Tennis Returns To Its Grass Roots: The Magic Is All in the Green Stuff

Check antiMatter’s complementary piece here It’s where lawn tennis began. It takes loving care, and ideally an English climate, to perfect it. But when it’s right, the sappy, greasy, springy grass can offer the swiftest, most subtle, most sensuous tennis of all. The Wimbledon lawns are the best-known patches of turf in the world, but it’s the grass of the historic Queens Club... 

For Francesca Schiavone, Life Is Beautiful

“What is the highest form of technique? To have no technique.” Bruce Lee. Oh, Francesca! She grunts, instead of squealing like her pubescent competition. She sweats rather than perspire. She has the Chaplinesque-bearing of her countryman, Roberto Benigni, especially when gesturing and dancing about the court. I’ve never been a big fan, but I appreciated. Whenever she got some airtime,... 

The Lleyton Hewitt Dilemma: Grass May Be the Solution

A good player, or even a great player, can’t avoid facing the game’s best players in the early rounds if he doesn’t improve his ranking. But how can he improve his ranking if he keeps running into the game’s best players in the early rounds? I call it the Hewitt dilemma. For Lleyton Hewitt, a winner of both Wimbledon and US Open titles, and the guy who spent all of 2002 at... 

Why Pebble Beach Will Be More Fun Than Most US Opens

Usually the US Open is played by golfers who become crabby after one practice round because the conditions are hard and will get worse.    It’s what I call car-wreck golf because spectators seem to enjoy watching pros crash and burn—it’s like watching the Indy 500.    This year, there are going to be some changes to the rough, changes to a few holes, and slower... 

Monica Seles and Rafael Nadal: Similar Paths To the Top of Tennis

Monica Seles and Rafael Nadal have similarities not only in the way both players have risen up the rankings so dramatically in their respective generations, but also how they both approach the game of tennis and their attitude toward the sport. To recap, let’s take a look at Seles first. It’s actually been 20 years since she won her first Grand Slam Title at the French Open at the age of... 

2010 FIFA World Cup: If Each World Cup Team Were an NFL Team

With 32 teams set to compete for the greatest honor in world football, I wondered how these squads would match up to the 32 NFL teams. Some answers were very obvious (see: North Korea and Oakland), while others were more of a stretch. The factors considered include team history, current chances for their upcoming venture — the cup or the 2010 season — and prominent players, among... 

U.S. Open Golf 2010: Vijay Singh’s Exemption Into the Tournament Is a Joke

Vijay Singh has been granted a last minute exemption by the USGA to be able to play in next week’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. The reason for the exemption, as given by the USGA, is that Vijay has been battling injuries all year that have resulted in him falling to his current world ranking of 61st. The 47-year-old Singh is healthy now, which the USGA uses as another part of their reasoning... 

BP Should Sponsor PGA Tour’s St. Jude Classic

These days I am sure that the executives at BP Corporation have other things on their minds than this week’s Saint Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee.  The well-known lake up the left side of the fairway at the 18th hole at TPC Southwind is not exactly their definition of a water hazard these days. As for the PGA Tour, the closest it comes to a cleanup effort is fining Tiger... 

Ecclestone’s Demand Could See the End of Turkish Grand Prix

The future of the Turkish Grand Prix has been cast into doubt following some startling revelations that were revealed today.   Bernie Ecclestone has reportedly doubled the rent for the track’s services. He has accompanied this requirement with a threat to dispose of the circuits place on the Formula 1 calender if the £26 million fee is not met. Such a substantial increase sounds like... 

Does Golf Without Tiger Woods Sound Good to You? Don’t Be So Sure

Justin Rose won his first PGA tournament this past weekend. Exciting, huh? Good for him. Nice English chap. Jolly good. Zach Johnson won the week before at the Colonial in Texas. That’s nice. Good Iowa kid. Who else has won this year? Jason Day. OK. Jason Bohn. Nice. Hunter Mahan, Ben Crane, Steve Stricker. Are these names doing anything for you? Do we have any guys who have won more than... 

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