The accumulated costs of being a professional tennis player do receive attention every now and then, but it is important to remember that in a sport...
The English language is endlessly fascinating. You will see people on #TennisTwitter say during a tournament, “Take out the trash.” This commonly refers to fans hoping...
Oh great! Here’s Matt tossing out another weird term for me to grapple with. WHAT IS THE SPORTS NOISE DYNAMIC?! I will tell you. After the...
Inspector Jules Maigret has nothing on Lucas Pouille. This is a supreme French mystery which just took a positive and hopeful turn at the 2019 Australian...
The Danielle Collins-Angelique Kerber match was an Australian Open mystery, to be sure, but that was a “fall out of bed the wrong way” mystery. Another...
It is one of the simplest yet most important lessons of sports: With very few exceptions, you have to lose before you can win at the...
Young athletes need building blocks. They need moments they can look to, entrench in their memories, and file away as positive experiences they can draw upon...
The story of Rafael Nadal at the 2019 Australian Open is simultaneously familiar yet easy to misread. The reality Nadal inhabits is nothing new in this...
Did you have THAT GUY as your professor in college? You know what kind of professor I am talking about. I am referring to the professor...
Stefanos Tsitsipas ain’t walkin’ through that door. That was the reality of Rafael Nadal’s situation Sunday night in Melbourne, Australia. Rafa’s reward for an easy draw...