The west coast is definitely jealous: Both Venus and Serena have commited to playing the Family Circle Cup at the end of this month, and are also playing the Fed Cup Quarterfinal tie between the U.S. and Belgium will be in Delray Beach next month. Buy your tickets through Ticketmaster. (via USTA)
March Madness: Joakim Noah, the son of Yannick Noah, is in the national limelight again this week, as he and his Gators teammates try to repeat last year’s NCAA championships surprise. Joakim, on being defending champions: “Last year, anything we did, people were happy. This year, people aren’t happy (with us) just winning basketball games. To me, that was disappointing.” (via 2theadvocate.com)
Yannick Noah gay?: Did anything ever come of the Cameroonian papers trying to out Yannick? Is he actually gay? (via Behind The Mask)
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