By now you probably know who the 2008 World Snooker Champion is. Yet, looking at today’s UK sports websites headlines, O’sullivan’s future remains unclear. The Press Association hints that "O’Sullivan torn between two paths", while the Guardian chooses a more confident approach "O’Sullivan threatens to quit after cruising to his third world title", but at the same time states that "Quick-fire win confirms that O’Sullivan is in class of his own". And we haven’t reviewed the poetic headlines such as this one, from the Independent describing The Rocket as "…Tortured soul who defies convention pacifies his demons" and at another article as "…O’Sullivan brush strokes create a vivid third title". Comparing his cue work to brush strokes is not an accidental metaphor. Apparently, the UK media (or at least the Independent) likes to see the newly crowned champion, who’d talked previously on his battles with clinical depression, as the cue sports equivalent of Van Gogh, and his family background only makes it all more dramatic. In the meantime, time will tell whether Ronnie O’Sullivan will be heading to the 2009 World Snooker Championship or he will be hanging his cue and withdraw while he is still ahead.

Fighting his demons

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