Articles Tagged with #sports
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The Tennis Handsomes
Watch Out, the World’s Behind You
Even if we’re just interested in the top couple hundred tennis players in the world, it raises the question: Where were the other 198 players yesterday? Most of them...
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The Tennis Handsomes
Bleak House
Our young heroes’ current standings are low: Melanie Oudin lost her first match; Donald Young lost his first match; John Inser lost his first match; Ryan Harrison lost his...
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The Tennis Handsomes
Hello Daddy, Hello Mom
She did not qualify for the main draw at Wimbledon this year because of her terrible play over the last three years (she peaked at No. 30 in the world after...
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TMN Weekender
LeBron Wept
In our latest TMN Weekender, a selection of stories by those who endure—whether by choice or otherwise—the agony and ecstasy of basketball. Ready to read here...
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The Tennis Handsomes
Fresh Meat
Let us start with big goofy Sam Querrey, who made it to the semis on the grass courts at Queens. What a run, after doing almost nothing all year other...
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Travel
Primera Vez
The thing you’ve come to Sevilla to see is the ritualized killing of bulls. What you also see: ancient architecture, handsome crowds, enormous animals, glittering suits, red capes, long swords, tradition.
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The Tennis Handsomes
Smash It Up
With our American men, the pickings are slim. Of the two Association of Tennis Professionals grass court events this week (Queen’s Club and Halle), only four American men...
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Personal Essays
Big Blue Nights
Victory has many faces—some of them just happen to be painted. A story of violence, true love, the road from New York to Lexington, and the religion that is college basketball.
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The Tennis Handsomes
Catching Fire
Women’s Tennis Association officials across the country are right now placing Sloane Stephens icons on secret altars to the gods of the Next Big Thing. She’s...
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The Tennis Handsomes
Look Out, North America
One great joy of watching tennis is a type of tourism of personality, and I don’t need Americans to actually win. But a shared geography imparts some type...
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A Modest Proposal
How to Not Kill a Cyclist
A plea for safety from cyclists to motorists.
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Spoofs & Satire
Our Future National Pastime
Predictions for the baseball season ahead from someone who hasn’t paid attention to sports statistics since the 1992 Orioles.