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…It’s a Bitch You would think from watching the ABC golf talking heads over the weekend that the two blonde icons of the ‘80s, Greg Norman and Chris Evert, were living the Greatest Love of All Time. They apparently did. It was just a few weeks ago that they had a $2 million wedding in […]
July 18, 2008
James Blake has established the Thomas Blake Sr. Memorial Research Fund in memory of his father. The Blake Research Fund invests seed money in leading-edge science in order to speed up the most promising work and shorten the time it takes to turn laboratory discoveries into better treatments for patients. The Blake Fund has raised […]
July 17, 2008
That video of Pete Sampras on the Charlie Rose show is not available yet, so let’s look back in the time capsule to December 19, 1996. The number 1 ranked player is Pete Sampras. He is 25 and has eight majors. You can tell it’s the 1990s because he’s wearing a flannel shirt. His coach […]
July 13, 2008
Reaction to The Match continues to pour in. Tennis Week has a spirited discussion with Fred Stolle, Alex Olmedo, Tony Trabert and Jim Courier, with all agreeing this was the greatest match. Trabert points out that Nadal-Federer have played more grand slam finals against each other, 6, than any of the other major rivalries in […]
July 13, 2008
Jim Courier appeared on the Charlie Rose show to break down the match, calling it a “revolutionary match” for the sport, especially in the US. Judging by the fact that people are still talking about it a week later, he’s right. Charlie is a true tennis lover. Sampras was on Friday. We will post the […]
July 13, 2008
I think I just found a new way to get my drugs through customs.
July 13, 2008
Above: The Reebok pump shoe. Chang’s Reebok ad slams Nike and “those rock and roll” tennis guys. Hmm wonder who that referred to? Chang was inducted into the Hall of Fame today. It made at least one blogger scratch his head and wonder why. Sean Randall wants to know why Thomas Muster and Sergi Brugera […]
July 10, 2008
Bodo wrote a book with Pete Sampras that was published last month. Today he published a short interview with Pete on his blog for Tennis magazine about Pete’s reaction to Nadal-Federer. Two all-time greats, at their prime, playing great on the best court on earth. if you wrote a script it couldn’t have been any […]
July 10, 2008
You know men’s tennis achieved something truly epic when the match transcends the court and spills over onto… The Gossip Pages. That’s right, Nadal hit both TMZ and gossip guru Ted Casablanca on E! (who judged Rafa as a hottie on the do-me meter). So Rafa apparently has a “secret” girlfriend (yeah, we all wondered […]
July 8, 2008
To those of you who think we just pick on Serena unfairly, consider this: (H)er relatives willingly take much of the blame for her inability to deal with defeat as an outgrowth of them always spoiling her as the baby of the family. Her sister, Lyndrea, who flew in from Los Angeles yesterday, said Serena […]
July 8, 2008
I’ve always liked William C. Rhoden. He’s a thoughtful writer who defies the sound-bite loudmouth culture of American sportswriting. He has never been afraid to take a tough stand on whatever hot button issue comes along to activate the American sportsfan’s hypocrisy, racism or whatever boneheaded obsession the country has got on about. I even […]
July 7, 2008
And the Great London Circus. There was a moment today, right before the rains came (the first time), when I had to take a deep breath to realize what we were witnessing. Rafa, who was favored by many to win Wimbledon, was taking out Roger like so much trash. And Roger – normally so brilliant […]
July 6, 2008
This poster and other Demotivators and Despairwear can be found at despiar.com. Hang one in your office today.There was a lot of hot air in the atmosphere after the Williams sisters played a very good final. The Dodo was at it, calling it the best match he’s ever witnessed. What? Is he fucking nuts? Was […]
July 6, 2008
Venus beat Serena Williams Sunday to win her fifth Wimbledon title, breaking a tie with Billie Jean King and bringing her within two of Steffi Graf’s seven championships. Serena came out like gangbusters, winning ten of the first eleven points. Everyone was thinking ‘here we go again’ because it certainly looked like Serena would beat […]
July 6, 2008
Well well well. Sister Andrea Jaeger admitted to throwing the 1983 final against Martina Navratilova. I know what you’re thinking…1) “Sister” and 2) gambling? Answers: 1) Yes; 2) No – family fight. Former pro Andrea Jaeger retired after a brief and notable career. She was the youngest player to be seeded at Wimbledon at 15. […]
July 5, 2008
“Of all the presidents I ever met, Mugabe was the least impressive.” John McEnroe, explaining that Kevin Ulyett is a South African who plays on the Zimbabwe Davis Cup team. Robert Mugabe has been in the news recently for rigging the election by murdering and imprisoning his opposition. Mac said he knew Mugabe was bad […]
July 5, 2008
[Venus and Serena during their win in the Ladies Doubles Semifinal] So now that we’ve established that Venus and Serena didn’t cure cancer, it’s time to examine the match they are about to play. It’s time to give credit where it is due. The first time I saw Venus play I couldn’t wait to see […]
July 5, 2008
HBSC Bank hired artists Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey to make grass art for this year’s Wimbledon: “When grass gets plenty of sunlight, it produces chlorophyll and therefore turns green – but the less light it receives, the more yellow the colour is,” explains JWT art director Mark Norcutt of the process used to make […]
July 5, 2008
Ever notice how many “sportswriters” are busy clogging up the airwaves at ESPN? Of course you did, to watch that channel is to see sportswriters trying to make themselves famous by yelling like blowhards about things they know nothing about. At least when it comes to other sports, they may have a passing idea of […]
Passing Shots 
July 22, 2008
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