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Take Your Pick: Who’s the Favourite?

– All active American men’s tennis players have a combined ONE major title.  – The highest ranked American is 9th in the world, and he is a 29-year old that no one has ever heard of (Mardy Fish).  – The … Continue reading

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Two Rounds in the Books in Melbourne

Well, the first two round of the 2010 major tennis season have been completed and it is shaping up to be another great season on the men’s tour.  Let’s take a look at the goings-on in Melbourne so far with … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Top Twelve – Legacies of the Sports World

In the wake of a week of huge deaths in music, entertainment, and sports–Michael Jackson, Farah Fawcett, and Steve McNair–the idea of legacy has really hit me.  Furthermore, it is fascinatingly interesting to see the varying “size” of the story … Continue reading

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Wait, What Year is This, Again?

Juan-Carlos Ferrero?  Tommy Haas?  Lleyton Hewitt?  Andy Roddick?  Roger Federer?  Ivo Karlovic? This sounds like a run-down of 1995’s Future Stars of Tennis.   Or the quarterfinals of a major in, say 2003.  But, 2009???  No chance.  Well, that is the case, as … Continue reading

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Who Would Have Guessed These Four?

The Final Four at the French.  He who protests to have predicted these four is he who lies. The Top Half: SEMIFINAL FRIDAY – #12 Gonzalez vs. #23 Soderling Robin Soderling, the giant killer who slayed Nadal, went into the quarters … Continue reading

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Quarterfinals – The Second Half

Continuing from yesterday’s post, here is the rest of the Quarterfinal preview at the 2009 French Open. The Djokovic (4) Quadrant: QUARTERFINAL WEDNESDAY – #5 Del Potro vs. #16 Robredo The top half of this quadrant showed continued dominance by … Continue reading

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Yes, I Care…A Lot

I know I’m one of only 17 people in this country not named McEnroe who care about professional tennis, but it is certainly in my “Big Four” sports (MLB, NFL, NCAA basketball, and the ATP).  The Australian Open is always so … Continue reading

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The Best That’s Ever Been

I do not claim to be an expert on anything, really (especially writing regular columns on BSB).  I have loved baseball my whole life–playing it, watching it, reading about it, etc.–but, in my days growing up in the United States, I … Continue reading

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