Author: Mike Fieldhammer
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Coffee, Red Bull, Monster, now Cocaine?
My energy drink of choice is coffee. I’ve been hooked on the world’s most popular drug since my days at Augsburg College. I love everything about it. I love the smell of it in the container on the way home from the shop. Sometimes I purposely forget the coffee beans in my car overnight for…
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No Halloween Costume Required
If you were a private person with aspirations of becoming a professional athlete, how would you hide your identity in public? Avoiding paparazzi, mobs of fans, and shielding family from the press are real concerns for current pro athletes. Woods and Farve know exactly what I’m talking about. The good news for America’s best pool…
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Wheelchair 8-Ball
After I finished teaching on Sunday afternoon, I grabbed my camera and took a few shots of the finals. Bill Frisby from Floodwood, MN was playing a straight shooter named Dave. My apologies for missing his last name, but I’ll try to correct it and post the final results as soon as I can. Here…
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Improve your billiard skills – Pattern Play
When I practice, I do it at home and usually alone. My routine on my 9 foot Diamond Pro Am with Simonis 860 cloth is mainly straight pool. I always encourage people to try adding some 14.1 into their training. The benefits are many-fold. Learn to build runs of many balls Learn the importance of…