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2011 Australian Open

12 Feb

The buzz still hasn’t died down from the 2011 Australian Open.  The conversations usually go something like this: “Wow! Djokovic played unbelievable winning the men’s title and Clijsters looked so strong winning the women’s.” But really, what’s happening with the Americans? Well, not totally absent from the winner’s circle at the year’s first slam – […]

United States Open 2010

04 Feb

Flushing, New York I guess on some level it was appropriate that I stepped out of the 7 train at the Flushing subway stop on Day 4 of the United States Open tennis championships; because that meant second round action at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. I took 11 main draw cracks at […]

BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup

22 Mar

There’s only one indoor sports arena in the world that could attract twelve thousand fans on a Nor-easter night where Polar Bears would be scurrying for cover. During probably the worst winter storm of the worst winter in recent memory, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic squared off in the world’s most […]

February Musings – A-Rod and S-Peer

23 Feb

This is turning out to be one of the craziest weeks in sports for quite awhile. We have the Alex Rodriguez baseball steroid scandal. Investigators have claimed that A-Rod injected steroids during the 2001-2003 baseball seasons. He is the highest paid player in professional baseball. Sad story! (more…)

In 2009, I will…

13 Jan

I will live this day as if it is my last. And what shall I do with this last precious day which remains in my keeping? First, I will seal up its container of life so that not one drop spills itself upon the sand. I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes, yesterday’s […]