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The Homerun Record 2007-03-18 17:01:41 Barry Bonds hit his fourth spring training homerun Friday against Colorado. It seems that the typical U.S. baseball fan lost all interest in his homerun total, since Bonds passed the sacred cow at 714. The focus now seems to be an investigation, hoping to get rid of him.
Bonds stands 22 homeruns short of the home run record set by Hank Aaron (755). Where’s the furor, uproar & outrage that accompanied the approach to the non-record held by someone who didn’t even play against competition?
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NBA - Totalitarian Regime? 2007-03-16 18:34:51 NBA officials assessed Kobe Bryant a flagrant foul after reviewing tape of a game last week against Philadephia. A foul so flagrant it didn’t draw any notice of the officials during the game.
Retroactive fines? When did that start? Laker’s Coach Phil Jackson said: “It shouldn’t even have been a flagrant one,” he said Tuesday. “That’s crazy. That’s a vendetta. They have a witch hunt going on. It’s nuts. Guys riding somebody. Everybody does that in this league. It’s just becoming a witch hunt now.” Bryant received two one game suspensions earlier in the season for fouls. At least those weren’t retroactive.
Jackson was fined $50,000. What is it with professional sports leagues: MLB, NFL, & especially the N.B.A.(the dress code, suspensions for responding to insults from fans-why don’t they reign in the audience?) and prohibitions against criticism or dissent of any kind? In 1996, the N.B.A. suspende Read more:NBA
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The Tennis Channel Open…March ‘07 2007-03-07 18:10:59 James got robbed before I showed up..
Marat Safin, TTC Open Semifinals, 03/03/07
Evgeni Korolev, TTC Open Semifinals, 03/03/07
Great weather. I was surprised to find both elimination & round robin matches taking place. I had thought it would be either or.
I found this bit of nonsense:
• A 32-player round robin draw consisting of a 16-player “play-off” with the 8 winners joining 16 other
players to make up the 8 groups of 3 players. Each player will then play two guaranteed matches in the
round robin stage. The winner from each group will advance to the knockout round (quarterfinals), and
then will play out the tournament per a traditional single-elimination format. /media/pressreleases06
It seems a bit complicated..
More photos from the TTC Open, Las Vegas, Nevada, available in the Image Gallery.
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James on the Round Robin Issue 2007-03-06 21:33:22 Press conference, Pacific Life Open, March 9, 2007
Q. … tell me what you think the future of Round Robin
should be?
JAMES BLAKE: My personal opinion, they shouldn’t be anymore. Leave it for the Master’s Cup and that’s it. Diplomatically I’d say, you know, we’ll revisit it, we’ll talk but I don’t want it anymore. It’s too many. There’s too many variables. There’s too many possibilities of matches that could turn into basically exhibitions or after one set they could turn into exhibitions.
And, you know, it’s — I don’t want to see more Round Robin tournaments that get decided on who goes through by a rule as opposed to by who wins a match. And I just want to go out there — and even with the scenario of going out to win by a certain score, it’s not natural. I mean, you wouldn’t tell a basketball team to go out and cover a line, like a Vegas spread. You’d tell them to go out and w Read more:James
Tiger Praises Roger 2007-03-22 02:50:46 “It’s pretty neat when you have probably the most dominant athlete on the planet out there in your gallery,” Woods (AP) said of number one ranked tennis player Roger
Federer, after the golfer’s practice round for the CA Championship. Woods will attempt to defend the World Golf Championship in Miami, while Federer begin his defense of the Sony Ericsson Open title, on nearby Key Biscayne, for the third straight year.
But before giving such a high honor, Tiger might consider who Roger’s been playing. The top tennis player needs some competition. Roger might end up being the Babe Ruth of tennis, putting up records against players of mostly one color. As Chris Rock says, “A sport without black people isn’t a sport — that’s just a game.”
Masters Series Miami 2007-04-02 03:13:21 Miami was very nice. I hope to upload the photos from Key Biscayne soon.
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Arthur Ashe Tennis Center Renovation Complete 2007-04-02 15:46:49 Great news for tennis in South Africa.
From AP:
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The tennis center in Soweto founded by Arthur
Ashe 30 years ago was reopened by his widow, Jeanne Ashe, on Saturday after a two-year, $620,000 renovation.
Ashe and former tennis promoter Owen Williams combined to complete the center in 1977 in Jabavu, but it was never maintained and fell into disrepair.
The goal of the new Arthur Ashe Tennis
Centre “is for Soweto to produce its own Arthur Ashe,” said Ian Smith, CEO of the South African Tennis Association. Ashe was the first black man to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
During the dedication ceremony, Jeanne Ashe said her husband had started the center as “one small beacon of light amid the darkness and far-reaching shadows of apartheid.”
“Fourteen years after Arthur’s death the reopening of this center is probably seen as important at a local and national level, but I can assure you it is a victory whose context is tr Read more:Center
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Peer Gains Noteriety 2007-04-08 21:09:39 From Fast Transcripts:
Q. What has life been like for you since the Australian Open in Israel?
SHAHAR PEER: In Israel?
Q. Yes, what’s it been like?
SHAHAR PEER: I was there after Tokyo after the tournament in Australia, and it was not very easy. I wasn’t really ready for everything. It was a pretty big thing after the tournament in Australia.
But I think next time I will come back, I will get used to it and I will know how to handle it. They support me and they are very nice to me, but I need to be ready how to react to the people.
It’s not that easy, and I have to enjoy it.
Q. What do you mean? Can you be more specific?
SHAHAR PEER: Actually, everybody knows me. There is no one person that you know you cannot say in Israel my name and doesn’t know who I am. So you know, I’m more popular there. Wherever I go they know me, so I don’t have too much time for myself when I’m home.
Wherever I go with my friends, my family, so maybe to stay more ho
Charges Dropped In Duke Case 2007-04-12 16:46:28 North Carolina State Attorney General Roy Cooper, dropped remaining charges against Duke Lacrosse players accused of rape last year. Durham County, North Carolina, district attorney, Michael B. Nifong, took himself off the case in January, after receiving an ethics complaint from the North Carolina State Bar for making false and inflammatory statements which prejudiced the rights of the accused — an unprecedented action against a prosecutor in the middle of a case. But aren’t inflammatory statements part of the prosecutor’s trade? Remember the Kobe Bryant case? Michael Jackson? Was this some sort of tactic organized by forces in the state wanting to protect wealthy universities, and/or their students?
But Mr. Nifong botched the case, putting together a photo line up for the victim which violated state laws by not including photos of people who could not be possible suspects. He also failed to interview the accused directly, relying on police interviews. A prel Read more:Dropped
The Grand Slam 2007-04-11 23:44:52 The ‘Grand
Slam’ is a feat accomplished by few players: Donald Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969) are the only two men to have done it, while Margaret Court (1970), Maureen Connolly (1953) and Steffi Graf (1988). Andre Agassi is the only male tennis player to accomplish the career Slam in the Open era. No man has even won four consecutive Slams in the Open era.
Roger Federer has again the chance to do one or both by winning this year’s French Open, “the world’s greatest clay court tournament.” His win at the Australian Open in January was his third Slam victory in a row, and the French would be the fourth. Some observers point out that Federer’s early exit from the Sony Ericsson Open could give him a better shot at this year’s one.
It would be a remarkable feat to win all four consecutive Grand Slams on four different surfaces. Among current players, only Roger Federer is in position to do such a thing. He holds these three:
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A Stamp For The Champ 2007-04-12 20:59:05
Roger Federer Postal Stamp
Roger Federer was awarded the honor of a postal stamp by the Swiss Post. He is the first living Swiss person to have his photo enshrined on a stamp.
“It’s a great moment. I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains,” Federer said.
Guerra de las Galaxias 2007-04-14 18:09:25 Rafael Nadal, the world number two tennis player, and number one Roger Federer will play an exhibition match, la Guerra
de las Galaxias (Star Wars) May 1, 2007 in Palma Arena in Spain. The match will played in conditions best suited to each one: half the court will be clay for Rafeal Nadal, and the other half grass for Roger Federer. The match will be played in best of three sets format with, obviously, no changing of ends.
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La gran batalla será el 1 de mayo
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Roger Federer y Rafael Nadal no tendrán libre el Día del Trabajador. La guerra de las galaxias será el 1 de mayo en el Palma Arena. El rey de la hierba y el gran dominador de la tierra batida se medirán en una exhibición inédita (una pista mitad césped, mitad arcilla) que pondrá en juego las dos mejores rachas (sobre hierba y sobre tierra) de la historia del tenis profesional.
Una empresa argentina patentó tiempo atrás la idea de que Roger Federer y Rafael Nadal pudieran disputar una exhibic
Surfaces 2007-04-10 21:16:11
The Australian Open-Rebound Ace
In 1972, The Australian Tennis Federation decided to change the venue of the event every year, with Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and even New Zealand taking turns to host the tournament. In 1983, the Australian Open set up home in Kooyong, Melbourne, where it began to earn the respect of the tennis-playing world until its move in 1988 to Flinders Park. Grass courts made way for hard Rebound Ace surfaces, and in 1997, Flinders Park was renamed Melbourne Park.
Rebound Ace, manufactured by Rebound Ace® Sports Pty Ltd, is a cushioned tennis hardcourt comprised of layers of polyurethane rubber, fiberglass, and other materials on top of an asphalt base. The fact that surface becomes sticky when it overheats has been cause for concern for many players.
Holders: Roger Federer (Sui) and Serena Williams (U.S.)
Official website: ausopen.org
Wimbledon-Grass
Wimbledon was established in 1877 by the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club, who still organise the event
Congressional Oversight 2008-02-21 09:45:03 Over the course of the past few weeks, the House Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform has hauled out Brian McNamee, a trainer, Andy Pettitte, pitcher, and Roger Clemens, also a pitcher, to testify on steriod use.
McNamee told baseball investigator George Mitchell that he injected Clemens at least 16 times with steroids and [...] Read more:Congressional
Davis Cup Quarterfinals Set 2008-02-13 13:43:21 The Davis
Cup quarterfinals will feature Russia v Czech Republic, Argentina vs. Sweden, Germany vs. Spain and France vs. USA.
In the round of 16, Korea made it’s first appearance in the world group since 1986. They lost 2-3 to Germany. Hyung-Taik Lee noted after Korea’s loss, “It was a lot of experience for [...] Read more:Davis Cup
Australian Open, Third Round 2008-01-17 13:43:21 The third round of the Australian
Open gets underway in Melbourne on Friday (this evening at 7:00 EST, US). Interesting match-ups in the second half of the draw include Mikhail Youzhny, RUS, (14) versus Ivo Karlovic, CRO, (20) and Richard Gasquet, FRA, (8) versus Igor Andreev, RUS, (31).
Gasquet versus Andreev will be a rematch [...] Read more:Australian Open
Torre in New Uniform 2008-03-13 11:07:47 Dismissed last fall as Yankee Manager, Joe Torre
found a new post soon thereafter with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 67 year old Torre, and 12 year Yankee veteran said, “It’s starting a new chapter, which never in my wildest dreams I thought I’d want to do.”
The Dodgers, who lead their division at mid [...] Read more:Uniform
MLB in China 2008-03-17 08:40:33 Major League Baseball hopes to popularize the American product in China
. The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers recently concluded a two game exhibition series in Beijing, China. The Padres beat the Dodgers 6-3 in the second game, while the first game ended in a 3-3 tie.
The two games were not [...]
Nadal Gets Better of Blake 2008-03-21 11:02:46 R. Nadal
World number two Rafael Nadal, finally managed to get the better of ninth ranked James Blake in Indian Wells, California, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Nadal’s quaterfinal win at the Masters Series event, represents the first in four chances against the American Blake.
Blake surprised the world by taking out the rising star [...]
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