James LaRosa‘s Sweet Spot, born on September 10, 2008. The prolific Tennis Channel scribe’s Cinderella story gets another chapter with the establishment of James’ weekly TC column (on Wednesdays). The first post: a look at recent butterfly-effect matches on the tour. — Also, Nick McCarvel has a great article in the fall 2008 issue of […]
blame adidas for mattek’s current state + is nike waiting in the wings?
Through an interview with Bill Macattee and French Open Tonight, Bethanie Mattek offers some insight on why she dresses how she does. adidas, you’re to blame! I was at the Australian Open a few years ago, and I actually got cut from the adidas team. I had all adidas stuff but I said, ‘Well I’m […]
seen around roland garros: mary pierce
A 2000 flashback: Not to be outdone by the cameo of fellow 2000 titlist Guga Kuerten, Mary Pierce also made an appearance at this year’s tourney. She stopped by the set of Tennis Channel’s French Open Tonight (with host Bill Macatee). If you remember, both Guga and Mary showed up at last year’s singles trophy […]
sketches of the open's humble broadcasters
Those of us neither out in Flushing, nor subscribers to extremely high-end satellite packages with live feeds, are ultimately resolved to endure CBS’ weekend coverage. As green as TTC proved to be in covering their inaugural slam at this year’s French Open, one perversely hopes that they’ll gain enough leverage to buy out CBS’ Open […]
short balls "c" edition: carson, canas, cbs, college tennis, etc.
It’s on for Carson: The city adds a few more notches to its tennis belt. The Home Depot Center will host both a men’s and women’s Challenger tournaments in the early summer. Not so fast, TTC: CBS announced that they have cut a more profitable deal with the USTA in renewing their coverage of the […]