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September 9th, 2009

Melanie Oudin of the US celebrates her win over Nadia Petrova.

ESPN – When Melanie Oudin arrives to play her U.S. Open quarterfinal Wednesday night, she’ll be coming from a new hotel. Oudin, the 17-year-old surprise who faces No. 9 Caroline Wozniackiin a match Wednesday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2), was reportedly forced to leave her room at the Marriott in Manhattan on Sunday because her reservation ran out. Her management company quickly got her a room at the Intercontinental Hotel, according to the SportsBusiness Journal. “Obviously, we will not be sending any of our players back to that hotel [the Marriott],” Oudin’s agent, BEST Tennis president John Tobias, told the SportsBusiness Journal. The Marriott, through a spokesman, would not confirm if Oudin had stayed at one of its hotels. Oudin, who was not seeded, and not expected to play in the second week of the U.S. Open, was sharing a room with her mother, Leslie. According to The Associated Press, the Oudins have been waking up together when the alarm goes off, then going their separate ways: Melanie hops in a courtesy car provided for players; her mom waits in line for a shuttle bus to the tournament site in Queens.

Look I am for this feel good story as much as the next guy and I am not ashamed to say it got a little dusty in my apartment when she won on Monday. But what the fuck is going on here. Isn’t the hole point of hotels is you can cancel your reservation up to 24 hours before. You could book a room today at the Marriott for the next 365 days and then cancel whenever you want.

“Obviously, we will not be sending any of our players back to that hotel [the Marriott],” Oudin’s agent, BEST Tennis president John Tobias, told the SportsBusiness Journal.

Obviously you are a retard John, honestly talk about making this girl seem like a loser from the start, way to botch this one.. You are like, um FIRED.

You are the weakest link, goodbye.

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US OPEN + Jimmy Connors = New Undies

September 2nd, 2009

In honor of me going to tomorrow’s day session at the US Open, I leave you with a clip of Jimmy Connors at the 1991 US Open. I am not joking in the headline when I say I need to change my underwear after this clip. Just absolutely amazing. If you don’t get the chills after his double fist pump to the crowd you have no soul. I’m looking at you “Anonymous”

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DAMMMM

June 8th, 2009

Check this out. Some dude yesterday at the french open ran onto the court.. yada yada yada, he gets annihilated by one of the security members. I mean Rodney Harrison open field tackle hit.

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2nd Diving Play of the Day

June 2nd, 2009

This is one of the most bad-ass tennis shots I have seen in a long time… that’s right, I said “bad-ass” and “tennis” in the same sentence. If you are at net and get with the ball, it can REALLY hurt.

This is the first I have seen of this dude Gael Monfils but he is a great time. He beat Andy Roddick last night in the 4th Round of the French Open. I hope we see more of him

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Violence Breaks Out Down Under

January 26th, 2009

Here is another example of how American sports fans are quickly slipping down the “bad ass ladder”. We are limited to vandalization, burglary and all-out mayhem only when our team wins the championship. Please… that is so played out. Take some notes from our Bosnian & Serb friends down at the Australian Open last week. This was after the THIRD ROUND MATCH. Kudos to those fans… kudos.

Now remember kids, fan violence is always the answer.

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