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1. Roger’s hypothetical faux-slam. Seriously people, he hasn’t won three in a row yet, but you’re already hyping him up for Australia and four in a row, which is being called the completion of a Grand Slam? Some nerve. Martina Navratilova completed the faux-slam but didn’t get credit for it… because it isn’t a grand […]
June 23, 2009
It depresses me to say it because I like James and always want him to succeed, but he has had a dismal year. His game should really pop on grass, yet he does just horrible at Wimbledon. This year he suddenly had his best grass performance ever, making the finals at Queens Club (after Roddick […]
January 21, 2009
I have never before addressed politics on any of my blogs. Tennis, like all sports, is a welcome respite from the real world. But it would be ridiculous not to mention the inauguration of Barack Obama. Americans Down Under were tuned in to news from the home front, even though the players generally couldn’t get […]
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 […]
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 […]
January 22, 2008
Ok I was skeptical of this whole Tsonga looks like Ali line of reporting. I’ve only caught a few points on tv, and his ATP profile pic is not very Ali-like. The photo above is from his junior US Open win in 2003. He sure looks like Cassius Clay to us at Counter-punch. I remember […]
Passing Shots 
September 7, 2009
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