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It’s the offseason and I drew the short straw at BC’s editorial assignment meeting. That means I got tennis, which means you get words about small rubber balls tightly covered in yellow felt. About a month ago, parlin encouraged me to engage in the tennis versus MMA debate. Admittedly, taking on a...
6/4 Sundry: Saturday Sporting Grab Bag
It's June, which means we have less than three months until football. 8-4 never sounded so good. Our interns decided to show up to work for the first time in a few weeks and spent all Friday scouring the Internet for porn interesting links guaranteed to chew away the minutes until Taylor Jungmann...
US Open Day 10 Preview
Quality over quantity is the idea in the second week of slams, which is why we have only four matches on tap for Wednesday's Day 10 action at the 2010 US Open. I think the two women's matches could be quite lopsided, but the men could put on a pretty good show. Kaia Kanepi (EST)[31] v. Vera...
US Open Men's Singles Predictions (Fourth Quarter)
Next we have the predictions for the bottom fourth of the 2010 US Open Men's Singles draw, the Roger Federer Quarter. Fourth Quarter:Robin Soderling SWE (5) v Andreas Haider-Maurier AUT [Q]Taylor Dent USA v Alejandro Falla COLThiemo de Bakker NED v Marc Gicquel FRA [Q]Ivan Dodig CRO [Q] v Fernando...
John Isner, Wimbledon, the Georgia Bulldogs, and the Long March of History
Federer sure whaled that last forehand, though. People are looking at each other and applauding. The thing with Federer is that he’s Mozart and Metallica at the same time, and the harmony’s somehow exquisite. By the way, it’s right around here, or the next game, watching, that three separate...
Australian Open Day 14 Open Thread: Men's Final
255 matches down, 1 to go... Rod Laver Arena Not Before 19:30 Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Andy Murray (GBR)[5] I'm predicting Federer in 4. I think part of the reason he lost to del Potro in that final was a real lack of fight and killer instinct against an opponent in del Potro whom Federer...
Australian Open Day 12 Open Thread
Only one match tonight, and each of the next two nights as well. And then there will be zero grand slam matches per night for about four months, so make the most of these while you can. Rod Laver Arena Not Before 19:30 Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)[10] I'll go out on not...
Australian Open Day 10 Open Thread
Things are getting serious, folks. What was once 256 is now 12, and we'll be in single digits by the end of the night. This should be a seriously awesome day of action. Rod Laver Arena 11:00 Start Time 1. Li Na (CHN)[16] v. Venus Williams (USA)[6] 2. Serena Williams (USA)[1] v. Victoria...
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