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...adorns a giant billboard at the airport, Duncan's first sport was swimming, not hoops. Like his older sister Tricia, who swam backstroke in the 1988 Olympics, he was a high ranked amateur in the 400 meter freestyle. But after Hurricane Hugo destroyed the island's only Olympic pool in the fall of 1989 - and his mother Ione died of breast cancer several months later - Duncan never again competed in the water. He only started playing organized basketball in high school, but as a senior Duncan caught the attention of Wake Forest coach Dave Odom, who had been tipped...
...play, the easy social interaction, the increase in the number of female players and the coverage of professional tournaments on ESPN, the sport has expanded, prompting not only a shift in many of the old halls but also the construction of a slew of new, pristine, family-friendly pool dens. Says Mike Aube, who opened up Suzie-Cue's Family Billiards in Palatine, Ill., four years ago, after his teenage daughters complained that they didn't have a place to play: "Today halls are welcoming. They're more like family restaurants...
...shirts featuring a beer stein with a red circle and slash, indicating that alcohol is off-limits. And in Conway, Ark., where state law prohibits kids from playing in adult billiards-only halls, Paul Loyd and Judy Potts have opened P.D.'s Billiards & Game Room, offering kid-size pool cues and imposing a rule that bans smoking by anyone under...
...pool lovers say the game is a confidence booster for nonathletic kids, an intellectual challenge and a great way to socialize. Joshua Dobrzynski, who used to think "hitting pool balls around was senseless," was hooked once he tried it. He says the appeal of pool, which has surpassed even video games in his affections, is the adrenaline rush of the balls' "clacking." Chicago cop Debra Spraggins, who takes lessons with her son Nick, 12, says the focus on angles has helped him in math class, and the game has provided a refreshing way for her and Nick to spend time...
...course, the biggest change for pool may be the adjustment that old-timers have to make as the newcomers invade what was once their hallowed space. "The most annoying thing in a pool room is a jukebox," says Merhl Smith, 79, a three-times-a-weeker at Chris's. "You put up with [the kids running amuck] for a while, and then you tell them to please stay out of the way." Still, by all appearances, the seedy good old days won't be forgotten anytime soon. In Marcie Davis' physical-education pool class in Fair Oaks, Calif., the reading...