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A week late with this, however, it’s worth mentioning that the first round of the Davis Cup is history. The defending champs, the USA, took on Austria in Vienna and won easily. All the guys who have played so faithfully for seven years showed up. Kudos to Blake, Roddick and the Bryans for making the […]
February 18, 2008
Well well well, an unheralded Japanese player, qualifier Kei Nishikori beat James Blake to win his first title. Interested in knowing how he did it? So am I. Too bad that this AP article doesn’t fill us in on the how and why behind the final score. Although it hints that James wasn’t “there emotionally” […]
February 8, 2008
Left: Andy Murray. Right: Jamie Murray Andy Murray, the McEnroe-in-Waiting, is skipping the British Davis Cup tie against Argentina. The thinking is that he’s just coming off an injury-plagued year and after a rocky start to 2008 he wants to avoid a flight halfway around the world to play on clay against some of the […]
February 8, 2008
Beautiful photo courtesy of Katie Meigs. Some rights reserved. Hat tip to Mike for alerting me to John McEnroe’s new association with All Bran. Here’s the Yahoo All-Bran Group (yes, really): I’m John McEnroe. I’m not only the spokesman for the All-Bran 10 Day Challenge™, I’ve done it myself. After 10 days, you too could be […]
February 4, 2008
Non-tennis related post again, but I’m pretty sure I just watched this ten times. This is the best thing Matt Damon has ever participated in.
February 3, 2008
So. There’s no way for me to justify writing about this NFL “spygate” insanity on a tennis blog. Except to say that perhaps next year Senator Clinton will demand hearings into that horrible line call Serena Williams got at the 2006 US Open, because that is indeed where we are headed, after the weekend’s ridiculous […]
February 3, 2008
Um… What the hell was that? Fox opened its eighth hour of super bowl coverage with a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence by the likes of Tony Dungy, Peyton Manning, Steve Larget (boo, hiss, Mr. Conservative Senator prick), Don Shula, Roger Staubach and others. Why? I demand to know the meaning of this. […]
Passing Shots 
February 18, 2008
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