…because Potito Starace has lopped off his ponytail. The Italian is still in the running for this week’s Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana. He beat Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-1 in the second round. (photo via OTCV gallery)
short balls: bausch & lomb’s blurry future, the pain of college sports, wanna be on wife swap?
Kiss and make up: Italian player Potito Starace holds up a jersey signed by former Napoli forward Diego Maradona, who heckled Potito at his quarterfinal loss against David Nalbandian at the Buenos Aires tournament last month. Apparently, it got heated enough that Starace, a fan of Napoli, threatened to bash a racquet in Maradona’s teeth. […]
the italian gambling team: keeping the seat warm
Potito Starace has barely gotten out of a six-week suspension for betting on tennis matches and there’s already another Italian in the hot seat. According to the AP, Federico Luzzi put down 273 bets on 836 matches between May 2004 and April 2007. He even placed a bet on himself for $4.50. The investigation found […]
it’s all true: le coq sportif’s myth will drop in spring 2008
The rooster crows: French brand Le Coq Sportif has a busy spring this year. They plan to release a new line of performance shoes called Myth and they’re also relaunching their sports and lifestyle collections in North America (more deets on that later). All this ado is perfectly timed with the 25th anniversary of Yannick […]
not so fast: footage from inside the u.s. open locker rooms
TSF had to up our Paxil intake after we got word that media would have no access to the U.S. Open locker rooms this year. Thankfully, some goofsters were cool enough to film Nole Djokovic hamming it up yet again, this time folding more impersonations to his repertoire. His latest victims are: Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, […]