Unfortunately giving fodder for the argument that we don’t care about our elders (or the old), there was a sparse crowd at this casual chat between Bud Collins and Charlie Pasarell on the first weekend of the Pacific Life Open. (Pasarell, a former pro, is the tournament’s ATP director.) As expected, Bud was in full […]
trophy watch: one of the year’s best trophies gets doled out yet again
Ana Ivanovic made quick work of Svetlana Kuznetsova in their final match at Indian Wells. (The scoreline: 6-4, 6-3.) Ana took home the $332,000 purse, a bracelet from Jeffrey Scott Fine Magnetics, and that cute humpback whale trophy. Kuznetsova, meanwhile, took home $163,000. Novak Djokovic proved that he’s currently the best men’s tennis player in […]
bud collins' laptop: we wouldn't have expected anything less
We wouldn’t have expected any less from Bud Collins, the man who made paisley a press room staple. Yep, that’s his laptop as shot by Jonah Sandford of the Wilamette Week at the Portland Memorial Coliseum. I found the WW‘s Davis Cup coverage very insightful. I don’t really consider Portland a tennis town so it […]
short balls: tennis aprons, djokovic struts in underwear, bud at espn, gold racquets for sale, etc.
Fashion trivia: Did you know that women back in the day wore aprons on the tennis court? It was used to hold balls and to protect their dresses from grass stains. Did you feel it? It might have felt like an earthquake, but don’t worry: it was just some folks fainting after hearing that Nole […]
short balls: nike online and in print, roger's on-court meltdown, a taste of bud, etc.
Nike in print: A recent issue of Arena Homme Plus goes behind the scenes of Terry Richardson‘s photo shoot for this Nike campaign by W+K Studio. Tennis players included in the shoot were Maria Sharapova and (I believe) Roger Federer. Bonus round: The issue also has a great editorial based on John Galliano‘s fall 2007 […]