No matter the sport, referees have one job: remain anonymous. Because chances are if I know his/her name, that person did something wrong. VERY wrong. Enter Exhibit A: the 2018 US Open women’s final. The chair umpire, Carlos Ramos, cited… Read More ›
Serena Williams made history last weekend, becoming the first female tennis player to win 23 Grand Slam titles in the Open era (Margaret Court won 24 such titles). Unfortunately, Serena had to beat big sister Venus and deny her her… Read More ›
Congrats to Serena Williams on winning her 20th Grand Slam title. Congrats goes to her on winning her third French Open title. Most of all, congrats goes to Williams on moving into second all-time for most Grand Slam ladies’ singles… Read More ›
Rafael Nadal accomplished a lot of things in winning the 2014 French Open. Nadal is the first dude to win nine titles at the same major tournament. He won his fifth French Open title. He has won 66 out of… Read More ›
Hey Big Al, this one is for you. Al is one of my college buddies from waaaaay back who has served as my main antagonist when it comes to Roger Federer’s legacy in tennis (check out his awesome comments on… Read More ›
Serena Williams rallied for a three-set victory over top-seeded and top-ranked Victoria Azarenka (who?) to win the U.S. Open. If you’re scoring at home, that’s major title #15 for Williams. Could you imagine if Serena didn’t have outside interests that… Read More ›
Andy Roddick lost the last tennis game of his career earlier today to Juan Martin del Potro in four sets 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4. He used the US Open as his swan song, partly because it is the… Read More ›