Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes, big ones and little ones, or rarely highs and...
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up eight-ball or 8 ball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eight-ball is a pool game played with a numbered solids-and-stripes ball set. Eight-ball, 8-ball...
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The eight-ball or 8-ball jacket is a style of leather jacket created by San Francisco–based designer Michael Hoban in 1990. The style is characterized...
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The English-originating version of eight-ball pool, also known as English pool, English eight-ball, blackball, or simply reds and yellows, is a pool game...
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The Magic 8 Ball is a plastic sphere, made to look like an oversized eight ball, that is used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. It was invented in...
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eight-ball pool and its variations include: This section lists world champions in the internationally standardized game ("American-style") of eight-ball...
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Look up behind the eight-ball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Behind the eight ball may refer to: "Behind the eight ball", an idiomatic expression...
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object ball (four-ball uses an extra object ball, usually blue). Pool balls are used to play various pool games, such as eight-ball, nine-ball, and straight...
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Magic Eight Ball is a power pop band formed in Old Windsor, England. They are now based in Egham, England. The first incarnation of the band came together...
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Pool (cue sports) (section Eight-ball)
most popular include: eight-ball, blackball, nine-ball, ten-ball, seven-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, and bank pool. Eight-ball is the most frequently...
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Glossary of cue sports terms (redirect from Touching ball)
ball sets, it is solid black, though some of the latter use an unnumbered black ball. The 8 is the money ball (or game ball) in a game of eight-ball and...
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Kelly pool (redirect from Behind the eight-ball)
common idiom, "behind the eight-ball". Some publications assume the expression to be eponymously derived from the game of eight-ball, but the expression came...
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Magic Eight Ball may refer to: Magic 8-Ball, a toy Magic Eight Ball (band), a British band This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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Eight Ball Deluxe is a pinball machine designed by George Christian and released by Bally in 1981. The game features a cue sports theme and was so popular...
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Australian Eight Ball Federation (or Eight Ball Federation Incorporated), formed in 1983 is the governing body in Australia for the sport of eight-ball pool...
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Pyramid scheme (section The "eight ball" model)
reach captain again, thereby earning a second payout. Similar to the eight ball model, the Blessing Loom tricks potential investors by claiming to turn...
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four-ball Pocket billiards (or pool), played on six-pocket tables of seven, eight, nine, or ten-foot length, including among others eight-ball (the world's...
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Rack (billiards) (section Eight-ball)
In nine-ball, the basic principles are the same as detailed in the eight-ball section above, but only balls 1 through 9 are used; the 1 ball is always...
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Eight Ball is a 1992 Australian film directed by Ray Argall. A young architect, Charlie, meets Russell, who has just got out of prison, when they are colleagues...
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American Poolplayers Association (section Eight-ball)
APA conducts pool leagues and tournaments in the disciplines of eight-ball and nine-ball with a unified ruleset. The organization was founded in 1981 by...
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involves a somewhat more significant amount of luck than either nine-ball or eight-ball, because of the disproportionate value of pocketing balls on the break...
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The WPA World Eight-ball Championship is a professional eight-ball pool tournament sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), initially contested...
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Eight-Ball Andy is an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on March 11, 1948. It stars Andy Clyde, Dick Wessel, Maude Prickett, Florence...
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List of Marvel Comics characters: 0–9 (redirect from Eight-Ball (comics))
version of the Avengers. 8-Ball was created by Bob Budiansky and Bret Blevins, and first appeared in Sleepwalker #2 (1991). 8-Ball has no superhuman powers...
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Efren Reyes (category WPA World Eight-ball Champions)
World Nine-ball Champion and WPA World Eight-ball Champion, a U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship winner, a four-time Sands Regency Nine-ball Open winner...
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Sinking the Eight Ball is the debut album by Ruby Joe. Due to its topical content, the album was pulled from some Christian book stores. The album drew...
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Chinese Eight-ball Championship (now known as the WPA World Heyball Championship) is a pool tournament in the discipline of Chinese eight-ball. The event...
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consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side. Australia won the game by 5 wickets. ODIs were played in white-coloured kits with a red-coloured ball. In the late...
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List of sports (section Ball games)
Five-pins Four-ball Artistic billiards Novuss (and cued forms of carrom) Pool Eight-ball Blackball (a.k.a. British eight-ball pool) Nine-ball Straight pool...
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game against Pacific, he had 19 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds. Later in the year, Ball was named the MVP of the Wooden Legacy tournament, after...
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