I love Wimbledon

I have always liked watching tennis, especially these big Grand Slam tournaments, but Wimbledon is special to me.

For one - I've actually been. In summer 2002, while I was living in London, I went for a day with a friend of mine. It wasn't a particularly nice weather day so we spent a lot of the day racing the rain. We we were poor graduate students so we didn't pay for fancy seats. We had the equivalent of "grounds" pass where you could experience the whole thing and get into any court that had General Admissions seats. We did get to see Martina Navratalova in a mixed doubles match, and Anna Kournekova in a doubles match as well. It was pretty fun!

Secondly - after my baby was born in 2009, I spent the first two weeks of her life watching Wimbledon at all hours of the day. Melanie Oudin was the big story that year coming out of no where as a little Cinderella.

Finally - back in 1999 my family was getting together for a reunion and I was staying at my grandma's apartment, on her couch. As a result I ended up getting up very early in the morning when she got up. I remember sitting on her couch, eating grape nuts with blueberries and watching Wimbledon. I can't precisely remember who we watched but those were the Sampras/Agassi days.

Bottom line is, if you're new to tennis watching - I'd say give this a try . . .it can be tense and super exciting. And if you happen to find it totally NOT exciting, it makes for a really great sport to nap with.

All this said, I admit I was actually watching the Pirates/Red Sox game yesterday afternoon and NOT watching Wimbledon. GASP! Too bad the Red Sox couldn't have been swept right out of town . . .but as Meatloaf says, 2 outta 3 ain't bad!

YAWWWWWWWWWWWWN - The blog is awakened.

Ok, it's been about 7 months - I have received no requests begging for my thoughtful quips on the wide world of sports (is that term trademarked ABC?) however I thought - hey someone might be happy to see content return here. So let's wake the sleeping blog and see what happens.

So after 7 months where to begin?
- a summary of why Cam Newton is as corrupt as a politician? Or his new "brother from another mother", Terrell Pryor?
- Lance Armstrong looking as guilty as all get out while being the ONLY person (besides his lawyer) claiming his innocence? (Seriously - does ANYONE think he's not a cheater?? I'm not kidding - please, if you truly think he's innocent - defend the guy. I wanna hear your thoughts!)
- the NFL negotiations?
- My utter joy (and schadenfreude) over LeBron "Wish I Was As Good As Jordan" James LOSING the NBA Championship???
- Tiger Woods apparently sucks at golf unless he's cheating on his wife?
- FIFA . . . .oh FIFA. The scandals??

All too much to cover. There's no point in going backwards, so let's go forward.

I declare:
If the Pittsburgh Pirates end the season AT or ABOVE .500, I will buy a pirates t-shirt.