Caroline Wozniacki Leaves Door Open Despite Pilot Pen Win

In defeating Nadia Petrova, perhaps the most up-and-down player on the women’s tour, Caroline Wozniacki was neither great nor horrible. Winning 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, Wozniacki was just good enough to win during Petrova’s down periods. The uncertainty raised by the quality of this Pilot Pen finals win, Wozniacki’s third in a row, reminds us that her first seed in the US Open does not... 

Wozniacki Squeaks By Dementieva in Pilot Penn

With grunts coming at the end from both players, exhaustion ignored for the importance not only for this tournament but also the US Open next week, the two players battled on in the semi-finals of the Pilot Pen tournament tonight. Despite her first set win 6-1, Elena Dementieva was clearly uncertain in the second losing to Caroline Wozniacki 6-3. It was the third set, however, that made this one of... 

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer: Good Friends in 2010 US Open and Beyond

It is an incredibly long-running debate: Is Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer better? Included are those who wonder whether Federer is the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) and those who believe Nadal’s success against Federer diminishes Federer’s stature and makes Nadal, now No. 1 again, the better of the two. In many circles, the debate is necessary, both as a defense of one of the players and... 

Women’s Tennis and US Open Greats: Graf, King, Navratilova, Williams

For women in tennis spanning the Open Period, none surpass and most do not come close to Steffi Graf, Billy Jean King, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. All have done so much to advance tennis and have given back to society in so many ways. We can quibble about court decorum—which might make us take Williams out—or about the need and propriety of some of the activities. But whether... 

Best Men in Tennis and the US Open: Agassi, Ashe and Federer

While much is made of the negative in sports, all sports have their heroes. They can be small, medium or large. Some are not winners. All are made of personality and humanity that speaks volumes about them as people. On the eve of the US Open, one of the great and lasting opens for most who are still watching, come several who raised their games and our hearts above all others who played and still... 

2010 Ryder Cup: The Most Controversial Team USA in History

The 2010 Ryder Cup will prove to be the most controversial in history, and also likely show that the US has ceded its position in the world to become the number two group of golfers if Tiger Woods is allowed to play. While still in formation, the team should still give everyone pause: Phil Mickelson, Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Dustin Johnson, Jeff Overton and Matt Kuchar.... 

US Open Preview: Unlike Tiger Woods, Roger Federer Still in Younger Generation

If you felt that Federer – Nadal in the 2010 US Open this year was nirvana, you will be disappointed. Nadal appears a shadow of his former self, including the loss of weight and muscle tone often attributed to someone getting off of steroids. Not that I claim he has ever taken them. Just that his physique for some reason seems dramatically changed. Maybe it was the camera angles in his 2010 Cincinnati... 

Intimidation and Winning in Sports: Woods, Tyson and Jordan

Mike Tyson hitting the canvas in the McBride fight, the last of his shortened, sad and tragic career epitomizes the way sports intimidation usually ends. A defeat against a nobody. In a venue far away from the past. In a way that makes us sad and feel pity. Even for the intimidator whose only blessing was a special way to get under a competitor’s skin and into her or his psyche. There are many... 

The Real Truth: Golf Never Needed Tiger Woods

Whistling Straits will be on the list of everyone’s favorite courses forever after the 2010 PGA Championship. Another Alice Dye masterpiece. (Yes, Pete Dye said she insisted on having every piece of sand a bunker.) A course worthy of golfing greats and twenty-year-olds alike. Dustin Johnson, one of those twenty-year-olds, will be remembered forever. He made himself into golfing lore by turning... 

The Real Truth: Changed Guard At Whistling Straits

Nick Watney will win the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. This will be no changing of the guard. Let’s make certain we give some credit here where it is due. Without Tiger Woods’ enormous, media sucking self-indulgence, we would have had much more on Nick Watney. After all, he has more than $10 million in earnings and has been a pro for seven years, since he was 22. He is a... 

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