Real sadness, the kind of heartbreak which defines the human condition in its deepest vulnerabilities and its most profound moments of loss, exists in Haiti, where a nation screams in agony and wails in lamentation. Real hardship consists of buildings flattened, lives ended, dreams shattered amidst rubble and wreckage. There’s no question that sportswriters – [...]

Worthwhile developments and especially newsworthy scores after a packed day of action at Melbourne Park: FIVE-SET THRILLERS ABOUND The losses of Robin Soderling and Juan Carlos Ferrero (mentioned elsewhere on this blog) weren’t the only five-setters witnessed on a rather contentious Tuesday in Australia. Other extended wars dotted the landscape on the blue plexicushion courts [...]