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And now, deep thoughts, with Rafael Nadal …

July 3rd, 2008 | Posted in tennis

We’ll give Rafael Nadal credit: Not only does he do a fantastic Bob the Builder impression (and really, could you see Federer pulling off the hard hat look?), but he’s worked damn hard at perfecting his English, to the point where he’s pretty darn fluent. And he’s writing a blog for Wimbledon. Pretty heady stuff.
But [...]

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Wimbledon Recap, Ready for the Quarters

July 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized, other pro

Men’s Draw

Thus far, Wimbledon has been everything I’ve hoped for, and then some. The reemergence of Marat Safin as the athletic beast he is when he wants to be is great for Wimbledon. It wasn’t long ago that Safin had a tirade about how grass is for cows. Not only is Safin finally playing well [...]

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Perhaps if you win big matches people will actually know you, Ms. Jankovic

July 1st, 2008 | Posted in tennis

Surely you were glued to the tv/internet waiting for Jelena Jankovic’s Monday match at Wimbledon.
What? You weren’t? Seriously? You have no clue who she is? You were waxing your legs instead?
Umm … that’s a tad weird. But I digress. And so will you … I think.
Apparently Jelena thinks the world is watching her. Yes, she’s [...]

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Serena and Venus: No, we can’t vote for you, Barack

June 25th, 2008 | Posted in tennis

Serena Williams says she’s excited about Democratic party presumptive nominee Barack Obama. Thinks it’s grand. Wacky cool. Good for the country, good for the world. So would she vote for him?
Not a chance in hell.
“I’m a Jehovah’s Witness, so I don’t get involved in politics. We stay neutral. We don’t vote,” Serena said. “I (would [...]

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So Rafael, you like … stuff?

June 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

We enjoy these silly blogs athletes write. Some of them are entertaining, some completely vapid, most give us no insight into the player.
That is, until the Rafael Nadal blog for The London Times! We like the Q&A section best, like this question from Fiona Lamb of Canada:
“I know you love your Mum’s cooking – what [...]

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The fix again? Wimbledon matches feared tainted

June 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Oy, here we go again.
From the ghosts of Nikolay Davydenko comes the newest tennis-betting story: Eight Wimbledon matches are under suspicion of being fixed by gamblers. The story comes from a dossier produced by leading bookmaking companies, and presented to the ATP Tour. Of the eight, four came at last year’s Wimbledon, none of them [...]

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