<![CDATA[Deadspin: andy murray]]> http://tags.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: andy murray]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/andymurray http://deadspin.com/tag/andymurray <![CDATA[Andy Murray Plays Video Games, Kim Sears Falls Asleep Unfulfilled]]> No. 4-ranked tennis player Andy Murray was unceremoniously dumped this weekend by ladyfriend Kim Sears. Apparently his "seven hours a day" video game habit was a factor behind the split. We've obtained an EXCLUSIVE TRANSCRIPT of the pair's final conversation:



Kim Sears: What the hell are you doing?
Andy Murray: Finishing my game.
Kim: No! You promised me breakfast!
Andy: Breakfast schmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake! I'm only in the middle of the second and I'm winning 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Kim, but Hartford? The Whale? They only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime!

Apparently Murray had a thing for Call Of Duty. Esteban 85, you've been warned.

This is Katie Baker, btw.

]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5419657&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Next Thing You Know, They'll Play La Marseillaise For Andy Roddick]]> Andy Murray is British, so naturally, he's the local favorite at Wimbledon. Hey, that would make for a sappy Rick Reilly video essay, complete with "Das Deutschlandlied," the British national anthem, as background music.

Even American schoolchildren know "God Save The Queen." Same melody as "My Country 'Tis of Thee." God save our gracious Queen, long live our noble Queen, crown us a Wimbledon champion, etc. Lyrics aren't important when Reilly, his pink tie punctuating his Wimbledon whites, is narrating the video essay. The soundtrack matters most — the music must connote England in all its royal glory.

Which is why it was probably a mistake to run "Das Deutschlandlied" — also known as "Das Lied der Deutschen," in case that rings a bell — instead of the most recognizable song in England.

Take a bloody look for yourself, and let's just hope the ol' chaps who run Wimbledon can differentiate between the two anthems if Murray scores the Grand Slam title Sunday. Sir Winston Churchill would be so proud.

Hope For The Brits [ESPN]
Best on-air mistake ever [SportsJournalists.com]

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