Of Gorillas, Elephants and Other Beasts

AND NOW A WORD FROM COACH STEFANKI: After Andy Roddick’s clutch five-set win over Lleyton Hewitt, his coach, Larry Stefanki (who has worked with John McEnroe, Tim Henman, Marcelo Rios and Fernando Gonzalez, among others), said that Andy was now a man – that he showed great maturity at crunch time.  A quietly elated Stefanki, [...]

Ideals, Hopes and Dreams

We Suffered A One-Two Punch With the Partings of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. Serena, McEnroe, Federer and Richard Williams Speak Out.

It happened again.
Amidst the joy and games of a Grand Slam, tragedy struck.
After all, just 25 days ago, during the French Open, Air France endured the worst crash in its history when 228 perished in the Atlantic. In ‘99, John F. Kennedy, Jr. died during the Davis Cup final in Boston. During the ‘97 U.S. [...]

‘All the Evils of Hell’

A French Open Conversation with Richard Williams

PARIS – It’s easy to dismiss Richard Williams. You can call Venus and Serena’s papa a rascal. You can say he’s a blowhard, or even dismiss the hard-talking, rear-kicking guy as a racist. No problem. But, along with his former wife Oracene Price, this imposing man (who supposedly knows nothing about this sport) did what [...]