The only words on this print is Lawn Tennis.
I mail ordered it from England a few years ago.Not worth anything,really.But I like the picture.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Lawn Tennis Print
The only words on this print is Lawn Tennis.
I mail ordered it from England a few years ago.Not worth anything,really.But I like the picture.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Nick Charles of CNN Sports Tonight faces his death from cancer
Before the Internet,you had two ways to get your sports news;The sportspage,or television.Ted Turner had launched a great channel called WTBS/TBS Superstation in the late seventies-early eighties.I stayed up late many nights watching old movies,and Braves baseball games.I was an insomniac as a a kid.
CNN was started in 1980.Another project from Turner.
CNN Sports Tonight ran from 1980-2001.It was a great way to get the tennis results.The usual hosts were Nick Charles,and Fred Hickman.The show had a great team of sportscasters,but the Charles/Hickman pairing was classic.
The show aired several times during the night.The first at 11:00pm eastern,then two repeats later that night.During Major events,or in the event of an upset tennis may have been a big story that night.But most of the time it would be in the last five minutes of the broadcast.I knew I could count on it.Most nights for about twenty years,I would make the effort to see the tennis news.I also watched ESPN Sportscenter,but the show was longer and it was hard to catch the tennis.Then there was a channel that ran from 1996-2002 called CNNSI that was all sports news all the time.It was great.CNNSI had an international sports news show that would reliably give me the tennis news several times a day.CNNSI was just not able to compete with the ESPN networks,and the repercussions of September 11th.
Then I got on the Internet and that's another matter.
Yesterday I'm drinking coffee and reading the news on CNN.There's a picture of a haggard old man in a ball cap.Something to do with sports,and he's dying of cancer.I think he's probably an old baseball player.I didn't recognize him.I click the story.It's Nick Charles.
How many nights for almost twenty years did I see this man? Nick Charles was not a tennis guy.But he was a very fine sportscaster.Professional,smooth,easy to listen to,well presented,attractive.He had all the qualities they are looking for when they hire a person to give you the news.
I read the story.Terminal bladder cancer.
It seems like he's facing it with considerable grace.As best as he can.
Nothing to say but it's sad.Nobody deserves this agony.
Sad to see him going through this.
All I can say is;Thanks Nick.
Thanks for doing a great job.Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for sports.It was appreciated.
Have as many good days with the people you love as you can now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Charles
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/06/nick.charles.facing.death/index.html?eref=sihp
The link to the CNN story will probably not last long,but there it is for now.
CNN was started in 1980.Another project from Turner.
CNN Sports Tonight ran from 1980-2001.It was a great way to get the tennis results.The usual hosts were Nick Charles,and Fred Hickman.The show had a great team of sportscasters,but the Charles/Hickman pairing was classic.
The show aired several times during the night.The first at 11:00pm eastern,then two repeats later that night.During Major events,or in the event of an upset tennis may have been a big story that night.But most of the time it would be in the last five minutes of the broadcast.I knew I could count on it.Most nights for about twenty years,I would make the effort to see the tennis news.I also watched ESPN Sportscenter,but the show was longer and it was hard to catch the tennis.Then there was a channel that ran from 1996-2002 called CNNSI that was all sports news all the time.It was great.CNNSI had an international sports news show that would reliably give me the tennis news several times a day.CNNSI was just not able to compete with the ESPN networks,and the repercussions of September 11th.
Then I got on the Internet and that's another matter.
Yesterday I'm drinking coffee and reading the news on CNN.There's a picture of a haggard old man in a ball cap.Something to do with sports,and he's dying of cancer.I think he's probably an old baseball player.I didn't recognize him.I click the story.It's Nick Charles.
How many nights for almost twenty years did I see this man? Nick Charles was not a tennis guy.But he was a very fine sportscaster.Professional,smooth,easy to listen to,well presented,attractive.He had all the qualities they are looking for when they hire a person to give you the news.
I read the story.Terminal bladder cancer.
It seems like he's facing it with considerable grace.As best as he can.
Nothing to say but it's sad.Nobody deserves this agony.
Sad to see him going through this.
All I can say is;Thanks Nick.
Thanks for doing a great job.Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for sports.It was appreciated.
Have as many good days with the people you love as you can now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Charles
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/06/nick.charles.facing.death/index.html?eref=sihp
The link to the CNN story will probably not last long,but there it is for now.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Djokovic Wins Miami
Future!? The future may be now.The computer rankings don't reflect the recent dominance of Novak Djokovic,But he's been besting everybody.
Djokovic is having a scorching start to the year.It's amazing to think that last year Nadal had one of the great years in tennis,and now Djokovic is doing this.The plot changes fast sometimes.
Of course the year is young.Clay could change the balance.We'll see how it goes.When Djokovic has his current streak snapped will it ding his confidence?
On the women's side, Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova in the final of the Earplug Open.
Djokovic is having a scorching start to the year.It's amazing to think that last year Nadal had one of the great years in tennis,and now Djokovic is doing this.The plot changes fast sometimes.
Of course the year is young.Clay could change the balance.We'll see how it goes.When Djokovic has his current streak snapped will it ding his confidence?
On the women's side, Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova in the final of the Earplug Open.
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