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From the monthly archives: April 2009
When a marketing company contacts me with new promo video, I put it through the silly test. Does it make me giggle, or at least cringe, deep down inside? Does it involve nipple tassels? Or Roger Federer in platforms? Or Gilles Simon working on his Vegas act? Or Michael Llodra in a ‘fro? If the [...]
Continue Reading →Here are some of this week’s choicest quotes from and about our favorite tennis stars: Roger Federer on the secret signals he gives Mirka (from Hello! U.K.): “Sometimes at an important moment, I will give Mirka a little ‘hello’ sign. She’s always there to back me up. Watching is more difficult than playing. You can’t [...]
Continue Reading →Roger, who? I’m a Gottfried von Cramm-iac! Yes, I’m doing two posts in two days on a German tennis player from the 1930s that even Boris Becker didn’t know about when he won Wimbledon for the first time. I can’t help it – like everyone else who ever knew him, I’ve simply fallen in love [...]
Continue Reading →This is one of those unbelievable true stories that you hear and think, “why didn’t I know about this, before?” The public radio show, “The World” had an absolutely fascinating interview with Marshall Jon Fisher, author of the new book A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis [...]
Continue Reading →Look out, Brooklyn Decker! Spanish ELLE did a photo shoot in Miami featuring the biological miracle that is Spanish tennis. Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Nicolas Almagro frolicked in the sun and sand like a team of professional Zoolanders. Photos will appear in the May issue of Elle. Click here and here to [...]
Continue Reading →When I first heard that Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were involved in a new exhibition just before Roland Garros, I thought “whatever, I hate exos.” But I learned a little more about it, and now I’m intrigued. . . The Guinot Mary Cohr Masters, as it’s called, is scheduled for May 20-22 at the [...]
Continue Reading →**UPDATE** A big GRACIAS to Henry from Bogota for doing an excellent translation of the video – see the comments section to read about Manolo’s wisecrack and Rafa’s self-improvement motto. Boy, I wish I knew Spanish (or had an audio version of Google translate), because this video is one great, big Rafa Bomb! Good thing [...]
Continue Reading →If you follow Andy Murray on Twitter, you got this “tweet” on Monday morning: Yeah, sure beats the typical “woke up, took shower” doesn’t it? Turns out that Andy Murray was meeting soccer star David Beckham, Sydney Olympic Gold medalist Denise Lewis (Heptathlon) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Number 10 Downing Street for [...]
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