Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation

Which Era In Tennis Is Best?

Okay, the whole notion of “a generation” is a sticky wicket, a big-picture shortcut that invites oversimplification. Still, we adore our categories. We love to compartmentalize, label and list.  So, ever since the Lost Generation, pop culture gurus have divided and wrapped up our eras into nice neat, user-friendly packages.

Book Review: Epic

Epic: John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and the Greatest Tennis Season Ever By Matthew Cronin, John Wiley & Sons, 312 pages, $25.95 Where were you when Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe to win Wimbledon ’80? Every tennis fan (of a certain age) knows the living room or clubhouse where he watched those five electrifying sets. It was the [...]

Notebook: Huber-Black Split, Isner Rolls in Rome

PASSION PLAY: Bruce Jenkins called Rafel Nadal‘s game “a singular whirlwind of passion, form and aesthetics.” SLAPSHOT: SI’s Jon Wertheim quipped, “The Fed Cup is not just what Roger wears when he plays hockey.” FED PICKS RAFA FOR RG: Defending Roland Garros titlist Roger Federer says he’s not necessarily the No. 1 candidate to win [...]

Glam Slam

Glitz, Glamour and the History of Tennis Fashion

To some, fashion is the very expression of self, an intriguing part of life with a defining essence all its own: a freeform, feel-good celebration of style and beauty.

Wimbledon Racing Form

Murray Mania; Venus Spells Victory

ANDY MURRAY: The antithesis of soft, the young Scot has improved remarkably during the past year and now is a very legitimate member of the Big 4. He’s beaten five-times Wimby champ Federer on four consecutive occasions (although that US Open loss must still sting) and owns substantial wins over both Nadal and Djokovic on [...]

32 Questions

1. Why today do the immortal words of Red Smith come to mind today? After Bobby Thompson hit his historic ’51 home to lift the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers Smith wrote, “Now it is done. The art of fiction is dead. Only the utterly implausible, the inexpressibly fantastic can ever be plausible [...]