Archive for the ‘Tennis’ Category

A gloomy year for Americans in Paris

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Robby Ginepri, the last American standing at this year's French Open, was sent packing today with a 7-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Fernando Gonzalez. It's not like there were very many good Americans in the tourney anyway. The US men had 10 singles players (with only James Blake seeded) ...

Why can’t Americans win on clay?

Friday, May 30th, 2008

With the early exits of Serena Williams and James Blake, I wanted to try and figure out why Americans can't win on clay. Growing up in the US, we are mostly exposed to hardcourts. When you play on these, you get the true bounce of the ball which makes it ...

Maria Sharapova is not the next Jeff George

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Busted Coverage has found video of Maria Sharapova throwing a football around as a warm up for her practice session. After watching the clip, you can clearly see that she doesn't have an arm that will break any fingers. But she would make a good wide receiver in the lingerie ...