by Matt Zemek | Sep 9, 2014
The last major tennis tournament of the year is over. The Davis Cup semifinals begin this Friday, and there are a lot of points to be won (or defended, depending on the player) in the Asian swing and the fall indoor portions of the tennis calendar. Both the WTA and...
by Matt Zemek | Sep 8, 2014
It was not a day anyone who follows tennis — as fan or chronicler — expected to see two very long weeks ago, when the 2014 U.S. Open began. It was, however, a one-day window into the future of tennis… not next year or the year after that, but six...
by Matt Zemek | Sep 7, 2014
The U.S. Open’s trophy presentation ceremonies are usually the tackiest in tennis, even worse than the Australian Open’s prolonged affairs. The U.S. Open ceremony becomes something of a game show, with the CBS emcee rattling off the prizes and money totals...
by Matt Zemek | Sep 6, 2014
The season is two weeks old. Any contender for a College Football Playoff spot will have to remain on top of its game — and its ambush-avoidance skills — for 11 more games (10 for the Big 12 teams that won’t have to play a league championship game)....
by Matt Zemek | Sep 6, 2014
One has to wonder what was going through Roger Federer’s mind when Kei Nishikori completed his improbable upset of top-ranked Novak Djokovic on a blistering hot Saturday afternoon at the US Open. Roger’s biggest obstacle to an impossible 18th major title seemed to...
