I just received an email from John Lewis from americancuesports.org, and I had been given one "heads up" recommendation about this article already, so I'm now passing this on to you... This looks like a jolly good read, what do you think?
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I always enjoy reading about “genius” in any activity – especially the rare example in cue sports. Here you go, folks. A human interest story with a snooker backdrop in a nationally reputable literary magazine. I suppose Ronnie is the Hurricane Higgins of this generation…with his own story the media enjoys reporting to the public. - JohnRonnie O'Sullivan in New Yorker Magazine
FOLLOW THE WHITE BALL
The torments of Ronnie O’Sullivan, snooker’s greatest player.
BY SAM KNIGHT (FROM NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – MARCH 30, 2015 EDITION)Early on a Tuesday morning last fall, Ronnie O’Sullivan was running through the woods near his home, in Chigwell, Essex, northeast of London. It was damp and muddy, England in November. O’Sullivan, who is thirty-nine, loves the anonymity of running. About ten years ago, he discovered that it...
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http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/30/follow-the-white-ball O’Sullivan “sits over everyone,” an ex-manager said. “He is not a normal bloke.”
PHOTOGRAPH BY NADAV KANDER
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