It’s not unusual for the celebs to be a part of the game of tennis for a charity event. The Bank of the West Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic was Saturday. Hosted by Luke and Murphy Jensen, former French Open doubles champions, the event featured the hosts, Jennifer Capriati and Monica Seles while having appearances from the […]
I knew people started playing tennis at an early age. Just because I grew up in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by corn, cows and the crystal-blue sky doesn’t mean all tykes were devoid of hardcourts and tennis balls.
But it’s so much different when you see a picture of tiny tennis tots. They’re just so…miniature.
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A while back, I blogged about Claire Lyte and her, ah, indiscretions with her teenage tennis client.
After a drawn-out trial, Lyte was jailed Friday. (I really wanted to say “thrown in the slammer” but I’m attempting to be Englishly genteel.) Lyte was convicted last month on four counts of sexual activity with a 13-year-old. Lyte’s […]
Pictures are great; pictures are sweet.
Sometimes there is just too much emotion to capture it in words. That is when a camera comes in handy.
Take pictures, they last longer :)
This past week’s tennis in pictures.
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I like a little fun now and then. Tennis wouldn’t be tennis without a few quotes to bat around, would it? I don’t know who decided these were the top 10, but if you’ve got a great tennis quote - put it in a comment below. Top 10 is subjective, right?
“Tennis is a perfect combination […]
Sometimes I have observations and sometimes I like to talk about them.
Player-coach relationships can be a big deal. Look at Andy Roddick. Being coached by Jimmy Connors was a pretty big factor in his career. And how many times have we seen Maria Sharapova’s coach mimic a monkey and wave bananas around?
The relationships and the […]
Claire Lyte, a tennis coach and an ex-professional tennis player, could tell you just how far is too far. I would also wager a guess she’s wishing it hadn’t gone that far. In 2005, Lyte was allegedly caught in bed with her 13-year-old tennis pupil. By the girl’s mother.
At the beginning of this month, the […]
Singles or doubles? Dating is just like tennis - most people prefer single dates to double dates and most people prefer the singles tour to the doubles tour. Why? I don’t know - maybe because there is more action.
Single dates are really black or white. Either you click and things go well or you don’t […]
I’ve had a few inquiries about the RSS feed for my blog. Right now, the feed subscribes you to all of b5media but in a few days, it will be set so that it only subscribes you to this wonderfully awesome tennis blog.
Just wanted to update everyone and thanks for stopping by!
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Today is the big day - we are live on the web! Which means all you tennis fanatics are able to finally read this here blog of mine.
In honor of this big launch and the new presence of b5 sports on the Internet, we are holding a contest for our readers. All the details […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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