Deep Background: Nadal and Djokovic was projected to be the match of the tournament in 2015. In many ways, it was, but it came in the quarters, not the semis or the finals. Djokovic finally took Nadal out at The French and he did it by playing to win, not by playing not to lose. …
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Clay Court Clinic: Nadal
Deep Background: Nadal was going for his 10th French Open title this year (2015). He didn’t make it. Djokovic (who had lost to Nadal the last 3 times they met in the French) finally took down the King of Clay. Although Nadal is out of the French this year, he’s probably the very best clay court player of …
Clay Court Clinic: How to Play on Clay
Deep Background. This is part two of our posts on playing the clay court game. It’s a totally different game but you enter with the same tools you enter any tennis match: groundies, court coverage, service and return, volleys off both wings. But one more element comes into play on clay: strategy. Clay court tennis …
Clay Court Clinic: Winning on Clay
Deep Background: Clay court tennis is not like any other form of tennis. The grass court game requires a terrific serve (and, before power tennis became THE ONLY way to play, a good first and even better second volley) and the ability to quickly hit a fast rising shot. Rallies are short. Reputations on grass are …
Name Droppers
Great little piece from the Roland Garros/French Open site on the nicknames of the players entered into this years French Open. Very interesting and very well done (and lots of fun to read).
The Art of the Movie Trailer: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Paying Attention: One thing that Hollywood does really well is re-cycle. Make one hit movie, and it can be remade once a generation to meet the expectations of a new group of movie goers. Peter Pan, originally an animated Disney film, was rather famously remade as the live-action movie Hook(starring Robin Williams). Remakes are a …
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The Letterman Archives
Transitions: David Letterman did his last show on Wednesday, 20 May, 2015. In one of the longest runs on television, Letterman did over 6,000 shows (and remember: he taped them live) and had over 20,000 guests. An intensely private person–except for his on-air appearances–there is no reason to believe that Letterman will do stand up in Las …
The iWay: Apple moving into the Auto industry
According to an interview with Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, Apple is planning “an intervention” in the automobile industry. What will it be? When will it happen? Who will it disrupt? None of that is known now, but what is known is that Apple is hiring a lot of people with expertise in batteries and …
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B.B.King ClickPak
Resources and research into the life and music of B.B. King. B.B. King’s Playlist (Source: Daily Beast.Com) How I Got My Sound (B.B. King Interview in Rolling Stone) (Source: rollingstone.com) B.B. King Passing As Reported on BBC (Source: bbc.com) An Oral History of American Music with B.B. King (Source: pbs.com) The B.B. King Museum (source: bbkingmuseum.org) B.B.King …
The Weekend Concert Series: B.B. King Live in Hamburg, 1991
An older performance, Hamburg, 1991, when B.B. King was a mere 65 years old. The video is what you would expect from a concert recorded two and a half generations ago; the music is still stellar. One of the things that jumps out about this concert is that B.B. jumps right into it….. The …
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