Comparative cakes is a personal favorite along silly tennis topics…will never forget the disparity in cakes that the Miami Open gave Murray and Hewitt for landmark wins.
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A little update to the front cover of our book The Roger Federer Effect, after being shortlisted for the International Sports Book of the Year award at amazon.co.uk/Roger-Federer-
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It is so, so clear that American men are too emotionally damaged to be trusted to own guns.
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A man upset with “noisy” cars coming down his street late at night began randomly shooting at them, killing a woman who was just driving by, prosecutors say
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if you didn’t know how this series was going to go as soon as you saw this video I dunno what to tell you lmao
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Have watched this more times than I’d care to admit publicly…
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Quite incredible what items are still made by hand in parts of the world! Certainly not a quick & easy process to make Tennis Balls 
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Horrible news from Long Island: one of the boys killed was Drew Hassenbein, a highly-ranked young player who was chosen to perform the coin toss between Djokovic and Medvedev before the 2021 US Open men’s final.
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Two teenage boys are dead and two more are in the hospital after a gruesome late-night crash allegedly caused by a wrong-way intoxicated driver in Jericho. 4.nbcny.com/sEN7jXt
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So, so excited for and proud of my wonderfully talented buddy Wiwi whose incredible memoir comes out a week from today, and which you should definitely pre-order.
(His video dispatches from Liverpool this week have also been a *delight* as I work on finishing my own manuscript.)
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“Wild Dances: My Queer and Curious Journey to Eurovision” finally lands on May 9.
Hopefully it does, as my publisher teases, “celebrate the power of pop music to help us heal and forgive.”
Pre-order available now: astrapublishinghouse.com/product/wild-d
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In a time of instability in tennis, 20 semifinals in 2.5 seasons is seriously, seriously impressive, no matter what happens once you get there.
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NEW: It's our 300th and, at long last: "SERENA"
This episode finally gave us closure, helped out by the eleventh hour announcement of her pregnancy (literally while we were recording last night)
What a privilege it is to celebrate the GOAT with you all.
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Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian reveal they are expecting their second child together. #MetGala
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(^Small correction: last day of the policy is May 11, so unvaccinated foreigners can fly in starting on May 12; this 24-hour difference obviously doesn't affect Djokovic.)
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Because of his vaccine refusal, Djokovic missed the 2022 Australian Open, 2022 Indian Wells, 2022 Miami Open, 2022 Canadian Open, 2022 Cincinnati Masters, 2022 US Open, 2023 Indian Wells, and 2023 Miami Open.
This was a very dumb saga and I'm glad this is (hopefully) its end.
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News:
White House announces unvaccinated international air travelers will be able to enter the U.S. starting on May 11, officially enabling the unvaccinated Novak Djokovic to fly into the U.S. for tournaments in the 2023 summer hard court swing.
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This is pretty much exactly how I feel.
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it's like a great feature-length documentary deciding to do a six episode netflix season with so much filler you lose the energy to finish it
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How are you enjoying the new doubly-long format of Madrid, tennis folks?
(And note that Rome will be the same way this year)
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These two approximations have changed how I view sports:
- A best-of-51 NHL series is needed to match the NBAs best-of-7
- A best-of-75 MLB series is needed to match the NBAs best-of-7
From last night, a post on the postseason equivalence between leagues statsbylopez.netlify.com/post/part-ii-r
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This stood as the last minute of Toronto Maple Leafs second round action for 19 long years. The Curse of Kapanen has finally lapsed.
(Good work, Sami)
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"I was staying home, cutting my flowers, fixing my plants. So it was a very relaxing time at home."
Hsieh Su-Wei talks about her break from tennis and her comeback plans 👇
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Moral victories are cold comfort to champions, but gosh are there a lot of positives for Dominic Thiem to take from that one.
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And that's the kind of thing you can lose when leagues and teams are fully in charge of their media
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MLB cropped the video so you can't see all the "sell the team" signs
(h/t @OaklandAUK)
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This is my GOAT, for those who’ve asked.
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April 27, 1994: Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek saves 70 Devils shots in Buffalo’s 1-0 4OT win in Game 6 of the ECQF.
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The best part of this is that Giannis was about to go into the “arena” thing and stopped himself because it’s too easy and he’s way too smart for that. And you can criticize the question all you want, but it elicited an amazing response.
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It’s less about the answer and more about the question to me. It’s not well thought of and very absentminded to ask this question. Unless you’ve been in the arena you don’t get it and Giannis just exposed a lot of it with his answer. 
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Egyptian Mayar Sherif is through to the third round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career.
Defeats No.30 seed Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 7-6(3) to advance in Madrid. Gets Garcia or Putintseva next!
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From going through the darkest places his head could find, to defeating his friend Novak Djokovic and winning the second title of his career.
Dusan Lajovic talks about what is no longer a taboo.
A 's interview you must read.
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happy World Penguin Day to everyone and especially to
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Let’s get it started! Tomorrow! 🙏🏻
After a few months of coordinating life between the roles of mom and professional athlete, I'm getting a taste of the competition atmosphere again. It's been tough but I’m super excited! 🐝
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Ons Jabeur has sustained a small tear in her calf and won’t be able to defend her title in Madrid.
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do u have the slowmo from the other angle??
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The most impressive run of the week, however, might well be 70th-ranked Dusan Lajovic, one of the nicest fellas on tour, beating #1 Novak Djokovic, #33 Miomir Kecmanovic, and #6 Andrey Rublev to win ATP 250 Banja Luka.
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Last time three players defended a title on the same day?
Swiatek goes back-to-back at WTA 500 Stuttgart.
Alcaraz goes back-to-back at ATP 500 Barcelona.
Rune goes back-to-back at ATP 250 Munich.
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Botic van de Zandschulp was in complete control, having won eight of nine games to lead 4-6, 6-1, 3-1.
Botic van de Zandschulp served for the match three times and had four championship points.
Holger Rune had two third set injuries.
Holger Rune wins ATP 250 Munich.
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