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more about #tennis more comments → roland_t_flakfizer: Marat Safin Says Agassi Is "Stupid", Should "Shut Up" Also adds that he doesn't "wear deodorant" and "scares children." #andreagassi more » HockeyMountain: Safin told L'Equipe that if Agassi is trying to clear his conscience because he lied to the ATP to get out of a failed drug test, then wouldn't it mak... more » Pedro Cuatrocinco: Marat can't touch Agassi, Agassi can't touch Ararat. more » sir_pantsalot: Before athletes reach the stage where there will be drug testing they need to create an excuse for a positive drug test. They need to hire some good w... more » Stev D: Stupid?!! You call Agassi taking apart my VCR because the government hid a listening device in there stupid? #andreagassi more » Artie Fufkin: Anytime someone comes out with a confessional autobiography like this, I always wonder what kind of shit they aren't telling us. Something awful, like... more » ArkansasFred: I find it more impressive that he won all those tourneys while jacked up on crystal. I can barely extinguish all the accidental fires I start after a... more » AzureTexan: "Give Safin credit for not pretending that crystal meth helped Agassi win. . . ." That's Safin for you — always good with the two-hand backhanded c... more » MarkKelsosMigraine: If Safin did ever write a biography, I bet he'd title it The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylu... more » MattinglysSideburns: "I won't write my biography." "I couldn't." - Jacques Demers #andreagassi more » roland_t_flakfizer: Marat Safin isn't exactly broken up over revelations that fellow competitor Andre Agassi was addicted to crank. Whatever, Safin prefers Ratchet. Wha... more » MarkKelsosMigraine: I heard Telly Savalas is also furious with Agassi. #andreagassi more » Doug Dascenzo's Only Fan: "What's done is done. He hopes to sell more books. But he is completely stupid!" Typical Russian. This is a recycled line from Safin's equally scathi... more » brentalan77: Next in tennis tell-alls: is Michael Chang gonna have to choke a bitch? more » Kid Canada: That's the name of the game! #andreagassi more » -
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Marat Safin Says Agassi Is "Stupid", Should "Shut Up"
Tennis-playing dude Marat Safin isn't exactly broken up over revelations that fellow competitor Andre Agassi was addicted to crank. If he feels so bad about it now, Safin says, then why not give back all that money he didn't win? More » -
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Andre Agassi, Tweaker
In his forthcoming autobiography, which you no longer need to purchase because you know the only interesting part, Agassi admits he regularly took crystal meth. But who didn't do drugs and hook up with Brooke Shields in the '90s? [People] -
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The Jehovah's Witnesses Are Unhappy With Fellow Witness Serena Williams
"Furthering the teaching that Judgments are only for those outside the Organization, Serena Williams threatened a line judge with a dose of Jehovah's Witness authority yesterday. Her comments were blasphemous, having been used in connection with 'God.'" [Jehovahs-Witness.net] -
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What Is Wrong With Our Angry Tennis Players?
Federer, bitching to the umpire about a late challenge by eventual winner Juan Martin del Potro: "Don't tell me to be quiet, OK? ... I don't give a shit what he said, OK?" Such grace! [YouTube, AP] -
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Chauvinist Tennis Player Not Too Young To Admire Bobby Riggs
Fourth-round U.S. Open loser John Isner says the No. 1 female tennis player in the world couldn't beat the 700 or 800th best man. You've come a long way, baby. More » -
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Melanie Oudin Apparently Sleeping On The Streets Of NY Tonight
America's sweetheart, at least until she loses, was ousted from the Times Square Marriott because her reservation was up. Maybe you shouldn't have made such a charmingly deep run in the bracket, Melanie! [SportsBusiness Daily] -
#usopen
U.S. Open Tells Players To Get Off Twitter
Tournament officials warn players not to broadcast "inside information" via Twitter. (Apparently, people gamble on tennis.) Naturally, playerscomplain about it via Twitter. Also, women don't know how to serve or something. Who cares? As long as they keep grunting! [SMH/Switched/NYT] -
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It Must Be Lust: Deadspin's 2009 U.S. Open Preview
Greetings, Deadspin tennis fans! It's that time of year again! More » -
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#luxury
Spend The Night In Roger Federer's Bed
Roger Federer has his own personalized $3,000-a-night suite at the Carlyle Hotel—with monogrammed pillows!—just for the two weeks a year he spends ruling the U.S. Open. Unfortunately, Rafael Nadal has the only key. [Observer] -
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Tennismania, Anyone?
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] -
#cocaine
Lamest Excuse Ever Helps Tennis Player Beat Drug Rap
French tennis player Richard Gasquet told officials that the reason he tested positive for cocaine last March was because he kissed a woman who had cocaine on her lips....and that worked! Suspension over! It's strip club time! [BBC] -
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USA Eliminated By Croatia In Davis Cup Quarters
This is utterly shocking news to those who had no idea the Davis Cup was even going on right now. [UPI] -
#wakeupdeadspin
Actually, All Tennis Looks Like This On A Sunday Morning
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap More » -
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Tennis Stalking: Now With 100% Less Stabbing
Two days before the Indian tennis star's (arranged) engagement, two separate "lovelorn youth" were arrested for trying to profess their love to Sania Mirza at her Hyderabad home. [Times Of India] -
#nfl
Ochocinco's Forebearer Is... Justin Gimelstob?
Chad Ochocinco — né Johnson, he of no further introduction — and Justin Gimelstob, he of middling tennis stature, have more in common than what hits the eye. Actually, they really don't. But they both... like Twitter? More » -
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Anna Kournikova: Still Not A Jew
When Anna Kournikova came to Washington rocking a diamond as big as the Ritz, a freelance photographer congratulated her with a "Mazel Tov!" Kournikova's response: "I am not Jewish. Can't you see my cross?" Oy vey. [Washington Times] -
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Shady Tennis Player Dies Shady Death
Mathieu Montcourt's five-week suspension for betting on tennis matches began on Monday—the same day he was found dead in a stairwell under totally non-suspicious circumstances. (Police don't suspect foul play, believe it or not.) He was 24. [AFP] -
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British Press Finds Its Tragic Hero In An American
In London, sports are sport, Americans are ungracious blokes and Andy Roddick is brave, tenacious, athletic and bloody valorous. So like Hamlet, Othello and Romeo before him, Roddick naturally became the tragic hero in the British writer's five-act narrative arc. More » -
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At Wimbledon, All The Living Cars Fall Faintly On The Dead
"We were told: 'Go and reverse between these gravestones.' I thought: 'This is very odd'. But we did it and went to Wimbledon." The £20 for parking in a cemetery is split between three charities. How wonderfully macabre. [Ananova] -
#simonahalep
It Appears Buxom Tennis Player Has Officially De-Racked Herself
SBB claims this is a picture of Simona Halep soon after her breast reduction surgery. Romania's long national nightmare is now over. [SBB]
