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...]
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...]
SSNN posts for the weeks of June 24th through July 8th
I'm going to start posting a few links to my SSNN posts for the previous link, so you all can see what we've got going on over there and hopefully enjoy a couple of those stories. CC Sabathia confused by new nickname MILWAUKEE -- CC Sabathia had an unusual request of reporters in Milwaukee upon arriving with the team Tuesday – no [read more...]
Race and Sports: Maybe If the Cards are Laid Out on the Table…?
Racism, the 21st century version, is as insidious as it has been at any point in U.S. history. Gone are the days of knowing which side of the tracks to live to distinguish white and black. Gone are the days of knowing that for a black person, to cross those tracks is to cross at one's own peril. Though those [read more...]
Wimbledon: A Preview
It's that time of the year again! The tennis world has cleaned clay off their shoes and recovered from the slow and bouncy French Open. Once again Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal finished up another major in a Championship match-up. And once again, Nadal defeated Federer on clay to win his 3rd consecutive French Open. But now the surfaces, and [read more...]
Hart Surgery: The Show is Over?
Many things attract us to athletics. The thrill of competition, the unpredictability, the common bond shared by fans of the same team. And there is one other reason. We watch sports because we see people doing things that transcend what 99.9 percent of the public is able to do. When we watch Tiger Woods, Barry Bonds, or Serena Williams, we [read more...]
Hart Surgery: Battle of the Sexes
Some weeks, these columns just write themselves. I have an idea early in the week, stew on it for a few days, and easily make deadline without compromising any precious sleep. Other weeks, I am drained of ideas, spend all my time trying to figure out what to say, and end up (and maybe I shouldn't be revealing this) scrambling [read more...]
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Website Poll
Poker sites for US players are somewhat hard to come by these days. Aside from the big ones, PokerStars and Full Tilt, mainly smaller, fairly unknown sites are available to Americans. It s a good idea to read a poker room review before you sign up with a site you don t know very much about.
