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First Night at the Open: ESPN Gets an A-

September 1, 2009

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The Four-Letter has come a long way over the last three years. So far, in fact, that I was quite pleased to see the network take the US Open away from USA Network, which had grown complacent. The multiplicity of voices on ESPN works for me. The jury is still out on host Hannah Storm, […]

THE MOST HATED MEN IN TENNIS

June 30, 2009

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I’ve dumped on women’s tennis enough for poor play, bad sportsmanship and on court sound effects that I thought it was high time I singled out some male pros for deviant/annoying behaviors, especially since today featured a match between two of the most hateds and a lovely piece of sexism courtesy of the AELTC. With one […]

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 […]