I cannot tell you how many thousands of hours I have spent hitting a tennis ball against a wall. Recently, I moved to Harlem in Manhattan and have discovered that there are hand ball walls just two blocks away from my new place. My afternoons? Now often spent hitting the ball against the wall, with […]
dancing queen
Before Andrea Petkovic, the best tie the tennis world had to dancing was Monica Seles‘ frightening stint on Dancing With the Stars. We all remember how that turned out, right?? Petkovic’s moves are refreshing – just like her personality. We took awhile to warm up to the German, but watching her fight her way past […]
short balls: seles is done, srichaphan is back, bricker is hopeful, the shirt is not for sale
Nick called it: Monica Seles and magician Penn Jillette were the first two to be eliminated on Dancing with the Stars this season. Merger mania: The Sun-Sentinel‘s Charles Bricker keeps his fingers crossed for a merger between the ATP and the SEWTA. Srichaphan’s last attempt? The powers that be have called on Paradorn Srichaphan to […]
because someone has to give her some love
Monica Seles and partner Jonathan Roberts mambo their way to 15 points (that’s five from each judge) at last night’s Dancing with the Stars. This was the same score she got dancing the foxtrot last week. Read a recap here. The show’ll start eliminating couples beginning Tuesday night.
monica seles bottoms out on dancing’s first day
Monica Seles made her TV dancing debut on last night’s Dancing with the Stars. She performed a foxtrot in a pink bejeweled gown with partner Jonathan Roberts. As expected (she “can’t tell a mango from a tango,” she says), she ended the night with fives out of tens — the lowest score of all the […]