A generation ago, the enemy of the “effective” in advertising was the “cool.” After watching four or so hours of the U.S. Open Golf Championship on Sunday, I have come to understand that the “effective” has a much more potent…
Victoria Azarenka won the first point in her U.S. Open semifinal, but then she doubled, lost the next three points, and doubled again, bad start. She got a game along the way to a first set rout, but her old…
If a pitcher steps off the mound after giving up a two-run homer that blows his lead and throws a ball at an umpire, you can expect they will eject him. You can look it up in the rules, and…
Denis Shapovalov, down two sets to one, came back from a 2-5 deficit in the fourth set to beat Taylor Fritz in the third round of the U.S. Open, where one dramatic match keeps following another before stands without spectators….
Three double faults at 1-2 in the third set, and Kim Clijsters is in trouble. Visibly tiring, she has just lost a long hard-fought second set, 5-7, and if she falls behind now, the momentum may be irreversible. Ekaterina Alexandrova…
Gunshots in Kenosha, Wisconsin interrupted Naomi Osaka’s run through the draw at the Western and Open tennis tournament last week, played for health security reasons at Flushing Meadows, N.Y., home of the U.S. Open, which begins today. The 2018 U.S….
When in doubt, or even when not, turn to the classics. One of these is Gwendolyn Brooks, whose depth and lyrical charm and sure vision is always understated. A Chicagoan, she did not fear to bring verse to a fearsome…
There have been no allegations of Russian machinations and American gullibility or complicity in the annual drama called the U.S. Open. There will be an American in the ladies’ singles draw, Serena Williams, going for her 24th Grand Slam trophy,…
It had to happen, since finally it did: the mighty Swiss Guard of Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, owners of 23 singles Grand Slams between them, fell before the ruthless Slav steamroller personified by Daniil Medvedev and Grigor Dimitrov. Arthur…
