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By Kevin Blackistone - AOL NewsTo Daniel Okrent -- whose identity as the inventor of rotisserie baseball is the one I'll use for this space -- the greatest baseball player ever was, unsurprisingly, Babe Ruth. It was Okrent's reasoning, which he conveyed in Ken Burns' epic television documentary "Baseball," that was refreshingly noteworthy. "He (Ruth) was also one of the greatest pitchers ever," Okrent reminded. "It is as if imagining that Beethoven and Cézanne were one person producing the same work." How about that? Two of the greatest artists combined to make one. Okrent's utterance popped to mind on Wednesday when it ...
'The Match' Tops List of 12 Best Tennis Matches of Decade
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsOver the next two weeks, FanHouse will be covering the top sports stories of the decade. In this installment, Greg Couch looks at the top 12 tennis matches of the decade. My favorite story about The Match was the electrical spike. It has been reported, and official-sounding people were quoted. Still, it sounds like the stuff of myth and is a little hard to believe. But here goes:Just as Rafael Nadal was holding up the trophy after beating Roger Federer to win the Wimbledon title in 2008, there was a sudden surge in electrical use in Britain. A 1,400-megawatt spike, roughly equal to what it ...
Marat Safin Calls it a Career
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsPARIS (AP) -- Known for furious, racket-throwing rants, Marat Safin would rather be remembered for the hard work he put in during a 12-year career marked by two Grand Slam titles and a Davis Cup win.The former No. 1 ended his career Wednesday after losing to Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters."A lot of people there really thought that I'm not a really hard worker," Safin said. "But you can ask all my coaches how I dedicated myself to tennis. They will tell you it's completely the opposite of what a lot of people think." Greg Couch: Safin Bows Out His ...
Andre Agassi Remorseful on '60 Minutes'
By Chris Sesno - AOL NewsA reflective Andre Agassi gave his first TV interview on CBS' 60 Minutes since the shocking excerpts from his autobiography were released to the public less than two weeks ago. Katie Couric pressed Agassi on many of the revelations from his book, including the pressure he felt from his father, his secret sentiments toward the sport that made him famous and the admission that he frequently used crystal meth with his trainer in 1997. "I have to call it like it is," Agassi said when asked about the motivations behind revealing his past. "And hating tennis was a deep part of my life for a long, ...
WADA Crock: Making Wickmayer Pay for Agassi's Sin
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThe head of the World Anti-Doping Agency acknowledged that it's too late to punish Andre Agassi for his failed drug test from 1997, darned statute of limitations. But WADA said it still wants some punishment, anyway. Maybe for Agassi's lies to doping officials, which he admits in his book? Maybe for perjury?Doubtful. But I knew tennis would get its pound of flesh, anyway, as Agassi has embarrassed the sport's governing bodies. What I didn't know was how fast they would get that flesh.Or that they would take it from Yanina Wickmayer.She was banned Thursday for a year for a doping offense. It ...
Shamefully, Agassi Fails the Trust Test
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsYou're being handled, played, manipulated. I am, too.Where is Andre Agassi? Why hasn't he come out in the past 72 hours to tell us that drugs weren't the greatest thing to happen to him, no matter what his book excerpts seem to say? Why has this man who has done so many great things with his school for disadvantaged kids, let the message just hang out there?Drugs fun. Hate tennis. Bad relationship with Dad.If he wanted to clear his soul, to confess to his sins, then why did he need be paid $5 million to do it."Now that he is retired, he comes out and says this?" Rafael Nadal said at an awards ...
Fault: Andre Agassi's Meth Confession
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyRidiculously, I feel betrayed by tennis star Andre Agassi's admission in his new autobiography that he used crystal methamphetamine in 1997, when his career was in the tank. The book, "Open," doesn't come out until next month, but is being excerpted in The Times of London Wednesday and Thursday. In his book, Agassi reveals that he took the drug in his home with his assistant, and then lied to the Association of Tennis Professionals about it to protect his career. I'm not even sure why I feel bad. For most of the years that he played I never even liked Agassi -- I was a "Pistol" Pete Sampras ...
Serena Should Be No. 1 and Much More
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsBlame the system if you want. It is all wrong. But Dinara Safina is now the No. 1 ranked women's tennis player, and no, she's not the best women's player.Psycho. That's how Serena Williams, the best player, described it."I just ...'' she said. "I can't compute it.''No, a computer does that. Tennis has its own little BCS-type controversy now, with computers trying to measure greatness. The difference is that the college football can't pick a champ without computers. Tennis does it with tournaments.For Safina, this is the spoiling of a moment when a young woman should be reaching her dreams. Her ...
Welcome Back, Andre Agassi
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsAndre Agassi has at least one more tourney in him.He will make his return to competitive tournament tennis by participating in the 30-and-over Outback Champions Series event at Surprise, Ariz., in October.Agassi, who turns 39 next month, retired after playing in the 2006 U.S. Open. He walked away from the game with eight major singles championships and remains one of only five men to complete a career Grand Slam. He's the first announced member of what will be an eight-player field competing for $150,000 in prize money at the Oct. 8-11 tournament at the Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex. To ...
Andy Murray Latest Top Seed to Fall at Australian Open
By Mark Hasty - AOL NewsAndy Murray will have time to contemplate the pie floater this week. The No. 4-seeded Brit lost a five-set match to Spain's Fernando Verdasco (right) on Monday at the Australian Open, becoming the latest seeded player to get beat at a tournament that hasn't been kind to the "over-dogs."Yet, with five of the top eight seeds through to the quarterfinals, the carnage in the men's draw is much less severe than in the women's draw. Also, don't worry; Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are still on course to collide in the finals. And defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, the No. 3 seed, is ...
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