Pat Summitt Retires I grew up in Kentucky where college basketball is the life blood of the state. As an aside, the University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Murray State University and Western Kentucky University combined to win 2 conference titles and 3 conference tournament titles, to make two Final Four appearances, to win one…
Category: Tennis
Review of Bring Your Racquet: Tennis Basics for Kids
Certified tennis professional Steven White’s book Bring Your Racquet: Tennis Basics for Kids is a great contribution to the larger endeavor of making tennis more accessible for young people. This is a cause that is close to my heart because I feel many kids show interest in tennis and hack around a bit without receiving…
Site Update
A quick note to my readers. I have had a lingering computer issue that has cut into my posting the past 2 weeks. It is still not yet resolved, but rest assured some good posts are coming. I am not a huge Davis Cup person so this lull in posts is not coming at the…
A Bad Weekend for Roger Federer
Roger Federer Goes 0-2 in the 2012 Davis Cup Roger Federer losing to John Isner in singles as well as losing the deciding doubles point for Switzerland will go into the files as one of his worst weekends. Going forward it will be interesting to see if Federer is suffering from tour fatigue or if…
Milos Raonic Leads a New Wave
Historical Waves Tennis players tend to arrive in waves. Pete Sampras was so dominant that his generation, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Sergi Bruguera, Goran Ivanisevic, Thomas Muster, Michael Chang, and Richard Krajicek, more or less eclipsed the next group of promising players. To be sure, Gustavo Kuerten, Patrick Rafter and Yevgeny Kafelnikov made marks…
Should Mixed Doubles be an Olympic Event?
I have not watched mixed doubles in years, but I did watch at the 2011 Wimbledon and saw Jurgen Melzer destroy the doubles specialist male player on the other side of the net. What do you think about the 2012 Olympics having mixed doubles as a medal sport?
Tennis and Health: Why the United States Needs to Embrace Tennis
Tennis magazine’s most recent issue includes an article on tennis and nutrition. My home country of the United States, for all of its good qualities, has several alarming trends in regards to health and fitness. It is my belief that most of these trends can be reversed by improving the standard US diet (something like…
3rd War of Independence for Argentina? Davis Cup Final (Poll Included)
I opened my trusty copy of Independence in Latin America: A Comparative Approach by Richard Graham and re-learned a fact about Argentina. Argentina fought two wars of independence against Spain. These wars revolved around Argentina’s relationship to the deposed and later restored King Ferdinand VII of Spain. Interesting reading. For Juan Martin del Potro, David Nalbandian and company…
Who has the best chance of ending 2012 in the top 8? (Tennis Poll)
I tried to pick players who have never played in a Year End Championship, but who might put together a solid year and get into the season ending event next year.
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 