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Sports Central August 21, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
Will Agassi's U.S. Open Torch Flame Out? If Andre Agassi had ideas of passing his U.S. Open torch to a fellow American when he retired last year inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, his compatriot successors are not reciprocating. |
Sports Illustrated April 18, 2000 Jamal Greene |
Scorecard The new U.S. Olympic Committee chief's business-speak throws a scare into minor sports |
Salon.com June 19, 2001 Damien Cave |
Can the Net be trusted? Online philanthropy appeals are often hoaxes. But even when someone's really hurting, it pays to do your homework... |
Sports Illustrated February 27, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Another Bold Stroke For the third straight year Pierre Lacroix put Colorado in position to win the Cup, this time by trading for Rob Blake... |
Sports Illustrated September 28, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
League will call penalties -- really Is this year going to be any different? The league always says it's going to crack down on clutching and grabbing, and call penalties. It works for a couple of weeks, then it's back to the same old thing. We need speed and flow... |
Salon.com August 2, 2000 Rob Brezsny |
Astrology's mad bomber In which the noted zodiac advice columnist traces his quest to be a perfect nobody along the odd and winding path that led him to the horoscope writing business. |
Sports Illustrated November 4, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Finishing first In tennis, season-long consistency is more important than winning Slams. |
Sports Illustrated March 18, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Slovak uprising How can such a relatively small country produce so many consistent tennis players? |
Sports Central November 17, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Best and Worst of ATP Tour in 2005 Withe the top men battling it out for the year-end Masters Cup title in Shanghai, it is time to look at the ins and outs of 2005 on the men's tour. |
Sports Central August 14, 2006 Mert Ertunga |
Top 10 Men's Tennis Matches of 21st Century Of course, these picks are very much open to debate. |
Sports Illustrated March 4, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Guessing game Will Stevenson win a title before Kournikova? |
Sports Illustrated August 12, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hewitt's behavior crosses the line Li'l Lleyton Hewitt is under the mistaken impression that his duties end when he leaves the court. Hey, others can be the tour's public face. Sorry, mate, it doesn't work that way. |
Sports Illustrated March 25, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hewitt on and off the court After Lleyton Hewitt's 6-1, 6-2 drubbing of Tim Henman at Indian Wells, I'm left wondering: Without the help of chicken pox -- or Nicolas Escude and a grass court -- how do you beat this guy? |
Sports Illustrated March 19, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Doubling up with Todd Woodbridge From his position on the forehand side, Australia's Todd Woodbridge has established himself as, arguably, the best doubles player the sport has known... |
Sports Central September 26, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
If Not For Agassi... What more can be said about Andre Agassi, the American tennis legend who finally called it quits after his third-round loss in the U.S. Open? Quite frankly, nothing. |
Sports Illustrated February 4, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Safin's confidence is the key We'll grant you that it's no small condition. But if Marat Safin put his mind to it, there's little doubt he could be the best player in tennis today... |
Sports Illustrated December 8, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Gift wrapped Plan on a return of Super Mario in time for the holidays... |
Sports Illustrated July 15, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Saving American tennis Demanding more accountability from the good folks in White Plains. |
Sports Illustrated June 18, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Sampras may be spent A few of you asked what I make of Sampras' epochal collapse, and I honestly don't know. It's not as though he is losing to elite players and simply relinquishing his grip to Generation Next. |
Sports Illustrated July 22, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hardly an epidemic Steroid use is not a huge problem in tennis. |
Sports Central September 6, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Are Women Playing at the U.S. Open? The women's draw so far has consisted of bunch of matches, under an hour long, without much excitement. The big names have consistently outplayed their opponents, only stopping short of collecting an hourly fee for a tennis lesson, when they shake their hapless opponents' hands at the end of the matches. |
Sports Central April 20, 2006 Tom Kosinski |
Was This the Davis Cup or Maybe Cup? A review of the Davis Cup tournament, plus Gene Scott memorialized. |
Sports Illustrated April 1, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up the Nasdaq-100 Why isn't the Nasdaq-100 officially elevated to Grand Slam No. 5 status? Unlike all other non-Grand Slams, it has the same number of rounds as the other four major tournaments... |
Sports Central November 26, 2004 Mert Ertunga |
ATP and WTA Tours Reversing Trends This is a good moment to reflect back on some major trend changes in the worlds of professional tennis in terms of rankings. |
Sports Central August 30, 2004 Mert Ertunga |
Andre, For Pete's sake! Tennis player Andre Agassi, at 34, does not have many Grand Slams left anymore in him. But he could still have one more. This U.S. Open should be the one. |
Sports Illustrated December 2, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Kafelnikov left us wanting more Without fail, the Davis Cup furnishes enough drama, intrigue, backstories and passion plays to warrant an HBO miniseries. Last weekend was no exception. |
Sports Central August 14, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Open Series: Is it Serious? This is turning out to be the summer of Serbs. |
Sports Central May 17, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Nadal and Federer Enough for ATP? There's a heated rivalry at the top of the men's tennis world -- the 'Swashbuckling Spaniard' Rafael Nadal versus the ever-dominant Roger Federer. |
Sports Illustrated August 23, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the U.S. Open draw The author predicts the fate of the top 16 men's and women's seeds for the U.S. Open. See the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions. |
Sports Illustrated May 13, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Williams vs. Graf How do you feel a 25-year-old Graf would have faired against Venus Williams? |
Sports Central August 25, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Previewing a Potentially Thrilling U.S. Open The U.S. Open Draw Ceremony recently took place, producing a 128-man bracket laced with potential matchups to salivate over and script-defying storylines. |
Sports Central October 30, 2003 Mert Ertunga |
"Hitters and Missers" of 2003 Looking back on the 2003 tennis season. |
Sports Central February 18, 2013 Mert Ertunga |
Five Questions With Pat Cash For most tennis fans, Pat Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon winner, member of multiple Australian Davis Cup teams in the 1980s, and former top-five player, needs no introduction. |
Sports Illustrated July 29, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Incentive plan What motivates the Williams sisters? |
Sports Central June 26, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
Wimbledon Preview: Who'll Stop the Reign? Should the All-England Lawn and Tennis Club even bother hosting Wimbledon for the men this year? Many athletes say that it's not worth showing up if they don't have a chance to win. |
Sports Illustrated August 5, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
No glam, all game Belgium's Kim Clijsters is one of the few players armed with the weapons and blessed with the physique to topple the Williams dynasty. Clijsters has found a way to be a top player without turning every match into a blood feud. |
Sports Central January 26, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Home Cooking Adds Spice to Melbourne Park Aussies have provided the tennis world with a top quality tournament for many years. It is time for them to enjoy the tournament with a little added adrenaline factor by proudly supporting one of their own to the very end. |
Sports Central February 20, 2004 Tom Kosinski |
Marat Safin a Force Again Maybe the biggest story of the Aussie Open was Marat Safin. A perennial critics' favorite, Safin has the physical size, speed, power, and talent to be a multi-Grand Slam champion |
Sports Illustrated April 29, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Inside the Fed Cup controversy On the Billie Jean King/House of Capriati battle royal... |
Sports Illustrated June 10, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Capriati is at a loss There are a million cheap shots I'll avoid making at J-Cap's expense (being in Paris makes one softer than brie). But let's just say that she hasn't exactly grasped the nuances of the rankings system. |
Sports Illustrated August 5, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Sampras appears on the rebound If his career was in seriously dire straits after Wimbledon, Pete Sampras bounced back with a vengeance in Toronto. |
Sports Illustrated June 4, 2002 L. Jon Wertheim |
Clay Pigeons With one exception, U.S. men just can't play on the French Open's slow surface. |
Sports Illustrated November 22, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Just a simple love story Clijsters, Hewitt go to extremes to sustain their relationship |
Sports Central September 7, 2009 Mert Ertunga |
Super Saturday Saves the Day This year's U.S. Open has already had its version of a Super Saturday and it took place in the first week. |
Sports Illustrated May 20, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Safin doesn't have killer instinct Until Marat Safin learns to hate losing in the way that others do -- Lleyton Hewitt being the most obvious example -- he will underachieve on the court... |
Sports Illustrated September 9, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
An Open to remember Some random notes on a pretty fair U.S. Open |
Sports Central July 29, 2010 Tom Kosinski |
An Atlanta Tennis Classic: Mardy Fish Right now, Mardy Fish stands at the top of the Series leaders. |
Sports Illustrated September 16, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Agassi's legacy Andre easily ranks among the best of the past 20 years. |
Sports Illustrated February 11, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Is there a Sampras/Roddick feud? Reading between the lines, it seemed there was some tension between Pete Sampras and Andy Roddick in Oklahoma City. Sounded like the typical "old guard, new guard" stuff... |
Sports Illustrated May 6, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Battle of the sexes Which gender has the more appealing tennis game? |