On your mark…. get set…. Only 97 shopping days until the 2012 London Olympic Games! Ralph Lauren, the longtime official provider of Team USA’s high-profile Olympic wear marked the “100-days-until-the-2012-London-Games” day to unveil what the American competitors will be wearing for the closing ceremony, and also around the Olympic Village. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic…
Imagine a guy named Bubba fancying himself just a good ol’ boy, never meaning no harm. With a name like Bubba, we should have expected this from the pro golfer. No, not his winning the Masters… or even his first tweet after winning (“Glory to God”)… what we should have expected from Bubba Watson is…
(Photo above: Tennis sensation Jack Sock coaches President Obama on his forehand) The White House has announced the activities and talent line-up for the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday. This year’s theme is “Let’s Go, Let’s Play, Let’s Move!” — focusing on promoting health and wellness and encouraging children to lead healthy…
She may have won 59 Grand Slam championships, but if she really cared about her post-tennis dancing career, Martina Navratilova should have spent less time at the Arthur Ashe Stadium and more time at the Arthur Murray dance studio. Fortunately for decades of tennis fans, she did not, and what was tennis history’s gain is…
They’re all still here: Nole, Rafa, Fed… And they have no intention of leaving Miami’s Sony Ericsson Open anytime soon. The tournament features the world’s top tennis players (both men and women). In 2011 Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal for his second Sony Ericsson Open title, while Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova to capture her…
The final women’s qualifying rounds of Miami’s Sony Ericsson Open are over and it’s time to start the official first-round matches. The good news for the USA is that three American women have secured places into the main draw. They are Sloan Stephens, Jamie Hampton and Madison Keys. Sloane Stephens (pictured above), the 10th seed,…
Last night at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, tennis fans came out to see a legend. They got more than that. Someday they just may look back and realize they saw a couple of legends. Only time will tell, for there was rising American tennis star, Jack Sock kicking things off at the…
Eventually, we’ll have to stop label him as “American Jack Sock.” After all, tennis is a world affair, and at the rate that he is rising, Jack Sock will belong to the world eventually. Last night he made it past the first round of the $100,000 yp Challenger of Dallas tennis tournament, defeating Robert Kendrick…
The first singles match of day two at the USTA Challenger of Dallas tennis tournament was an occasion for either Wayne Odesnik (USA) or Brian Baker (USA) to move on to round two. All in all, it appeared to be a frustrating match for both players. It was fairly slow-going… on a seemingly very fast…
If you’re in the Lone Star state (or if you’re in a Lone Star state of mind, love tennis and are looking for an excuse to visit), Dallas’ T Bar M Racquet Club is currently hosting North Texas’ largest tennis event, the Challenger of Dallas. The United States Tennis Association rates the $50,000 ATP/USTA Pro…
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