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Billiards in the Olympics
AS the 2008 Olympic Games unfold in all their excitement and glory in Beijing this August, not a few pool players and enthusiasts have wondered in frustration why pool and other billiard sports are not part of the competition. (More ►)
Like Teaching a New Trick to a Dog
About three years ago, I was teaching Vegas, my white lab, to “wave” on command. (More ►)
Carlo's Pool Rules of Combat
Many games we play have obvious analogies with warfare. Whether it is one-on-one, mano y mano, like the gladiators, or team events, like squads in combat, here are several rules or words of wisdom to make you a little bit wiser about the pending battle. (More ►)
Introducing the BSCP
Because of recent pool developments in the Philippines, which tend to portray the situation here in Manila as chaotic and messy, I shall devote my column this week to introducing to international readers the Billiards & Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP) – its officers, members, programs and projects. (More ►)
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