Showing posts with label Wimbledon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wimbledon. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2015

Serena and the Djoker Make History at Wimbledon

Serena Williams completed her second "Serena Slam" Saturday at Wimbledon, and moved closer to her first ever yearly Grand Slam.
By Andy Dougherty (@AndyDougherty10)

An eventful weekend of tennis at Wimbledon wrapped up with history made in both the gentlemen's and ladies' finals. Contributor Andy Dougherty has your breakdown below.


Gentlemen’s Singles

Five contenders entered this year’s Gentlemen’s Singles draw with a serious chance of winning the title. The Big 4 (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray) are always dangerous, and after Stan Wawrinka claimed his second career major title in Paris last month, the Stanimal has crept into the mix. This tournament’s first true test was expected to come in the quarterfinals, when Murray was slated to meet Nadal.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Studs and Duds: Stern Forever

NBA Commissioner or 80s Sitcom Dad?
By Jeremy Conlin and Joe Parello

Studs and Duds is a weekly feature on Suite Sports. Who had a good week? Who had a bad week?


Studs

David Stern


The NBA's lovably hate-able commissioner submitted one of his finest performances ever at Thursday's NBA draft, drinking in the hate from all the (seemingly) ill-wishing fans, egging them on, before dropping the line, “We've had to explain to our international audience that the boo is an American sign of respect," before delivering his final coup de grace before the 27th pick:

Monday, June 24, 2013

Studs and Duds: A Wimbledon Cat Fight


By Jeremy Conlin and Joe Parello

Studs and Duds is a weekly feature on Suite Sports. Who had a good week? Who had a bad week?


Studs

Chris "Birdman" Andersen and Shane Battier

Obviously, LeBron James was the biggest key to Miami's Game 7 victory over San Antonio, but these two guys were huge as well. In fact, the Heat outscored the Spurs by 12 with Battier on the floor and by 11 when The Birdman checked in. That's even better than the impressive +8 the Heat were with LeBron in the game.