Wimbledon’s Wisdom and the Genius of Middle Sunday

Wimbledon 2009 29 Jun 2009

In the eyes of many tennis fans around the world, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is a backward-thinking organization hopelessly attached to an outdated past. The idea that no tennis should be played on the “Middle Sunday” of the Wimbledon fortnight strikes your typical sports nut as absurd. Sunday, after all, is [...]


Patrick McEnroe America’s Renaissance Man.

Patrick McEnroe 30 Oct 2008

Overshadowed by his older brother’s world class performances on the tennis courts of the world, Patrick has settled into a niche that John could not hope to fill, even on his most placid day. Patrick McEnroe has become more than a coach, more than a motivator for Davis Cup players, and more than a TV [...]