread, Lou Figueroa, and Freddy the Beard, so valuable! I would listen to the insights and Road Stories from...

How would you rank Parica, Effren, Bustamante, Alex P., and Orcullo against each other and against the All-time Top 9-Ball Champs, and how you think they would have done against the Top One-Pocket and Straight Pool Champion?

Jay, Parica said he was a better Pool Player and Gambler than Reyes, and that nobody wanted to play him even. Do you feel that he may have been better than Effren, Bustamante, Pagulayan, and Orcollo?

Jay, did Fats really call himself Omaha Fats, then New York Fats, Triple Smart Fats, before settling on Minnesota Fats, after The Hustler came out? It’s funny to think about Fats’ stance, which proves that you don’t have to put your chin on the stick, like Hoppe and McCready showed that you...

Jay, why did so many people criticize Fat’s game? Was it because he bragged a lot, which isn’t unusual in the Pool Eorld, or maybe out of jealousy after he changed his name, after the Hustler came out? He was good for Pool, brought interest and Fans to the game, and seemed to runout well...