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Big Apple Big Mouths
It's the biggest stage with the brightest lights and the most microphones. Play it smooth and there's no better place for an athlete than New York. Put your foot in your mouth and there's no place worse. Jeremy Shockey, recently shipped to the New...Tags: New York Knicks, New York Times, Punishment, Reggie Jackson, Boxing
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Striking out at Andruw
This year's Dodger Dog doesn't come on a bun. He wears number 25. Allen E. Kahn Playa del Rey To quote John McEnroe, "You can not be serious!" Wednesday Andruw Jones said, "I've been getting some tough pitches to hit." Good observation. Balls that...Tags: Golf, John Thompson, Arte Moreno, Gary Matthews, Baseball
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Drysdale's barbs slice with a velvet knife
South Florida Sun-SentinelCliff Drysdale did not — repeat, did NOT — down that Valium tablet 31 years ago, though I suspect he thought hard about it. He was 36 then, had been through enough tennis seasons to crack the top 10 and earn a few dollars, but was now...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, LM Ericsson Telephone Company, U.S. Open Tennis, Western Medicines, Medicine
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Mike Francesa, Chris Russo set to reunite Friday
WatchdogWell, friends, it's been more than two weeks since I dropped my bombshell about Mike Francesa and Chris Russo apparently heading for Splitsville this summer after 19 years together, and nothing I've heard since has led me to believe it......Tags: Roger Federer
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John McEnroe cuts short Federer interview, hugs him
WatchdogHoly Goolagong! At least youngish sports fans now know how and why tennis was a huge deal in the early 1980s. What more do you need to know about Sunday's Wimbledon final than that NBC's John McEnroe repeatedly called it......Tags: Phil Niekro, NBC, Roger Federer
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Star Track: Izak van der Merwe
Former Old Dominion standout Izak van der Merwe, 24, is making himself known all around pro tennis. Through steady effort in the past year, he has raised his ATP Tour world rankings to 259th in singles and 225th in doubles. The 6-foot-4, long-armed native...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Vehicles, Tennis, Anna Kournikova, Old Dominion University
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Justin Gimelstob, Skip Bayless: cool names, heated words
WatchdogSpeaking of Skip Bayless (see post below), here is a colorful rip of him from retired tennis player Justin Gimelstob. I had an opportunity to interview Mr. Gimelstob at the Garden before that Federer-Sampras exhibition a few months back, but...... -
Finalists Federer, Nadal know each other well
After moving within a victory of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title, Roger Federer found time to catch only a few games of Rafael Nadal's semifinal. Federer does have a DVD of Nadal's match, but he wasn't exactly rushing to use it for scouting...Tags: Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, Tennis
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Nadal tops Federer to become Wimbledon champ
WIMBLEDON, England - Back and forth they went in the Wimbledon final, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the two greatest tennis players of their generation producing one of the greatest matches of any generation on the grandest stage. For five sets,...Tags: Pete Sampras, Tennis, Roger Federer, Bjorn Borg
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Making History At Wimbledon
Longest championship match in Wimbledon history: 4 hours, 48 minutes Previous record: 4:16 in 1982; Jimmy Connors def. John McEnroe, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 Most games in a Wimbledon men's final: 62 Previous: 57 in 1896; Harold Mahoney def. Wilfred...Tags: Jimmy Connors, Dennis Ralston, Bjorn Borg, Manuel Santana
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