Great champions are defined by many characteristics, but near the very top of the list is this trait: They rescue themselves. Naomi Osaka keeps showing that...
Naomi Osaka reminds us: This Indian Wells WTA tournament bears hardly any resemblance to the previous year’s Indian Wells tournament. That sentence applies not just to...
Anyone who covers sports for a living constantly returns to this basic intersectional question: Was a just-completed competition more of a reflection on the winner or...
Wow. Naomi Osaka won two straight majors. She stood on top of the tennis world. She then parted with the coach who helped her rise to...
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...
This modern age of politics has coined a new-age version of a familiar term: “The Resistance.” There was no better “Resistance” heroine at the 2019 Australian...
The greatest tennis players generally share this common trait: They have more ways to win a point than you do. There are exceptions, of course. Pete...
It is one of the central tasks — and measurements — of elite tennis players: Do you back it up? No, I am not referring to...
The challenge of sports is sometimes found in the form of something simple but powerful. “Here is my 100-mile-per-hour fastball, son. I dare you to hit...
Naomi Osaka’s WTA Finals could not have gone any worse. Yet, if you had told her in January that her 2018 season would unfold the way...