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Few recreational pastimes spark as passionate a debate in sports bars and athletic committees as this: Is billiards a real sport, or is it just a parlor game? While skeptics dismiss pool as a casual tavern activity played with a drink in hand, international sporting federations and biomechanical scientists strongly disagree. The International Olympic Committee …
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Across centuries of cue sports history, millions of players have picked up a stick, but only a rarefied few have earned a permanent place in sporting immortality. From Philippine legends executing physics-defying kicks to British snooker savants compiling 147 maximum breaks in under six minutes, determining the true masters of the green felt requires analyzing …