Tennis
A Tennis-Ball-Shaped Anvil (and Other Things That Weigh on Us)
“Advantage, Service, Fault, Break, Love, … Every Match Is a Life in Miniature.”
Not Yet: Serena Williams and Delayed Forgiveness
“I’m sorry.” “I forgive you.” These are two sentences that I find myself constantly demanding […]
Tennis Gods and Failing Bodies
This one comes to us from Lindsey Hepler. When I was eighteen years old, during […]
The Precise Moment of John McEnroe’s Fall from Greatness
If I could do it all over again, I would have chosen tennis as my […]
The Wonderfully Puzzling Honesty of Early Retirement
For sports fans, retirement is a sensitive subject. Early retirement is particularly touchy though. As fans, […]
Perfect Tennis, Clever Students, and Mozartesque Semi-Colons (Plus …
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Federer v. Nadal in Australia: A Live Blog
Here’s what went down when Roger Federer met Rafael Nadal in the first men’s semi-final […]