D.K. Wilson

D.K. Wilson is a freelance sports writer. He is better known on the internet as "DWil," and writes for Sports On My Mind.

Recent Posts By D.K. Wilson

Murray Vanquishes Nadal, Meets Federer In U.S. Open Final

The king is dead, long live the wanna-be king. Rafael "Raffa" Nadal was vanquished 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-4 by Andy Murray in the U.S. Open semifinals Sunday. And with the beating of the new #1, a template for Nadal's potential fall was set. Rather than be bothered by Nadal's topspin and play from a purely defensive position, Murray used Nadal's [read more...]

As Richard Collier Lies Dying ...

Richard Collier, offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars, was shot and lies in a hospital in critical condition. The Associated Press, often the tempo-setter for the tone of subsequent reportage, is no different. The reporter, another in a slew of the AP's nasty, racist anonymous hacks, tossed in this little "f-bomb" toward yet another black athlete in his article: The shooting [read more...]

Notes: Spanish Olympic Men's Hoops Squad Ups the Racist Ante

Ahhh, yes, so in inscrutabo Euro-prean fashion, we fee-o it is necessa-wy to poo eyes to wook Chinee.... Now, if I really meant the above - make that, if I wrote it as a total joke, can you imagine the cries of, "Racist!" coming from all corners of the Internet? Well, the Spanish Men's Olympic Basketball team did the equivalent. Except with [read more...]

The Whiteballing of Daunte Culpepper and Byron Leftwich

In three years and six games of a fourth year Byron Leftwich amassed a 24-20 record with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In 2007 he was suddenly released by Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio. Leftwich was replaced by David Garrard. Leftwich remained unemployed for most of the season. He was picked up by the Atlanta Falcons as an afterthought. Leftwich was [read more...]

US Open Predictions: the Women

The Olympic Summer Games are serving as a break in the summer portion of both the ATP and WTA Tours. With that in mind, now is as good a time as any to give my US Open predictions and give some player analysis for both the men and the women. Maria Sharapova was the 2006 US Open women's champion and is [read more...]

Smearing Manny

Manny's in La-La. Meantime, Theo and John Henry are busy back across the country scuffing Manny's image like a Phil Niekro offering just like the dynamic dupes did with Ramon spelled backwards'.... remember, Pedro got done the same way, too. The pair didn't and won't use the Globe or even the Herald to exact their pound of person meat from Ramirez [read more...]

Nadal Gets Drubbed By Djokavic But Becomes the New #1

Rafael Nadal was supposed to become the number one tennis player in the world this week. But that was only if Roger Federer lost before the semifinals and Nadal won the Western & Southern Financial Masters Series tournament. Nadal was drubbed in the semifinals by his nemesis, Novak Djokavic, 6-1 7-5. The loss was blamed on Nadal's "fatigue" because of the [read more...]

Man-Ram Gone to LA - Red Sox Postseason Hopes Might Be Gone with Him

Wonder boy and his boss just outdid themselves... Way to go Theo Epstein and John Henry. You just ruined your team's batting order and blew your team's chances at the playoffs. Oh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got the bat they needed – your player Manny Ramirez - for nothing when you could have allowed him to produce for you and [read more...]

Ron-Ron Comes Strong at Yao and the Rockets

Yao Ming shot an arrow across the bow of 'Good Ship Ron-Ron' Artest yesterday. According to an article in the Houston Chronicle, all the way from China ('they can't buy cell phones with chickens' can they Jay Crawford?) Yao said this of Artest: "When I text-messaged with Luis (Scola), we talked about team chemistry. That's only what worries us. We worry [read more...]

What's a Summer Without the US Open Series?

We are now officially in the midst of the US Open Tennis Series where 200 tennis players from around the world will treat us to sand in-the-eye fashion choices of the companies that endorse them. Unless, of course, you are Bethanie Mattek and have your own special brand of this is what a tennis dress looks like after an evening [read more...]