WIMBLEDON, England -- God has been very involved with sports lately -- at least if you believe the newspapers here."God Had A Hand In This!" read one London headline after England lost in overtime to Argentina in the World Cup."Hand of God, II!" read another tabloid.And a British journalist actually penned the following: "This was football the way God invented it ..."
WIMBLEDON, England -- There's nothing wrong with men's tennis that a hamburger, some running shoes and a Coke wouldn't fix.Allow me to explain.Every year I come to Wimbledon, it's the same tongue-clucking story."The men's game is fizzling," critics moan. "There is no interest. No one is watching. Kids back home think a racket is what you make at a Hanson concert."To which I say these five words: Hey, dummy, remember the NBA?
WIMBLEDON, England -- In tennis, there are always two big stories: the reigning champions, and the young turks on the horizon. In case you missed it, the horizon these days is dwarfed by a pair of tall, gangly, American teenaged sisters named Venus and Serena Williams. They hover like twin tornadoes. Both are unorthodox, fast, wickedly powerful with their ground strokes, and as promising as a tooth that bursts through the skin.
WIMBLEDON, England -- As we begin the second week of the world's most famous tennis tournament, let me bring you up to date on what's happened:ENGLAND SCORES!I know. That sounds like soccer. And I said I would talk about tennis. But the fact is . . .OH, YES! A GOOD STRIKE FOR ENGLAND!...even at the tennis, the biggest story is ...ENGLAND ADVANCES TO THE SECOND ROUND!...soccer?
Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.
