In expressing U.S. support for Kenyan security forces in their four-day battle at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi against a terror organization originally based in Somalia, was President Barack Obama admitting that international Islamic terrorism is still a force…
What happened in that third set was this. Novak hit a 121 mph ace to give himself a 40-15 lead in the first game, followed up with a backhand return of return-of-serve into the net, then he tried to close…
It is September, Tishrei (and the new year) in the Jewish world, it is the new school year in New York and every where else in America, it is the time of the U.S. Open, it is the end of…
Halfway through the first set tiebreak, Adrian Franklin, a young Fox News sports producer who comes from Melbourne and speaks with authority on his country’s tennis history, observed that the fabulous team of Ashley Barty, who is 17 years old,…
At the first deuce of the fourth game, Gasquet unleashes one of his famous gorgeous backhands and hits a perfect crosscourt winner for the advantage. He loses it in the net on the next point. At deuce again, he follows…
You recall in Hoosiers, when the Hickory coach (played by Gene Hackman) takes his players to the court on which they will be playing in the all-state tournament, and he makes them measure its dimensions, including the height of the…
Tim Smyczek, the mighty Milwaukee mite, is up 4-1 in the fifth set in a four-hour demonstration with Marcel Granollers, the cool Catalan, of superb and brilliant and inspiring tennis and the crowd at the Grandstand Stadium, three quarters empty…
Shuai Peng held on through who knows how many deuces while trying to serve out the second set in its tenth game. She finally wore down the grunting, huffing and puffing Svetlana Kuznetsova. Miss Kuznetsova is a past champion here…
Agnieszka Radwanska seems almost languid as she approaches a low-bouncing ball that her opponent sliced over the net from the back court, hoping to catch her far enough back to end the baseline rally. The ranking Polish player, seeded third…