A Punk Prince, Women in the Military, a New Tennis Controversy
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ESPN's upfront presentation on Tuesday had more soccer, more football, and more SportsCenter, but the Worldwide Leader refused to explain the most puzzling sport on its moneymaking lineup of contracts: tennis.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
During this U.S. Open, we found out that The United States Tennis Association cut the funding to America's brightest junior tennis star not because she was bad, or that she was losing, but because they thought she was overweight. And now this mistake has caught the eye of one of America's current tennis stars: Serena Williams.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
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The international charity Oxfam won £100,000 yesterday thanks to a gambler who predicted Roger Federer's record-tying Wimbledon run all the way back in 2003.
Today in Sports: Roger goes for history, Dickey's knuckleball is too hot to handle, and as many strikeouts as you can handle.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal finally secured his record-breaking seventh French Open win on Monday, defeating world No. 1 Novak Djovic after rainy weather drove him to a temper tantrum before it mercifully delayed play for 18 hours.
For nearly six hours, tennis superstars Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal battled for Austalian Open supremacy. Djokovic emerged the exhausted winner.
The Women's Tennis Association is urging the next generation of players to stop their excessive grunting by never starting, the Vikings may finally be getting their state-funded stadium, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers go back to the college coach well.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your fiveminutes (or less) of attention. Today: What Al Franken thought of Mitt Romney 18 years ago, proof that it's easy to sing like Adele, and a tennis temper tantrum for the ages at the Australian Open.
"You ever see me walking down the hall, look the other way. You're a hater and you're unattractive inside."
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