Never ones to rush into things, those wacky Brits over at Wimbledon finally constructed a retractable roof on Centre Court, ending a tradition of rained-out fortnights that date back to 1877. (That classic Goran Ivanisevic-Patrick Rafter match in 2001 will most certainly be the last Monday final ever.) While this is certainly good news for the players and fans alike, I sure wish they'd done it back in the 1980s when watching Wimbledon on HBO after school was pretty much all I lived for during those unbearable Arizona summers. Half the time they'd have no new matches recorded and we'd be stuck rewatching Kathy Jordan's second-round triumph.
To celebrate the roof's completion, Tim Henman and Kim Clijsters played Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf in doubles and singles matches. In the end, Henman and Clijsters won the one-set contest 7-6 (6) after Agassi hit a lob long. Agassi then beat Henman 6-4 in singles and Clijsters defeated Graf by the same score. While I would NOT have wanted to be around Steffi after two losses in one day, seeing that forehand in action again was like poetry in motion. On the other hand, seeing Kim Clijsters -- her return to the women's tour now imminent -- was something I (and women's tennis as a whole) could surely do without. Can't she find a another sport to curl up into ball when things get close where we don't have to watch her? Add the "mommie factor" and she's now almost as annoying at Justine Henin. Full story
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Never ones to rush into things, those wacky Brits over at Wimbledon finally constructed a retractable roof on Centre Court, ending a tradition of rained-out fortnights that date back to 1877. (That classic Goran Ivanisevic-Patrick Rafter match in 2001 will most certainly be the last Monday final ever.) While this is certainly good news for the players and fans alike, I sure wish they'd done it back in the 1980s when watching Wimbledon on HBO after school was pretty much all I lived for during those unbearable Arizona summers. Half the time they'd have no new matches recorded and we'd be stuck rewatching Kathy Jordan's second-round triumph. 
To celebrate the roof's completion, Tim Henman and Kim Clijsters played Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf in doubles and singles matches. In the end, Henman and Clijsters won the one-set contest 7-6 (6) after Agassi hit a lob long. Agassi then beat Henman 6-4 in singles and Clijsters defeated Graf by the same score. While I would NOT have wanted to be around Steffi after two losses in one day, seeing that forehand in action again was like poetry in motion. On the other hand, seeing Kim Clijsters -- her return to the women's tour now imminent -- was something I (and women's tennis as a whole) could surely do without. Can't she find a another sport to curl up into ball when things get close where we don't have to watch her? Add the "mommie factor" and she's now almost as annoying at Justine Henin. Full story HERE.
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You should be used to someone laying down and having someone walk all over him since your Idol has been doing a great imitation of a welcome rug the past two years.
Think of how long it took for them to get over being an empire...
... oh, that's right; they haven't yet
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