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Continuing with our Golden Season of Classic Sports coverage, it’s time for the Big W, Wimbledon (Officially “The Championships Wimbledon”), which started on Monday July 2nd and will end on Sunday July 15th. Wimbledon is, arguably, the largest tennis tournament in the world. It’s the last of the four major tennis tournaments (U.S.Open, Australian, French, Wimbledon) to be played on grass (at one time the U.S. Open was played on grass but…that era is long gone) and is the most traditional of all the tournaments while, simultaneously, being one of the most advanced–Wimbledon pioneered the use of “Hawkeye”, the electronic line-calling replay system that is used to settle disputed in/out calls (at the French, the umpire looks for the mark in the clay, which some players have been known to erase before the umpire can get to it).
With all of its traditions, it’s no surprise that Wimbledon has become ever-bigger and impressive. For years, Breakfast at Wimbledon, with Strawberries and Cream (and some champagne) was a Saturday and Sunday tradition in many households throughout America and the world. And Wimbledon has a formal dress code for the players (all white )and an informal one for the spectators (conservative helps as does discretion). This tradition keeps the tournament in classic visual mode and eliminates the jarring outfits often seen at other tournaments.
Wimbledon also treats it’s former Champions with great respect (winners become Members of the All England tennis club, which hosts the event). Chris Evert, who has won the Women’s Singles Title three times, remarked during her TV commentary yesterday that Wimbledon treated former Champions with great kindness and respect: when she asked if she obtain tickets for the tournament for friends and family, Wimbledon gave the tickets to her (good seats, too); at other majors, the players have to beg and scream to receive the right to buy tickets. In short–it’s a classic tournament and it’s run in a classy way.
The US telecast is via ESPN (which is also providing streaming coverage) which fields a good team for the coverage–John McEnroe, his brother Patrick, Chris Evert (graceful, even in the announcing booth), Martina Navratilova. All good, professional, well informed and, with coach/commentator Brad Gilbert mixed in, it’s a very good team. Missing: the energetic and contagious enthusiasm of tennis writer/commentator Bud Collins, who died in March of 2016. Collins was very knowledgeable about the sport (he wrote “The Bud Collins Tennis Encyclopedia”) and reached the finals of the French Open men’s senior doubles. Collins was funny, bright, and totally unique; paired with Dick Enberg for NBC, he became one-half of a legendary play-by-play team. His spirit is missed this year, as it will be every year at the majors.
This year, the favorites are Federer (he skipped the French) in Gentlemen’s Singles and Kvitova (Women’s singles). By the time this post hits the site, there could already be changes because play started yesterday. England is 6 hours ahead of the U.S. Central Time zone so matches are going on while you’re just getting going. It’s pretty great….
Today, not all of England’s attention will be focused on Wimbledon, because today England plays Colombia in the knockout round of the World Cup. England loves their traditional classic sports events (the “Open” golf championship included) but the World Cup is a special event throughout the country because England has such a rabid soccer fan base. Let’s hope the Force is with them this year and they get past a fine Colombia team (Harry Kane, are you listening?…we’re expecting heroics). Kane is the new kid on the pitch and he is capable of taking Britain deep into the tournament. We shall see.
Other news that rocked Wimbledon came via Roger Federer’s latest sponsorship deal, which makes Lebron James’ four year/$154 million Laker contract look like the warmups. Federer, who has been in Nike gear FOREVER, accepted a $400 million sponsorship offer from Uniqlo, the large Japanese retailer. Federer will now be the face of Uniqlo sports and he’s a perfect match: terrific court presence, beautiful, ageless game, the top player in the sport in terms of majors won (although Nadal is right behind him) and a very classy, classic presence. Even the ultra-competitive Ricco, Nightshift Sports official tennis coach (and consultant) loves the Uniqlo gear. Djokovich was the previous Uniqlo spokesperson and he is an excellent player, a graceful and great competitor. But–there is only one Federer. The size of that deal shocked the tour and while there are not many deals of that size around, a certain barrier has been broken and the numbers can only go up from there. Congrats to both.
You know the drill by now: Nightshift Sports provides overnight updates on the previous day’s play, along with relevant links to the best coverage (print, on the net, TV, and streaming) and an amazing collection of photos from the event. Let’s start with some basics:
Resources
The Wimbledon website
The Wimbledon Dress Code
The 2018 Draw
Time Magazine Deep Background on the Wimbledon Dress Code
Wimbledon Background and History
Wimbledon Results (updated continuously)
Wimbledon Where to Watch
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The Nightshift: World News 3 July 2018
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Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 3 July 2018 and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the international news daily.
People, places, and events for today:
Thailand Soccer Team
Oil Prices
Wimbledon
Michael Cohen
Affirmative Action
Tesla
World Cup
Today is all about food. It’s National Eat Your Beans Day, National Fried Clam Day, and National Chocolate Wafer Day. Dig in. And..of course, tomorrow is another big day for food.
Music to Read The News By, curated by DJ Tschugge and Miles Geauxbye: July Tunes
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1840 for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Nightshift: World News 2 July 2018
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Good Morning, it’s Monday, 2 July 2018 and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the international news daily.
People, places, and events for today:
Mexican Presidential Elections
World Cup
Rupert Murdoch/Fox/Disney
LeBron James
U.S.Supreme Court
Wimbledon
Today is National Anisette Day. There are drinks that you can make with anisette…but we’ve never had one.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1839 for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Nightshift: World News Overnight 1 July 2018
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Good Morning, it’s Sunday, 1 July 2018 and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the international news daily.
People, places, and events for today:
World Cup
Mexican Presidential Election
The One Handed Backhand
NSA
Family Separation
Today is National Postage Stamp Day. You remember stamps,right? You used them before email and electronic banking.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1838 for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Nightshift: World News 30 June 2018
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Good Evening, it’s Saturday, 30 June 2018 and this is the Evening edition of The Nightshift, the international news daily.
People, places, and events for today:
World Cup
Brexit/Russian Collusion
Comcast Outage
Oil Prices
Heat Wave
GM Job Loss
Harlan Ellison
Today is National Meteor Watch Day. If the sky is clear, go outside (late at night is best) and look up. Maybe–just maybe–you’ll see a meteor shower or two (beware of ambient light).
Last call for June Tunes: The June playlist is right here June Tunes
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1837 for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Nightshift: World News 29 June 2018
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Good Morning, it’s Friday, 29 June 2018 and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the international news daily.
People, places, and events for today:
Annapolis Shootings
Oil Prices
Michael Moore
World Cup
Toys ‘R Us
College World Series
Today is National Waffle Iron Day. Bet you know what to have for breakfast….
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1836 for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The NIghtshift: World News 28 November 2018
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Good Morning, it’s Thursday, 28 June 2018 and this is the Evening edition of The Nightshift, the international news daily.
People, places, and events for today:
Justice Anthony Kennedy
Annapolis Shootings
World Cup
Trump/Putin Summit
Joe Jackson
Today is National Handshake Day……Celebration is simple: Just shake someone’s hand.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1835 for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Art of the Movie Trailer: Serenity
Paying Attention:
Hollywood is very good at making movies about movies they want you to see. This dark art is a specialized subset of feature film making and it’s a relatively small industry (in comparison) but filled with directors/producers/editors who know how to bait-the-hook/distill-the essence of a great film in just a few minutes. This art of advertising a film by using film is a technique that the television industry picked up on decades ago to preview and drive viewership for TV shows and specials. All those promotions you see on TV for new shows, final episodes, season finales, and specials–those are all TV commercials about TV shows.
Today–the movie trailer for the new Anne Hathaway (she was fabulous in Ocean’s 8) and Matthew McConaughey (he brings a certain danger to every film) thriller Serenity. Both of these actors are very selective and adventurous in the films they choose to be in; based on the trailer (it’s doing it’s job) this is another very good outing for both stars. Dark and dangerous and loaded with Academy Award winners…Serenity look very much like a film to see.
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The Nightshift: World News 27 June 2018
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Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, 26 June 2018 and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the international news daily.
People, places, and events for today:
American Primaries
Mitt Romney
World Cup/Lionel Messi
Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez
GE
Spanish Art Restoration
Today is National Chocolate Pudding Day. You know what to do.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1833for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
The Nightshift: World News 26 June 2018
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Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, 26 June 2018 and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the international news daily.
People, places, and events for today:
Harley-Davidson
Supreme Court/Travel Ban
Trump Rally
World Cup
Jimmy Fallon
Memphis UFO
Today is National Chocolate Pudding Day. You know what to do.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1832for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.