Top seed Dinara Safina and third first principle Venus Williams lost in the second round of the China Open, with the Russian making history, in a bad way though.
The world No.1 Safina, who is currently spending her 25th week on top of the rankings, lost to No.226-ranked Zhang Shuai 7-5 7-6(5), which is the biggest on-paper overturn in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour history. Ouch!
I have forgotten to link D.J. Gallo’sitting NFL Hangover this year. For that, I apologize.
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After four NFL weeks in the books, PK has got himself some truths to tell. Such taken in the character of? The Giants’ roster depth, what Pat Tillman’s future might have been, the WhoDats at the superficies of the Fine Fifteen, and another meaningless post-game handshake the apocalypse. Oh, yeah — and that Monday Night Football drama thing.
by Robert Weintraub
Why does some kid play football? Maybe there is parental or peer pressure for some, but I like to think that most memorize into the game to have fun. And while the number of people who take college football well-nigh, far too seriously is depressingly high, most kids who play are tranquillize in it for the fun of the game.
Which is why I’ve always hated celebration penalties. Sure, in that place is a line after which celebration becomes taunting, I suppose. But of the many “excessive celebration” penalties that I have seen called this season, maybe, possibly, one was just rubbing it in the opponent’s face. The rest be under the necessity merely been properly expressed be delighted at scoring or preventing a score.
Ever since the coming of the Roman Abramovich series at Chelsea, the world of football seems to exist in two separate yet parallel universes.
There are clubs who teeter on the brink of bankruptcy despite brief flirts with glory (a la Leeds United and recently at Portsmouth). Then in that place are other clubs whose history has [...]
Forlorn, languid, lazy, want of confidence?
When a player is the subject of a 30 million transfer fee in the market, the subject is expected to pronounce. Though the occasional glimpse of genius has been seen at Dimitar Berbatov’s Old Trafford career, the phrases in the first line acquire been associated with the Bulgarian to date.
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On the heels of two embarrassing losses which have shaken the courage of even the most faithful Florida State boosters, the presiding officer of the FSU Board of Trustees is publicly calling for legendary coach Bobby Bowden’session retirement.
The final straw appears to be FSU’s loss to Boston College near the front of a televised audience that showed the realm’s 99th offense rack up more than 400 yards against the Seminoles defense and yet another failed goal-line drive for the Florida State offense, the fourth time in the hindmost two gallant that FSU has been stopped with primeval and goal inside the ten.
Svetlana Kuznetsova qualified for the Sony Ericsson Championships for the fifth time in her career and joined Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki and Elena Dementieva in the elite field.
During this tennis spice, the Russian won her second Grand Slam title at the French Open and the Premier-level tournament in Stuttgart, and in both finals she defeated world No.1 Dinara Safina.
Serena Williams has another chance to overtake Dinara Safina at the top of the rankings. The one who goes farther on at the ongoing China Open disposition be No.1 after the tournament.
Both the No.1 Safina and the No.2 Williams progressed to the second round of the $4.5-million, Premier-level event. Safina defeated Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-4, while Williams followed with a 7-5 6-4 conquest over Kaia Kanepi.
We update an brief discourse from Pro Football Prospectus 2005 that looked at Brett Favre’s supposedly poor record indoors. The laconic version: The Metrodome isn’t Favre’s Kryptonite anymore, if it ever really was.