PARIS — Lleyton Hewitt must have felt like one of those ducks in a carnival shooting gallery. Bang…bang…bang! — it went on for about four hours as a carnival called the French Open set up shop again in the sunny Bois de Boulogne neighborhood of Paris. It will go on, as always, for two weeks, but the biggest shooter in tennis is gone. Ivo Karlovic’s pursuit of an Australian … [Read more...] about A SHOOTING GALLERY DUCK NAMED HEWITT ESCAPES THE BANG-BANG-BANG!
THERE’S NEW LIFE IN ROGER YET, AND THE FRENCH BECOMES INTERESTING
PARIS — So, does Roger return to his former status as “the greatest player of all time”? Probably, at least with some of his countless idolaters, who took his recent hammerings by Rafa Nadal personally. They suffered. He suffered. The Federer family suffered. But Madrid alleviated some of that suffering. However, Madrid isn’t Paris. Just as Little Rock isn’t Las Vegas. The … [Read more...] about THERE’S NEW LIFE IN ROGER YET, AND THE FRENCH BECOMES INTERESTING
BEWARE THE SPANIARD WHO OWNS THE TOWN – ITS ROUNDHOUSE RAFA
En-route to Paris — Paris, the year’s second major, looms, along with a guy who may be more monumental than the Eiffel Tower. That would be Rafa Nadal of course, and here’s my advice to Messrs Federer, Murray, Djokovic, Roddick and anyone else who would hope to flatten him: Show up in a tank equipped with flame throwers. Rafa has become such a striking landmark in Paris, … [Read more...] about BEWARE THE SPANIARD WHO OWNS THE TOWN – ITS ROUNDHOUSE RAFA
Travel Section Additions
We’ve been adding a lot of travel articles Bud has written over the years. Check them out… over on the left you can choose a country or click “Travel” and browse around. Enjoy! -ed … [Read more...] about Travel Section Additions
HAPPY DAYS AT THE OLD DUMP; KEY BISCAYNE SHOULD GIVE MURRAY A KEY TO THEIR PLEASANT SAND BOX
The old dump looked pretty good with its 14,359 seats filled, and Butch Buchholz handing the trophy to – can you believe it? – a tennis player from Scotland. This was the climax of the Sony Ericsson Open, a tournament that Butch and his brother, Cliff, founded 25 a quarter-century ago, a venture as hopeful as peddling Obama buttons in North Korea. Nevertheless, after … [Read more...] about HAPPY DAYS AT THE OLD DUMP; KEY BISCAYNE SHOULD GIVE MURRAY A KEY TO THEIR PLEASANT SAND BOX