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The used tennis ball as art. Dutch designer Tejo Remy designed tennis benches using steel and tennis balls. Visitors to the Rotterdam Museum Boijmans Van Beuninge can now sit on the benches and enjoy the rest of the art. If only all old tennis balls could be refashioned as something other than dog toys.
June 23, 2008
I’m many days late with my French Open wrap-up, so let’s skip it for now and maybe I’ll get back to it. What you need to know now is where to follow Wimbledon on tv, from the computer and on the radio. Let’s categorize them by good, better and best. GOOD: ESPN, Year 1 Monday […]
June 3, 2008
Nothing like a little Weezer to kick off the morning. So you’ve heard the news obviously. Tatum O’Neal was arrested with two bags of cocaine in her front pockets. John McEnroe’s ex-wife allegedly asked the police if they could just forget it happened and commented that she was just “researching” a role. Obviously this can’t […]
June 3, 2008
Today’s nominee is NBC. The Peacock network, the former gold standard for tennis coverage, which has been in freefall for a decade, has now entered a phase of steep decline. (Does it have anything to do with firing Bud Collins last summer?) Now the coverage is all but unwatchable. ESPN and The Tennis Network are […]
June 2, 2008
Programming note: For an enhanced blog experience, today’s posts are meant to be read while listening to the New York Philharmonic play George Gershwin’s An American in Paris. ________________________________To properly assess American failure and success in Paris, we need look no further than Robby Ginepri. The 80th ranked Ginepri made the fourth round! He is […]
June 2, 2008
Not to be outdone, some random ESPN-anchor bonehead wearing too much makeup over his fake tan came up with this gem yesterday: The French Open has never been kind to the Americans. Actually, that’s a flat-out lie and it only reinforces the whiny-baby attitude that our current US players adopt every time they’re forced to […]
June 2, 2008
Cyclops thinks you are stupid. We now interrupt the 2008 French Open for a Stupid Headline Alert. I missed much of the first week of the French due to work obligations. Copious amounts of rain means I didn’t miss much. But CNNSI didn’t see it that way. The American sports website ran two gigantic headlines […]
Passing Shots 
June 25, 2008
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