Nothing Like A Good Catfight Down Under

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, ...

Venus Williams Needs to Retire

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 ...

Get Ready For The Longest Rematch Ever

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 ...

You Don’t Plan To Hit Zees Balls With Zat Racket, Do You?

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 - ...

Nicole Vaidisova: Tennis’ Yoko Ono

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Every guy has his favorite female tennis star to ogle at (and Google search). There’s a bunch to choose from. From Anna Kournikova to the girl with the gi-normous boobs who decided to spit in God’s face and get a reduction to ease her movement around the court. I don’t know ...