Preview of the 2010 US Open Men’s Draw.
Todd’s Tennis Takes: 2010 US Open Preview
Upon the close of Wimbledon, my first thought was to find out what Nadal’s odds were to win the US Open, as I immediately wanted to bet him. Today, I haven’t a clue who’s going to take this title and wouldn’t bet [...]

Analysis of the Wimbledon Men’s Semifinal matches.
Todd’s Tennis Takes: Wimbledon Semifinals Preview
So Berdych comes through in beating Federer, only needing four sets, and shows the tennis world that indeed Fed’s aura has even taken a hit on the lawn, where he will fail to be in the finals of Wimbledon for the first time since [...]

Analysis of the Wimbledon Men’s Quarterfinal matches.
Todd’s Tennis Takes: Wimbledon Quarterfinals Set
What a tournament this has been! Federer and Nadal with early round troubles, the Isner/Mahut Marathon, and, just recently, Roddick’s loss to 82nd ranked Lu Yen-Hsun.
First, I want to cover the now legendary Marathon Match, which not only set an impossible standard for tennis [...]

South Africa’s 2010 World Cup has already been a wild ride.
Soccer, er, Football
I’ve been watching a lot of the World Cup. This year has easily been the most I’ve ever followed the FIFA tournament (in the interest of full disclosure, the only other one I eve watched a significant portion of was 1998, when [...]

Welcome our newest writer and column, Todd S. Robinson with Todd’s Tennis Takes, with a 2010 Wimbledon Preview.
2010 Wimbledon Preview
From the clay to the lawn, the best tennis players in the world have migrated to London and Wimbledon, ready to battle it out on tennis’s least used and most unpredictable surface. A few decades ago, [...]

The truth about Lance Armstrong and whether he used performance-enhancing drugs will eventually come out–but to Gairzo the truth is evident.
When Will Lance’s Other Shoe Drop?
I admit it: I’ve read every credible book on the JFK assassination but cannot get over the fact that the murder was never investigated by an objective, legitimate, entity.
I [...]

The argument against steroids in sports should stop focusing on the statistics and start targeting on the ill-effects on the human body.
Juiced Up For No Good Reason
Take a fellow with no athletic ability, no interest in sports, and no time in school playing them, no college or minor leagues, give him a ton of performance-enhancing [...]

Tiger Woods is back: the good, the bad and the ugly.
Welcome Back Tiger
Tiger Woods returned to the golf world last weekend in pursuit of a fifth green jacket after an extended self-imposed penance for being as prolific a man-whore as he is golfer.
His return engendered what can accurately be called a major hard-on in the [...]

Tiger Woods’ pitiful excuses are only worth of the South Park kids who have lampooned him.
Tiger and His Tail: The Edge of Infamy
You know you’ve been pushed to the cliff of condemnation when your predicament is satirized on South Park, one of the longest running animated series in cable history.
For those who don’t know the [...]

Shani Davis is an American trailblazer–who will follow his lead in the political landscape?
Silent Ice
In 2006, I heard of something only seen on a basketball court. A young 6′3″ African-American participating in the Winter Games, with a twist, speed skating. It was odd but interesting watching the fleet of foot twenty-four-year-old, like watching a [...]