Rafael Nadal Last year, Rafa had a down year. He lost to Federer on clay for the first time in a while in Madrid. He lost in the French for the first time. He had to skip Wimbledon. He reached the semis of the US Open, but got pummeled by del Potro. He didn't win
It's Christmas night and 2010 is almost over. Let's take a look back at the year in review. Roger Federer wins the Australian Open. The year began with an earthquake in Haiti. Roger Federer and tournament organizers got several pros, including Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt, and Kim Clijsters to play in a charity event just
Prognosticators always like to make predictions about what the future holds. Who will win the various Slams? They guess months before it happens. It's fun, but hardly realistic. You just don't know. A player can be an injury away from not having any sort of year at all. Two prominent players who had a very
When 2009 wrapped up, those with crystal balls were predicting a much different 2010. For one, Juan Martin del Potro had just won the US Open. There was some thought that he could challenge for the Australian Open title and possibly defend his US Open title. And Nikolay Davydenko had just wrapped up an amazing
The NFL is the professional American football league. Each year, every team plays 16 games against 16 opponents. The goal? Make the post-season. The rules for getting in are a little complex. Each team belongs to a division which is 4 teams. There are 8 such divisions, so a total of 32 teams. Half the
Let's start with the top seed and work our way down. Rafael Nadal Rafa's level generally never drops too low. Everyone points to how he never gives up, and while that's certainly one factor in his incredible ability to win, everyone says that about Lleyton Hewitt, and he's struggling to get in the top 20.
David Foster Wallace was considered one of the best and brightest American writers. He was the son of academics. His father, a professor of philosophy who graduated from Cornell University (and Ithaca, home of the Big Red was DFW's birthplace). His mother, an English professor. He'd study both in college having an affinity for the
Some years are notable because a player no one has ever heard of makes a huge leap, and they become a household name. 2007 was that year for Novak Djokovic who reached the semis of the French and Wimbledon, almost barely noticed because of the Federer-Nadal rivalry, and then made the finals of the US
Every year, lazy American college football sports columnists trot out the same old, same old. For American college football, this "write" of passage is the column railing against the BCS. The BCS was a group/system created a little over 10 years ago to ensure the "best" team played the "second best" team for Division 1
We're down to two more tournaments. This week starts the BNP Paribas Masters which is also known as the Paris Indoors. It's the last of the 9 Masters 1000 events. All the top pros are expected to play minus Rafael Nadal who said a shoulder injury was bothering him and he wanted to rest for
