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2011 Australian Open

12 Feb

The buzz still hasn’t died down from the 2011 Australian Open.  The conversations usually go something like this: “Wow! Djokovic played unbelievable winning the men’s title and Clijsters looked so strong winning the women’s.” But really, what’s happening with the Americans? Well, not totally absent from the winner’s circle at the year’s first slam – […]

United States Open 2010

04 Feb

Flushing, New York I guess on some level it was appropriate that I stepped out of the 7 train at the Flushing subway stop on Day 4 of the United States Open tennis championships; because that meant second round action at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. I took 11 main draw cracks at […]

BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup

22 Mar

There’s only one indoor sports arena in the world that could attract twelve thousand fans on a Nor-easter night where Polar Bears would be scurrying for cover. During probably the worst winter storm of the worst winter in recent memory, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic squared off in the world’s most […]

February Musings – A-Rod and S-Peer

23 Feb

This is turning out to be one of the craziest weeks in sports for quite awhile. We have the Alex Rodriguez baseball steroid scandal. Investigators have claimed that A-Rod injected steroids during the 2001-2003 baseball seasons. He is the highest paid player in professional baseball. Sad story! (more…)

In 2009, I will…

13 Jan

I will live this day as if it is my last. And what shall I do with this last precious day which remains in my keeping? First, I will seal up its container of life so that not one drop spills itself upon the sand. I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes, yesterday’s […]

Thanksgiving 2008

09 Dec

Thanksgiving weekend was anything but quiet at The Greenspring Racquet Club in Lutherville, Maryland. One hundred and sixty junior tennis players ranging in age from 7 years (8 and under division) to 18 years (18 and under division) whom participated in the annual Turkey Bowl Junior Tennis Classic.160 boys and girls playing for 3 days. […]

U.S. Open 2008 Report

28 Sep

Just a quick heads-up if anyone other than my wife and daughter go looking for me around the Labor Day weekend of the summer holiday.  I’ll probably be in New York at the United States Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows.  Why do I say this? The record shows that thirty-six out of the last […]

Eulogy & Wimbledon Musings

24 Jul

Tricia Brooke Bowley Our dear friend Tricia Brooke Bowley lost her courageous fight against Cystic Fibrosis on Friday, July 4th, 2008 at the Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson, Maryland. She was 37 years old. All prayers go out to her, her family, and her husband Jeff Carlson. May peace be with you all. (more…)

Cystic Fibrosis Hits Close to Home

19 Jun

Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that: · clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and · […]