You know, there just isn’t a whole heck of a lot of things going down on the courts right now. I mean - other than Rafael Nadal cruising into the Barcelona final in smashing fashion and Vera Zvonareva taking the Prague Open title without dropping a set the entire tournament.
But there’s a lot going on […]
A couple months ago, I remember reading about the guy who took his son to his tennis lesson via airplane. Right, no big deal. I fly to my appointments all the time…
Except this guy landed his airplane on a golf course and the authorities “caught” him. (”Caught” isn’t necessarily the right word since that implies […]
As often happens following a big tennis tournament, the things to talk about kind of dwindle until there’s nothing to discuss except rankings (boring!), previews for upcoming tourneys (that’d be okay, but then I end up talking about the same thing fooooreever) or the players’ antics off-court (this isn’t a tabloid!).
So I went on a […]
I found this on ESPN today while I was avoiding some of my work. It cracked me up so much that I had to share it with you all.
Patrick Hruby had a serving session with John Isner. Mostly, it consisted of Isner blowing is 140-mph serves past a drop-mouthed Hruby. Who, by the way, was […]
In all the news surrounding the Sony Ericsson Open, I totally forgot to write about something amazingly awesome and incredibly stupid: Mikhail Youzhny attacking himself with his own racket.
Great volley. Great point, but not for Youzhny and he let himself know about it. How fierce is that? Talk about being ultra manly and letting the […]
“In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.” ~ Elliot Chaze
I just made the executive decision to have a weekly quote. We’ll call it…Quote of the Week. Profound, eh?
I liked this particular one by Elliot Chaze because of its simplicity, imagery and use […]
Sometimes I harp on Andy Murray. It’s not a secret. But I certainly don’t do it to the extent of Simon Hattenstone. Here’s his article about how charmless Murray is compared to his brother Jamie. Compared to a normal human being, actually.
Hattenstone talks about Murray as if he’s a side of beef for sale. That’s […]
I have been dying to write about the 2008 Popcorn Tennis Awards but it has been overshadowed by things like Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova winning Australian Open titles. Like that is a big deal or something.
(By the way - the “t” on my keyboard is being a bit obstinate and not wanting to work […]
Contrary to what may be popular belief (I’ve always wanted to say that about myself…I’m not sure there is such a thing as “popular belief” when it comes to me and my life!), I have not been playing tennis since I was knee-high to blade of grass. In fact, I never played tennis until just […]
This probably isn’t going to be what you thought it was going to be…whatever that was.
Tennis has garnered its fair share of television commercials considering its relatively small stature in the world of sports. Especially during tournaments, the tennis commercials pop out of the woodwork.
Sarah Alvanipour puts together a nice list for Tennis.com.
My personal favorite? […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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