Jo-Wilfried Tsonga continues his hot streak, following up a title in Bangkok (beating Nole Djokovic) with an impressive 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory against defending champ David Nalbandian at the BNP Paribas Masters Paris — the ATP season’s final stop before the top 8 players head to Shanghai. Tsonga took out Stepanek, Nole, Roddick, and Blake […]
Archives for November 2008
La Monf switches to Prince in 2009
Breakdancer Gael Monfils might not be making as much noise as compatriot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga these days, but he’s still being pegged as one of the sport’s future stars. Racquetmaker Prince recently signed the Frenchman to play with the company’s new line of racquets, slated for release in spring 2009. He first picked up the new […]
whatever happened to pleated shorts?
Swede Lennart Bergelin (second from left) with buddies at Roland Garros in May of 1948. Bergelin, one of Sweden’s best tennis players who worked as a personal coach to tennis legend Bjorn Borg, has died at the age of 83 after a short illness, Swedish media reported on November 4, 2008. R.I.P. (photo by Getty […]
TSF wants Californians to vote “No” on Proposition 8, the state’s anti-gay marriage measure
The looming presidential election is leaving me a little anxious. While Obama is clearly leading in the polls, the experience of the Bush/Gore disaster from 2000 has taught me not to take anything for granted. And in California, where Obama’s victory is a given, the spotlight has moved to Proposition 8, a ballot measure which […]
hus, little baby… buy your underwear stateside
An update on the U.S. presence of Bjorn Borg (the brand): men’s underwear from the f/w ’08 line is now available at Scandinavian goods importer [hus] in the West Village and at LASC in West Hollywood. BB will eventually expand into other menswear — sorry, ladies — when the SoHo store opens later this month. […]