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Best Lines of the Morning

July 5, 2008

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“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 […]

Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves

July 5, 2008

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[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 […]

Grass Court Art

July 5, 2008

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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 […]

American Sports-Mouths Strike Again

July 5, 2008

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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 […]