Cigars With John: Episode 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the 2017 North American Shuffleboard Championships, I interviewed a dozen or so pros in an informal setting, while I enjoyed one of my favorite pastimes, a great cigar. This first segment includes recently deceased #TableShuffleboard legend, David Williams, and Karl Spickelmier. Cigars With John:…<\/p>\n
Continue Reading… Cigars With John, The First Installment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-table-shuffleboard-history","category-uncategorized","wpcat-22-id","wpcat-1-id"],"yoast_head":"\nCigars With John, The First Installment - ShuffleboardFederation.com\/Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cigars With John, The First Installment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the 2017 North American Shuffleboard Championships, I interviewed a dozen or so pros in an informal setting, while I enjoyed one of my favorite pastimes, a great cigar. This first segment includes recently deceased #TableShuffleboard legend, David Williams, and Karl Spickelmier. Cigars With John:...Continue Reading... Cigars With John, The First Installment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ShuffleboardFederation.com\/Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShuffleboardFederation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShuffleboardFederation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-10T02:46:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-03T16:05:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John McDermott\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iShuffleboard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iShuffleboard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John McDermott\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cigars With John, The First Installment - ShuffleboardFederation.com\/Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cigars With John, The First Installment","og_description":"At the 2017 North American Shuffleboard Championships, I interviewed a dozen or so pros in an informal setting, while I enjoyed one of my favorite pastimes, a great cigar. This first segment includes recently deceased #TableShuffleboard legend, David Williams, and Karl Spickelmier. Cigars With John:...Continue Reading... Cigars With John, The First Installment","og_url":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/","og_site_name":"ShuffleboardFederation.com\/Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShuffleboardFederation\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShuffleboardFederation\/","article_published_time":"2019-08-10T02:46:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-03T16:05:46+00:00","author":"John McDermott","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iShuffleboard","twitter_site":"@iShuffleboard","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John McDermott"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/"},"author":{"name":"John McDermott","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e3b11bf0cbab93645cd4714674e974a5"},"headline":"Cigars With John, The First Installment","datePublished":"2019-08-10T02:46:59+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-03T16:05:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/"},"wordCount":51,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Table Shuffleboard History"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/","url":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/","name":"Cigars With John, The First Installment - ShuffleboardFederation.com\/Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-08-10T02:46:59+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-03T16:05:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/09\/cigars-with-john-the-first-installment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cigars With John, The First Installment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/","name":"ShuffleboardFederation.com\/Blog","description":"Official Blog of The Shuffleboard Federation and the NASC","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"The Shuffleboard Federation","url":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TSF-Logo-For-Google-Plus-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TSF-Logo-For-Google-Plus-01.png","width":541,"height":541,"caption":"The Shuffleboard Federation"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShuffleboardFederation\/","https:\/\/x.com\/iShuffleboard","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tableshuffleboard\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/john-mcdermott-39591120\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ishuffleboard\/","http:\/\/youtube.com\/c\/ShuffleboardFederation"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e3b11bf0cbab93645cd4714674e974a5","name":"John McDermott","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/260726c83304237a745eb6255662eed4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/260726c83304237a745eb6255662eed4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"John McDermott"},"description":"The Shuffleboard Federation is owned and operated by John McDermott, whose involvement in shuffleboard dates back to 1976. His background includes many years of league and tournament administration and he has, for the past 37 years, played professionally and been rated as one of the top ten players in the sport. He has developed dozens of products for the shuffleboard industry and his product knowledge in terms of both shuffleboard tables and accessory products is unsurpassed. He is also the Founder and Tournament Director of the most prestigious shuffleboard tournament in the world, the North American Shuffleboard Championships, a position he has held since he founding the tournament in 1990. This vast wealth of experience has proved invaluable in helping thousands of people in the U.S. and abroad to purchase the right Shuffleboard Table for their lifestyle and budget. In 2004, John's many accomplishments were officially recognized as he was inducted into the Table Shuffleboard Hall of Fame as both a player and promoter of the game. John has nearly 200 career wins and is the youngest player ever inducted into the Table Shuffleboard Association Hall of Fame.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.shuffleboardfederation.com\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShuffleboardFederation\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tableshuffleboard\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/john-mcdermott-39591120\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ishuffleboard\/","https:\/\/x.com\/iShuffleboard","http:\/\/youtube.com\/c\/ShuffleboardFederation"],"award":["Inducted into the Michigan Shuffleboard Hall of Fame in 1998","Inducted into the Table Shuffleboard Association Hall of Fame in 2004","the youngest player in history to achieve that honor."],"knowsAbout":["Table Shuffleboard Rules","Shuffleboard Table Sales","Development of a wide range of products for the Table Shuffleboard industry."],"jobTitle":"Founder\/President","worksFor":"The Shuffleboard Federation","url":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/author\/administrator\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.shuffleboardfederation.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}