I’ve said it before that one of the greatest evils to befall modern music is the increasing usage of autotune in songs. It is generally unbearably annoying and though often it does spare us the pain of someone who can’t sing in-tune. Then there’s tennis star Caroline Wozniacki. She just released a new single for charity called Oxygen but this will do more to lose charities fundraising opportunities than make them money. Continue reading
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The John Isner – Nicolas Mahut Zombie Blog 2011
Last year, the biggest story of Wimbledon wasn’t Nadal or Federer or Serena Williams or any of the usual cast of characters. It was a pair of zombies out on Court 18 by the names of John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. Well, whether by design or coincidence, the tennis gods pair the tennis zombies back together for a rematch in the first round this year. Unfortunately, this year’s battle didn’t live up to last year’s insanity. That didn’t stop The Guardian’s live blogger Paolo Bandini from having some fun with the match.
After the jump, we have Paolo’s play-by-play of the revenge of the zombie tennis stars. Continue reading
John Isner – Nicolas Mahut Zombie Blog Insanity (Part Two)
Eleven hour and five minutes of pure tennis insanity. That’s how long the first round match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut lasted in the longest match in tennis history. Over that span, the pair played 183 games. By comparison, Roger Federer played 159 games in total en route to the Wimbledon title last year. In the end, it was John Isner who won 92 games to emerge victorious.
Yesterday, the match was suspended at 59-59 in the fifth set but the real highlight was Xan Brooks’ amazing live blog. Today, it was up to Paolo Bandini of The Guardian to follow-up the zombie-filled insanity of yesterday’s live blog. So here’s today’s zombified live blog of Isner vs. Mahut. Continue reading
The John Isner – Nicolas Mahut Live Blog Insanity
Hopefully you haven’t stumbled across this post looking for a live blog of the insanity of this match. When we last left Court 18 at the All England Lawn & Tennis Club, John Isner and Nicolas Mahut were deadlocked at two sets apiece and at 59 games all in the fifth set. They’ve been going at it for some 10 hours in a first round match. But almost as big a story as that is, the live blog written by Xan Brooks for The Guardian newspaper took on a life of its own. What started as a simple live blog degenerated into insanity, delirium, and hilarity.
So to catch you up for today’s (expected) final part of the match and to commemorate this amazing live blog, here is Xan’s complete ramblings on Isner/Mahut. Continue reading
The Beautiful People Run Wimbledon
A bit of investigative reporting by the Daily Mail newspaper in Britain has determined that there are different criteria for scheduling at the famed tennis tournament at the All England Lawn, Tennis, and Croquet Club. The top seeds in the men’s draw are given matches on Centre Court. On the women’s side, the top seeds have been shuffled off to the side to put some of the better looking players on the big stage. Continue reading
The Lowdown 