Archive for the ‘Tennis’ Category
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
Grunting, or shrieking, is back in the news again because it's Wimbledon time and Maria Sharapova is dominating again. Sharapova, if you didn't know, regularly shrieks when she hits the ball, often at a noise level above 100 decibels. That's pretty freaking loud, in case you aren't sure. Okay, so ...
Posted in Tennis, Wimbledon | 15 Comments »
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
All systems are go at Roland Garros for the 2012 French Open. This year's field of players is stacked on the men's side, as always. Ah, the gift that is the Federer-Nadal era, also now known as the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era. For fans of men's tennis, what a treat these last 7 ...
Posted in Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Gambling, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Maria Sharapova grunts. It happens.
It's sad that such an unattractive sound comes from such an attractive creature. But it could be worse. She could be Monica Seles. So take the bad with the good.
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanksa, who lost to another grunter Victoria Azarenka in Tuesday's quarterfinals of the Australian Open, ...
Posted in Australian Open, Maria Sharpova, Tennis | No Comments »
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Shortly before her second-round match Wednesday, Venus Williams withdrew from the U.S. Open due to a recently-diagnosed autoimmune disease, Sjogren's Syndrome. The disease causes fatigue and joint pain, something Williams has experienced for quite some time but with no clear diagnosis. Until this week.
Sjogren's Syndrome ̶ in a explanation that ...
Posted in Tennis, Venus Williams, Women's Tennis | 5 Comments »
Friday, June 17th, 2011
It's not often that a first-round match at a Major Championship draws the attention of the sports world. Heck, it's not often that a first-round match draws the attention of the tennis world. But last year John Isner and Nicolas Mahut did just that. And now they're set to do ...
Posted in Tennis, Wimbledon | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Last month, Milos Raonic was an unknown.
The 6-foot-5, 20-year old Canadian was ranked No. 152 and had competed in just a handful of ATP Tour events.
Then came his jaw-dropping performance at the Australian Open where he bombarded unsuspecting opponents with what will soon become - if it isn’t already - ...
Posted in Milos Raonic, Tennis | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Bet you didn't know Andre Agassi has an autobiography coming out did you? Well now you do. It's scheduled release date is Nov. 9. Exhilarating.
Even more exciting is one of the juiciest details of the forthcoming book has already leaked: Mr. Agassi used crystal meth while he was playing professional ...
Posted in Andre Agassi, Drugs, Tennis | 3 Comments »
