Van Sias's Articles – December 2008 Archive (3)

All Good (and Bad) Things Must Come to an End (From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, Part 3)

So this is the final chapter of the Tennis Talk, Anyone? year in review. Gee, I'm getting all misty-eyed with this reminiscing! This one won't be as long as the others because all my picks were so awesome (yeah, right!).

Anyway, on to the last part of the trilogy:

SEPTEMBER

The Good and the Bad

• "I bet this is the ONLY place you'll find the following statement: The U.S. team can, and will, pull off… Continue

Added by Van Sias on December 17, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Sharapova? For the French? (From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, Part 2)

Oh, what memories!

Digging through the Tennis Talk, Anyone? archives for the second part of my Year in Review brought one question to mind:

"Dude, what were you thinking?"

That being said, let me kick off the May to August review:

MAY

The Good

• "Day 1 of the post-Henin era sees Maria Sharapova take over the number-one spot on the WTA rankings, but can she hold on to it? That's… Continue

Added by Van Sias on December 13, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

From the Sublime to the Ridiculous (A Different Type of Year in Review, Part 1)

I was thinking of writing a "Year in Review"-type post, but after reading so many others out there that have everything wrapped up in great, concise packages, I held back. However, I can't just let the past season go, so I'm going to do something a little different.

One of my favorite things to do in life and on my blog, Tennis Talk, Anyone?, is to look at the draw of a tournament and make predictions on how things are going to shake… Continue

Added by Van Sias on December 11, 2008 at 6:00am — 1 Comment