First Lady Michelle Obama has joined U.S. Olympians, Paralympians and London hopefuls to announce a nationwide commitment to get more than 1.7 million American children active as part of her Let’s Move! initiative to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation. Through commitments to the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) by the…
Each season, a few of the greatest baseball minds get together for the Onroto Fantasy Baseball League. Early in the league’s inception, Jason Wass was the one to beat. However, three years ago new blood came into the league as Team Sex on the Beach Tennis, led by David Sickmen and Alan Brofka, came on…
Switzerland’s Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych in three sets, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 to win the 2012 Madrid Open this weekend for the third time. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal put the blame on the new blue-clay courts for their early departures, whereas Federer’s toughest obstacle was to defeat someone who had took him down in…
American Serena Williams defeated world number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3 to win the 2012 Madrid Open. Serena, now 30 years of age, entered as the ninth seed into the event where she extended her winning streak to 13 matches. She took a quick lead to 4-0 in the first before Azarenka could…
American Serena Williams defeated Russian Maria Sharapova to advance at the Madrid Open semifinals in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. This is Serena’s seventh consecutive win against Sharapova and it came on the new blue-clay court surfaces. World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka also advanced in three sets against 2011 French Open winner Li Na, 3-6, 6-3,…
The world’s top two men’s singles players, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Rafael Nadal, have been eliminated from the field at the 2012 Madrid Open in Spain. Nadal fell to his fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco for the first time at the 2012 Madrid Open in Spain. This marked Nadal’s earliest exit from a clay-court tournament since he…
World number three-ranked Roger Federer defeated Milos Raonic in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, at the 2012 Madrid Open to avoid what would have been his earliest tournament loss in over two years. He has not been eliminated in the second round of a tournament since competing at the 2010 Rome Masters tournament. Federer dug…
Below is a transcript of a interview with Melanie Oudin and Brian Baker. Both have received wild card entries into the upcoming 2012 French Open and a open forum question and answer was held. Q. Melanie, why don’t you talk a little bit about going from where you were last year to the last few…
During one of the most exciting weekends of the tennis calendar, U.S. Open finals weekend, the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum will once again add to the festivities with The Legends Ball, a gala event to be held on Friday, Sept. 7 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. The Legends Ball…
If you come to me and have aspirations of playing on the Pro Tour, I will educate you on the process, but in fact, will probably also end up talking you out of it. If you want to play on the Tour, you better be willing to make a huge sacrifice of training, practice and…