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OK, this is kind of cool. Tennis and the New York Times being weirdly not-stodgy, everybody! More »
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There was a single American remaining in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon this year, and his name was Mardy Fish. His is never a name that inspires confidence or even optimism in tennis fans in the United States, most of whom are still lamenting the retirement of Pete Sampras a decade ago. Fish lost to Rafael Nadal today, as we all confidently predicted he would do, and now there is not a single American remaining at the All England Club. The scarcity has inspired real panic amongst the American tennis cognoscenti, or those who consider themselves to be of the American tennis cognoscenti. It's a familiar panic, because we see it every year. Here's a sampling: More »
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Today's New York Times reports from Wimbledon on the sneaky advantage that left-handed tennis players enjoy on grass: More »
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At 78 years old and after 28 years on the job, Dick Enberg is calling his final matches from Wimbledon this year. He'll wrap up his ESPN tennis contract at the US Open in a few months, and then he'll go home to San Diego to call games for the Padres. We're afraid that Enberg might not have the opportunity to tell stories about "bloody blue balls" in baseball, and that he definitely won't have Chris Evert next to him to keep his doddery in check — "I'll leave that one alone" — so we really have to appreciate this national treasure while we can. More »
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The classic 1980 Wimbledon Final between John McEnroe and Björn Borg has been dissected more than any match in tennis history. But the friendship that developed between the two, before and since, hasn't been as picked over, in part because Borg, who abruptly left the sport at age 26, has been generally averse to talking about tennis, or anything else for that matter, even when he was playing. More »
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Your morning roundup for May 9, the day we learned of the Village tree thief. More »
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There's an online charity open through Thursday that will grant two lucky — I mean absurdly wealthy — people an hour-long tennis lesson with John McEnroe at Randall's Island in New York City. The bid is currently at $26,000. The money will go towards saving the earth (literally, I guess?), so we can only be so resentful about this. The tagline, however, is a little misleading and a little disappointing: "Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play tennis with a legend!" First of all, you can't goad someone to "not miss" something that sounds awful and that costs close to $30k, and second of all, there's no promise of being treated to an F-bomb or two or three. It's a rip-off. More »
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"I think that it's asking too much of the women. They shouldn't be playing as many events as the men...You shouldn't push them to play more than they're capable of." Also, mouthy broads talking about shopping, etc. [NYDN] More »
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In individual tennis, arguments are tag-team affairs, at best. The danger of team tennis, though, rests in the possibility of a brawl. Or at least some prissy and passionate (but polite!) name-calling. Especially with John McEnroe involved. [D.C. Sports Bog] More »
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We should have seen it coming: It seems that the Russian Mafia may have infiltrated pro tennis (this surprises me: I would have guessed chess). But don't worry, sports fans; we have our best man on the case. John McEnroe. The former American great points to questions surrounding tennis stars such as Russia's Nikolay Davydenko — the fourth-ranked player in the world who is being investigated by the ATP after a defeat in Poland in August — Alessio di Mauro of Italy and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, who some think may have fixed matches. More »
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