Headlines for May, 2009

*Breaking* Nadal Upset by Soderling - Nadal Press Conference Quotes; Notes on Soderling and Nadal

Robin Soderling, the French Open #23-seed, has had a war of words with Rafael Nadal since Wimbledon two years ago. Today Soderling took his venom to the court and defeated the number one player in the world at Roland Garros in a monumental upset, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6. Until Sunday, Nadal had never lost at Roland Garros, had a 31-match winning [read more...]

Cheating and Racism at Roland Garros: Ahhhh, It Must Be Spring in Paris

Let me just put it like this:  Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez you stinking, little racist, cheating bitch. you know the ball went off your arm, at full speed you could see that it did. When the replays were shown is was apparent that not only did the ball hit your arm first, but it never touched the racket - at all. [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: LA-Denver, Game 6; Thoughts As the Game Progresses

Joe Crawford, Mike Callahan, Mark Wunderlich are tonight’s officials…. yikes! It’s going to be a difficult evening. The first play of the game andrew Bynum gets fouled by Nene Hilario off a lob from Trevor Ariza…. it’s going to be a long night for Bynum… Billups pushes Kobe and he gives a whatever look. Pau backs down Nene and scores easily. [read more...]

Short Note: Williams Ousted at French Open

Venus Williams was unceremoniously bounced from the French Open today by Agnes Szavay 6-0, 6-4: The third-seeded Williams, who reached the 2002 final at Roland Garros, lost to No. 29 Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-0, 6-4. The seven-time Grand Slam champion was playing for the third straight day. She lost the first set of her second-round match against Lucie Safarova on Wednesday before play was suspended [read more...]

French Open: First Post on Roland Garros…. U.S. Players Fade As Usual; Murray, Federer Battle Through

Ahhh, yes it’s time to write a bit about the second grand slam of the season, the French Open. Already Roger Federer had a close rush with tennis death Jaime Acasuso was playing Fed even for the first two sets. Federer fought off four set points in the first set to win 7-6. After going up quickly 2-0 with a [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: Orlando-Cleveland, Game 5 - Thoughts as the Game Progressed…

LeBron goes to work against Dwight Howard. I decided to do something a little different, perhaps even novel (NOT!). Rather than write out my observations after the fact, I want to let you in on what I’m seeing and thinking during the game - as if that’s of any real interest. But I was getting bored with postgame, player-ref-coaching analysis, so [read more...]

Notes: Washington Nationals, Capitals Named in Steroid Bust

Washington, D.C., we have a sports problem. Samara Sodos of the Washington Times reports that a Florida couple recently-busted with way too many firearms, rounds of ammunition, and thousands of doses of steroids sold the drugs to Washington Capitals hocket players and Washington Nationals baseball players:   The U.S. Attorney’s Office is reviewing a case against two alleged steroid dealers, but agency spokesman [read more...]

Short Note: NCAA Nabs Memphis Hoops Program

Uh oh, this looks like one of those, head coach leaves one school for another and leaves trouble behind but nipping at his heels deals. The NCAA is alleging that new Kentucky head coach John Calipari left behind some serious trouble at Memphis: The allegations include “knowing fraudulence or misconduct” on an SAT exam by a player on the 2007-08 team. The [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: Orlando Pushes Cleveland to the Brink - an Addendum on Mike Brown’s Defensive Disaster

Mo Williams must rise to the challenge of Game 6 or the Cavs are done.     Mo Williams guaranteed a Cleveland win. The original influence peddler - William “Wes” Wesley decades before Wesley ever thought of aligning himself with the likes of Michael Jordan and LeBron James - Jim Goldstein brought his trademark cowboy hat, gold jacket, and his mojo and sat [read more...]

NBA Playoff: Denver-LA Game 4 Sure Looked Crooked from Here

J.R. Smith gets his stupid on. First, let me say that if the Los Angeles Lakers lose this series, on the player side, it will be because Lamar Odom refused to engage himself in the game. Other than two defende inbounds passes, Odom has played as if he is totally uninterested in basketball. Secondly, the Lakers, with Odom spearheading the lack [read more...]

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