UK Championship: Judd Trump to snooker's rescue?     • Venue:
Barbican Centre, York   • Date: Saturday 1 - Sunday 9 December
• Start times: Sessions at 11:00, 13:00/14:00 & 19:00 GMT
Coverage: Live coverage on BBC TV and BBC Sport website  When
the top-ranked player finds watching his own sport boring,
wishes he had taken up something else as a kid and wants people
to hate him to bump up the interest, it is safe to assume that
the sport he excels in has problems.  Hand on heart, I wasn't
exactly chomping at the bit to interview Judd Trump. Well,
snooker players are a bit dull nowadays, aren't they? But it
turns out there is more to this Great Redeemer of the baize than
the vitality of his potting, a few flash motors and the
exuberance of his hair.  As an example, here's Trump, who starts
the defence of his UK Championship crown in York on Sunday,
explaining how he approaches each match: "I want to destroy my
opponent, I want to ruin them for the rest of the season."  I
wouldn't want you to get the impressi