Howdy, Tribe. Reviewing the last few posts and comments I see a clear trend here - I am being made redundant sniffs and wonders where it all went wro - er, right . You are a runaway train on the track of expertise, insightful commentary, analysis and snark. BTW, Kamakshi,

NEW YORK—If you or your kid has ever had or played that Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots game, you know that no matter how many jaw-busting knockouts one or the other robot scores, they are destined to go on fighting. That ought to give you have a pretty good idea

PARIS—The most impressive athletes on the grounds of Roland Garros while away most of the day on a sunlit patch of grass, in the nook at the corner of a tournament office building, their work finished most days by 8:30 a.m. The three Harris Hawks and three Peregrine Falcons (two

Eight titles. Forty-six consecutive matches. Way back, before those numbers began to accumulate, the excellence was easy for Rafael Nadal to bear. But over time, as the numbers went from outstanding to amazing to mind-blowing, they grew heavier and heavier—so heavy that as the end of this week approached, it

Life takes you to strange places. Eliza Wastcoat was a girl growing in London where tennis was also present, but not necessarily in the forefront of her own life. Even after serving as a Wimbledon ball kid, her path was not interwined with tennis as she began her professional career.

Serena Williams multitasks as smoothly as she steamrolls opponents. A few hours before her 6-0, 6-0 Labor Day beat-down of Andrea Hlavackova, she was busily texting on her phone while graciously offering her opinion on security at the U.S. Open. “The security here is really great,” the superstar stated, head

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Mired in a marathon game midway through the opening set, Maria Sharapova wore down her opponent with characteristic resolve and relentlessness, winning the last point without hitting a shot. That put Sharapova ahead to stay, and she beat fellow Russian Elena Vesnina on a muggy, 85-degree

PARIS (AP)—Victoria Azarenka waited until the fourth day of the French Open for her opening match, then showed she's eager to advance. Filling a mostly empty stadium court with her familiar shrieks Wednesday, the world's former No. 1 player beat Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-1, 6-4 in a match postponed

PARIS -- The long, leafy main walkway at Roland Garros separated Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic as they played simultaneous French Open matches in different stadiums Wednesday. Now they'll go head to head. Both advanced to Friday's semifinals with victories in straight sets, finishing less than 10 minutes apart. Nadal

Only a select handful of players stand a chance of beating Roger Federer, the all-time Grand Slam singles champion, with the sort of stylish, versatile tennis he has come to personify. John Isner is not one of those players, and to his good fortune he knows it. Thus, he was

Bernard Tomic vs. (21) Sam Querrey Head-to-head: Tomic leads 1-0 A stylistic clash of tall baseliners will favor the man who can impose his preferred pattern at crucial moments. Querrey will want to dictate with his favored forehand, while the flatter-hitting Tomic will try to engage the American in backhand

PARIS—“It’s going to be a fast day." That's what we heard from everyone in the know this morning. A hot and sunny afternoon, with the new, quicker Babolat balls, was going to make them fly. But by the time Rafael Nadal and Ivan Ljubicic took to Court Philippe Chatrier, the

NEW YORK—Juan Martin del Potro opened the match with a break and closed it with a blast. Del Potro unleashed one final jolting shot, erupted in a primal scream, and pumped his fists furiously in celebrating a long day’s journey into the second round with a grueling, 6-3, 6-7 (5),

Welcome back, Maria Sharapova! Twenty years to the day since the Russian’s maiden Grand Slam victory on these lawns as an 17-year-old, Sharapova returned to Centre Court on Wednesday to take in the action from 'the best seat in the house' in the Royal Box. Read More: Maria Sharapova tours

*97706166 by Pete Bodo I suppose this would be a appropriate time to play Beethoven's Third symphony, the Eroica, which the composer originally intended to dedicate to Napoleon Bonaparte. Hmmm. . . Actually, I can see Roger Federer as Napoleon, but I don't want to give Nike any ideas this

by Pete Bodo How could a season that began with so much promise end on such a dismal note? That's the question Venus Williams must be asking herself tonight after deciding to pull the plug on 2010, despite being ranked a lofty No. 3, with the WTA Tour Championships and

Nico by Pete Bodo Is there nowhere we can turn these days, other than the WTA, to get ourselves shed of Spain and all things Iberian? It's not that we don't love Rafael Nadal, or enjoy Fernando Verdasco's preening. We appreciate Feliciano Lopez's old-school lefty game, driven as it is

MIAMI, Fla.—It wasn’t so long ago that Dominika Cibulkova was known for failing to finish matches she was positioned to win. Tonight, she may have driven the final nail into the coffin of that theory—a nail as sharp as the wicked forehand placements that have carried her to No. 11

NEW YORK (AP) -- Victoria Azarenka kept chiding herself: ''Don't be a chicken.'' So when she faced a break point against the defending U.S. Open champion late in the final set, Azarenka didn't care that she hadn't hit an ace all day. She knocked a booming serve down the middle,

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -- Teenager Borna Coric upset second-seeded Rafael Nadal in straight sets Friday to reach the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors and announce himself as one of the rising stars of tennis. There was no such slip-up for Roger Federer as the top-seeded Swiss remained on course for