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Tennis Stories I’m Sick Of

September 7, 2009

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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 […]

TOO UGLY FOR CENTRE COURT, WIMBLEDON

June 30, 2009

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Too Ugly? “Looks Are A Factor” Sexism never quite goes out of style at SW19 does it? They’re still dragging their feet on equal prize money and now they’ve admitted to scheduling hot chicks for center court, regardless of whether they are any good. The Daily Mail reports: And last night, the All England Club […]

WIMBLEDON DAY 1: COMMENCE KISSING ROGER’S BEHIND

June 23, 2009

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Wimbledon started today. Or as they seemed to have renamed it:  The Roger Federer Greatest of All Time London Open.  The dominant theme here in America is that Roger is a mortal lock to win and that he righted his Ship of State on his own and will rightfully surpass Pete Sampras and retake the […]

Federer’s Comeback Highlights a Busy Day

June 2, 2009

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I didn’t see it (work’s a bitch) but Roger Federer fought back from two sets down to defeat the perpetual tease, Tommy Haas in five sets. Yet another “Warrior Moment” for the the guy that Old Peter (B)dodo used to rag on for not being macho enough. (Hey, I’ve left Pete alone for months now, […]

The Happiest Man in Paris

June 1, 2009

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Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling in four sets, his first defeat at the French Open. That makes Roger Federer the happiest man in Paris and the odds on favorite to win his first French Open.  Before we hand him the trophy, remember that Roger isn’t without cracks on this surface. He was humiliated by […]