‘I Didn’t Know Who I Was Anymore’

Safina’s Struggles…Steffi the Photographer...Quotebook

PICTURE THIS: Steffi Graf’s photographs depicting the slum-life in Eritrea were featured in the German-language edition of National Geographic, accompanying an article entitled “The Children of Asmara.”
TO A COURT OF A DIFFERENT KIND: Just two days after a Belgian court ruled against the one-year bans they had incurred for violating anti-doping rules, the ITF opened [...]

Like an Atomic Bomb?

Drug Drama...Agassi 'Opens' Up...Quotebook

INSIDER EXPECTS AGASSI’S OPEN TO BE TOP SELLER: Paul Bogaards is expecting big things from Andre Agassi’s tell-all book, Open.  Bogaards, the Executive Director of Publicity for the book’s publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, which officially hits the shelves on Nov. 9, says the autobiography is unprecedented in the world of sports.  “I was stunned when [...]

A Short History of Drugs in Tennis

Agassi’s Admission of Meth Use is Just the Latest Twist In a Cautionary Tale

The bizarre saga of Richard Gasquet and his conviction for cocaine use grows, as they say in Alice in Wonderland, “curious and curiouser.” To outline the zigzag course of events for those trying to unpack this peculiar story — the Frenchman tested positive in March ‘09 at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. His immediate [...]

The Buzz – June Edition

"I Am Tennis" and Other Curious Assertions

‘I AM TENNIS:’ Despite overwhelming odds, local hero Will Ferrell slayed Swede Mats Wilander in the epic K-Swiss Global Tennis Showdown. “This one’s for the USA,” Ferrell gushed after he served up a screaming sub-50-mph heater at a benefit for the Swedish School of L.A. at UCLA.

Ole Madrid: Safina Leaves Rome Red Hot, Gasquet Test Positive for Coke

SUNDAY, MAY 10 – Dinara Safina backed her status as the tour’s top ranked player in a huge way in Rome, besting Venus Williams in a classic three-setter and then on Saturday, capturing her first title this season over the same woman who had taken her down the week prior, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-3, 6-2.