Wimbledon opened and the Portuguese kid shut up. That made the story of the first day a non-story, really, leaving numerous journalists in the lurch. The press was ready to pounce on the kid, 16-year-old Michelle Larcher de Brito, following up on her loud and obnoxious behavior at the French Open. There, she screeched and tried to unnerve opponents with various unsporting … [Read more...] about SILENCE MAY BE GOLDEN BUT DE BRITO MAKES IT SEEM ZINC TO REPORTERS LOOKING FOR A SENSATIONAL FIRST DAY STORY
Wimbledon
ANOTHER OPENING DAY AT THE BIG W, WHO’LL THROW OUT THE FIRST BALL?
WIMBLEDON – I keep hoping that someone someday – perhaps the Queen or Prince Charles – will throw out the first ball from the Royal Box, and declare: “Wimbledon, aged 132, is hereby open. May the best woman and man win. Play tennis!” Won’t happen, of course. Just the wandering of a misguided American mind. Queen Elizabeth II, a horse racing junkie, cares not for … [Read more...] about ANOTHER OPENING DAY AT THE BIG W, WHO’LL THROW OUT THE FIRST BALL?
QUEASY KNEES REMOVE THE CHAMPION RELIEVING EX-CHAMP ROGER
LONDON – Rafa has sore knees; Roger’s spirit soars. Maybe because the guy who stole his Wimbledon crown is absent? “There’s a lot of weight off my shoulders since Paris,” he says. It’s an 180 pound weight named Nadal. And so another Big W commences, bigger than ever, where the T-word (tendonitis) is a TKO to Rafa and his faithful, lamenting his inability to even make … [Read more...] about QUEASY KNEES REMOVE THE CHAMPION RELIEVING EX-CHAMP ROGER
Wimbledon 2008
Sorry for the delay, but here, at long last, is my Wimbledon resume. . OFF TO LONDON TO WATCH FEDERER TRYING TO BREAK RECORDS…HOWEVER Roger Federer is worried. That is the diagnosis of the eminent Belgrade psychologist, who also plays some tennis, Novak Djokovic. Considering his most recent egg laid in a significant nest, the … [Read more...] about Wimbledon 2008