Cliff Drysdale
ESPN tennis analysts Cliff Drysdale and Mary Joe Fernandez, along with Jason Bernstein, senior director, programming and acquisitions, participated in a media conference call on Wednesday to discuss ESPN?s multi-platform coverage of the 2011 French Open.�Here are a few excerpts from the call:
On Novak Djokovic:
Mary Joe Fernandez:� We?ve seen Djokovic develop over the last few years.� He?s been on the top of the men?s game for a while now, and his personality has always come out, whether it?s imitating the other male and female players and hamming it up on the court.� He?s had struggles with his fitness and with his breathing.� So I think we?ve always considered him a bit dramatic sometimes on the court, but ever since the end of last year, he has really matured and mentally, physically, everything?s come together.� You see it when you look at the past champions.� There is a moment when everything starts to click and you’...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
NBA Draft 2011: How Will New York Knicks Improve Through the Draft?
NBA Draft 2011: How Will New York Knicks Improve Through the Draft?
There is no question the Knicks must get deeper if they want to be contenders next season, considering they have enough star power for three teams.
New York will need an inside presence, a player with some size and strength in the paint, someone to play alongside Amar'e Stoudemire and do the dirty work he doesn't.
New York traded nearly half of its team away in February for Carmelo Anthony and the effects were obvious in its first round match up with Boston last month.
The Knicks couldn't get scoring from anywhere but Stoudemire and Anthony it seemed and when Billups went down they stood absolutely no chance.
New York should look for a talented forward or center in this June's draft, perhaps Markieff Morris if he slips to them at no. 17.
Philadelphia Eagles: 5 Undrafted Free Agents the Team Could Target
Although the NFL Lockout has thrust the undrafted rookies into a sort of limbo, there is sure to be a frenzy of contracts signed once the free agent market finally opens.
As always, the Eagles will be hot on the heels of the most sought-after rookie free agents. They have struck gold in the past with players like Quintin Mikell and Jamaal Jackson, so the front office will be looking to duplicate their success this year.
With that in mind, here are five players that could become part of the Eagles' annual crop of undrafted rookie signings.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Doc: Timing of trade a mistake
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"I would wait until after the year was over. I'll put it that way," Rivers told Boston sports radio WEEI (850 AM). "I do think Jeff Green has a chance to be a starter for us in the future and a hell of a basketball player, and [Nenad] Krstic can help, but making that trade at the time we made that trade, that made it very tough for us. And not only that, we added other pieces as well that we tried to fit in, so it was just a lot of moving parts to a team that the advantage that we had was that we had continuity, everybody else was new. Chicago was new and the Heat were new. They couldn't fall back on what we could fall back on with our starting five, and once we made that trade, we took that advantage away."
Well there you have it. Finally one of the Celtics decision makers admits the trade didn't work. I always knew that Doc was being a good soldier having Danny's back publicly defending the trade. People complain that we're s...
"I would wait until after the year was over. I'll put it that way," Rivers told Boston sports radio WEEI (850 AM). "I do think Jeff Green has a chance to be a starter for us in the future and a hell of a basketball player, and [Nenad] Krstic can help, but making that trade at the time we made that trade, that made it very tough for us. And not only that, we added other pieces as well that we tried to fit in, so it was just a lot of moving parts to a team that the advantage that we had was that we had continuity, everybody else was new. Chicago was new and the Heat were new. They couldn't fall back on what we could fall back on with our starting five, and once we made that trade, we took that advantage away."
Well there you have it. Finally one of the Celtics decision makers admits the trade didn't work. I always knew that Doc was being a good soldier having Danny's back publicly defending the trade. People complain that we're s...
Euorpean Ryder Cup Committee Plays It Safe, Headed to France
Spain was in the running to host the biannual event, along with Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands, but the committee saw fit to take one of the most popular events in the sport to France.
Of the selection of the Le Golf National course near Paris, George O'Grady, chief executive of the European Tour, said, "We're leaving nothing to chance on building a new course. You could say, in that sense, we've gone for the certainty," according to USA Today.
You see, if Spain (as well as Germany or Portugal) had been chosen, they would have had to begin construction of the golf course now. Only France and the Netherlands had already built courses as part of their bid submission.
So, the European Tour played it safe, and by doing so, provided a shining example of how they simply did not understand the greatness of their own Spanish legend.
It's not hard to imagine Seve, if he were alive, pulling himself from his deathbed to call the European Tour and blast them for having the nerve not to pick Spain, even without a course in place.
Playing it safe certainly wasn't the way Ballesteros played the game, and it wasn't the way he won five majors. It wasn't the way he, along with a few other Hall of Famers, converted the Ryder Cup from a three-day laugh-a-thon dominated by the Americans, into one of the most dramatic events in golf.
Without Seve, the Ryder Cup might never have been as popular as it is. There would have never been a "Spanish Armada" of golf if Seve had not been around to mentor Spanish players like Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia.
Not to take anything away from the grand tradition of French golfers throughout history, but even their most famous player, Jean Van de Veld, is famous because he went for it when he had no reason to do so!
The European Tour has said they may change their logo to incorporate the image of the iconic Spanish player. That announcement was made before they announced their selection of France as the site for the 2018 Ryder Cup.
One has to question the timing of this announcement. If they were so sure they had made the proper selection, why did the committee seek to temper criticism of what they knew would be a very unpopular pick?
The Ryder Cup owes this man his day in the sun as soon as it can be made to happen. What better way to honor the memory of one of the finest players in Ryder Cup history, in golf history, than to take the event to the nation of his birth?
It's all very simple. The European Ryder Cup committee had a choice. They could either lay up or they could go for the green.
Way to play it safe.
Former Nova star comes out as gay
In hopes of inspiring and reassuring others, former Villanova forward Will Sheridan has revealed he’s gay. Sheridan was profiled by...
Arsenal Star Set For �30m Summer Switch
PFA nominee Samir Nasri is a �30million target for German giants Bayern Munich.�The NOTW reports that Bayern are plotting a �30m raid on the French winger, who has been identified as a replacement for the controversial Franck Ribery.
Ribery has had a difficult season of the field and has been tipped to find a new club in the summer.�With only a year left on his contract and discussions on hold, Bayern are set to take full advantage of Nasri?s stumbling contract discussions and are preparing a bid for the French international.
Discussions are yet to take place and a German source said ?Bayern are thinking big, as their interest in a number of English-based players has shown.?
Wenger is desperate to hold onto the 23-year old; with a summer of rebuilding planned, Arsenal cannot afford to lose the midfielder.
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Ribery has had a difficult season of the field and has been tipped to find a new club in the summer.�With only a year left on his contract and discussions on hold, Bayern are set to take full advantage of Nasri?s stumbling contract discussions and are preparing a bid for the French international.
Discussions are yet to take place and a German source said ?Bayern are thinking big, as their interest in a number of English-based players has shown.?
Wenger is desperate to hold onto the 23-year old; with a summer of rebuilding planned, Arsenal cannot afford to lose the midfielder.
Submitted by Football Friends
Source: http://network.yardbarker.com/soccer/article_external/arsenal_star_set_for_30m_summer_switch/4735069
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