Category: Sports

I’m sure that many of you were not even aware that the World Championship of basketball was underway. Since the tournament is taking place in Japan, the games are televised in the US during the early morning hours. In prior years, the

Another good set of quotes from StrangeCosmos.com… “McEnroe was as charming as always, which means that he was as charming as a dead mouse in a loaf of bread.” – Clive James (about John McEnroe) “Beyond the hair, tattoos and

Many of you may be aware that tennis now has the line “challenge”.  It allows a player to “incorrectly” challenge 2 calls per set (similar to football, it doesn’t take away one of the calls if the challenge is correct). 

We attended the quarterfinals in Mason yesterday evening and got the chance to watch an exciting match between Andy Roddick and Andy Murray.  One son was rooting for “A-Rod” while the other was rooting for “A-Mur”… I was the guy

There was a slight rain delay during the afternoon, so for those of us attending the evening session, we had the opportunity to see a lot of great tennis…  We saw Robbie Genepri come back to beat Mathieu, and James

The ATP Master Series in Cincinnati begins in earnest today with the finals taking place on Sunday.   All of the top men’s players will be in the tournament, including Federer, Roddick, Nadal, etc.  I’ve attended this professional tennis tournament almost

When I first heard of the book “Break Point“, I thought it was going to be a “tell-all” story with a revealing, behind-the-scenes commentary on professional tennis (the Jose Conseco book on tennis).  While he does have comments about many

I’m reading a book on professional tennis written by Vince Spadea.   His book, “Break Point”, shares his experiences as a member of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).  I’ll share my impression of the book in the up-coming weeks…

I think that we are becoming tennis groupies… I took the family to Indianapolis on Sunday to catch the RCA Championships.  This is one of the lesser men’s tournaments that usually attracts players ranked 20 to 60.  Nevertheless, we had a great