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ATP, Gossip, LTA, Tennis, US Open, WTA, Wimbledon - Written by Lynn on Monday, June 18, 2007 11:16 - 4 Comments

Flipper’s New Show Gets Reviewed, No Wonder They Call Him Janko

Janko Yanks at it

  • The Age of Love premiers tonight at 9pm ET on NBC. According to early reports, one of the cougars is shown doing needlepoint while the younger ones are in bikinis playing with a hula hoop. Fortunately, Mark Philippoussis manages to tower above the clichés. …At least until he makes three of the 40-something women rappel down the side of a building with him to prove they can keep up. [WashPost, NY Post, Boston Herald, NY Daily News, More Reviews]
  • News of the Obvious: Rafael Nadal was at the Real Madrid match last night. [OTB News]
  • John McEnroe is flying Irish rockers Ed Zealous into London so they can perform with him at the Wimbledon player party on June 30th. Other players said to be less than (Ed) Zealous about the event. [Belfast Telegraph]
  • “The Roger Federer Story, Quest for Perfection” is slated for release on June 25th, the opening day of Wimbledon. No word on whether the book will sport a special white jacket with 5 rackets on it. [Some Site About the Roger Federer Book]
  • News of the Obvious: Tim Henman claims 2007 Wimbledon won’t be his last. Uh, gee, when have we heard that before? …Okay, besides 2005 and 2006? [UTV]
  • Justine Henin is no longer allowed to eat chocolate before bedtime because it upsets her stomach. We’re not too excited to hear about it either, frankly. [Reuters]
  • This year’s Rogers Cup will feature 9 fashion shows using a theme called “Victorious & Vogue”. Gee, wonder where they got that idea? [OTB News]
  • IBM’ers are going back into Second Life for Wimbledon again this year. I hope the t-shirts are better than the one I got during the Australian Open SL demo. [eightbar]
  • Some toy maker thinks Roger Federer looks like the all-white Gumby. [Some Toy Maker]
  • The Newport Breakers get a new stadium and Maria Sharapova. Life is good in Newport. [Daily Pilot]
  • Read up on Jim Hashimoto, a trainer who helped Maria Sharapova win something called the U.S. Open. [Delaware Online]
  • Judy Murray is looking at opening a tennis academy. Though working with the LTA, most of the students would be from Scotland. [BBC]
  • Elena Dementieva had a little hit and giggle with the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region (gezunheit!) last week. She was later presented with an enormous urn for no real good reason as a token of their appreciation. [Tass]
  • In other cougar battle news, Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles will face off in another exo on Sept. 14th at the New Orleans Arena. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster. [TennisWeek]
  • OTB Video o’ the Day: Novak Djokovic djokes it up for the BBC cameraman. [YouTube]
  • OTB Video o’ the Day II: Djokovic continues the schtick, while the BBC’ers giggle. [YouTube]
  • Pick o’ the Day: Well, now we know why his parents named him Yanko Janko Tipsarevic. [Via Kristen at MTF]
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clairegNo Gravatar
Jun 18, 2007 12:11

I am no longer interested in Janko. Thanks for steering me straight. Sometimes tough love is the only way. I appreciate that you called it the “PICK” of the day though hahaha.

LynnNo Gravatar
Jun 18, 2007 12:21

:P

benNo Gravatar
Jun 19, 2007 10:46

wow what a bad time for someone to snap you. he is way all up in there. at least he doesnt blow it out like agassi used to. rofl

NextyNo Gravatar
Jun 20, 2007 8:33

Oh my god Janko… :o

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