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Dusseldorf, Germany - Andy Roddick is due to arrive only next Tuesday to join the US team at the World Team Championships after being treated in New York for a back problem. Tournament officials confirmed on Friday that the eight-nation show will go ...
It is a typical 'Dilbert' strip. In pictures: Most overpaid CEOs Best-performing CEOs The ugly truth is that your boss is probably overpaid--and it's for your benefit, not his. It is likely that employers have long since noticed that paying for relative performance can be just as good as trying...
We’re going here, there, and everywhere in the media world this week, from the USTA’s deal with ESPN and the Tennis Channel to Maria Sharapova and her fight with the WTA to the enormous number of retirements in men’s tour in Rome last week. First up, USA Network is out, and ESPN and the Tennis...
On a rather well-known auction website you can get a commemorative Atlanta 1996 envelope, signed by Tim Henman and Neil Broad, for 99 pence (or £1.70 if you're going to have it posted... is that a faux pas with commemorative envelopes?). If you want something signed by top tennis star...
BRADENTON -- Jesse Levine stopped listening to the murmurs long ago. He has turned a deaf ear to the folks who told him he had no chance when he was 16, a great chance when he was 18, and the others who told him he was too small to play tennis. "I just do what I can and give it 100 percent every...
Sixth seed American Andy Roddick set up a Sony Ericsson Open semi-final with Russian Nikolay Davydenko after dispatching world number one Roger Federer 7-6 (7/4) 4-6 6-3 in Miami. Roddick, the 2004 champion, rained down 17 aces in one of the best performances of his career to defeat Federer in...
They don't complain when they're spending time on photo shoots and sponsorship assignments, raking in the money, so why should we feel sorry when the stars are asked to work a little harder on court? 'The amount of time spent endorsing products, filming adverts and media commitments should maybe...
ROME: Novak Djokovic is ready for a changing of the guard at the summit of tennis after establishing his clay-court credentials with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 title victory at the Rome Masters. The Sunday win over Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka hands the number three his third major title of 2009 after the...
A few thoughts on the weird week that was and the wacky one that will be: Yes, four big players took it on the chin last week at the Rome Masters and Italian Open, respectively, but each of those defeats meant something entirely different. Vincenzo Pinto/Getty Images Rafael Nadal, right, had...
Hockey commentators like to make a big deal about how all the players line up and shake hands after every playoff series. Somehow, this is supposed to show the high level of sportsmanship that exists in the NHL. ... Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams served six years in...
