It's a little too early to go out and watch Hingis go for her first Grand Slam title since January of 1999 - she's in the MXD final with partner Mahesh Bhupathi, taking on Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva. How old school is that? Another reason to welcome the Firekitten back to the game.
I miss my buddy Jon Wertheim, who didn't make the trip Down Under this year. But even from the 24/7 reserved table where he holds court at his unofficial HQ - an ultra-exclusive, Kazakstani Internet cafe somewhere deep in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, Wert's got his finger on the pulse.Check out his ruminations at SI Mailbag on, among other things, Andy Roddick's fortunes.
Jon and his SI stablemate Jack McCallum have just published a co-written novel based on their intimate knowledge of the NBA, Foul Lines. I've checked out an excerpt (click here)and filed the book under two different reading categories: "F" for Fun and "P" for Plane.