This explains Nadal’s look
Tennis star Rafael Nadal is known for two things – his spirited run to the top of the world tennis rankings and his bizarre fashion sense.
British Olympic hero Bradley Wiggins, a double gold medal winner in cycling, offered some insight into Nadal’s unique look. He ran into Nadal at the Beijing Olympics.
“I was in the laundry and standing right next to Nadal,” he told BBC Sport. “I didn’t bother him, but he was shoving all his colors and whites in together.
“I really wanted to say, ‘Dude, you’re going to have a nightmare with that. You can’t just put the whole bag in — there are reds in with whites.’ But what can you do?”
Sorry about that slideshow soundtrack. Yikes!
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Questions to ponder while Chris Carpenter prepares to crank back up to full speed:
- How much could a healthy Josh Kinney help the Cards bullpen in September?
- Say, wasn’t Roger Federer earning Tiger Woods comparisons just a year ago? Whatever happened to his massive edge over the competition?
- Did Matt Leinart head back to the beer bong after learning he would open this season on the Gridbirds bench?
ROMANCE AT THE POOL?
Many Michael Phelps rumors have made the Internet rounds since his heroic Olympic performance. Among the most interesting:
That he had a fling with Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice, who dated fellow swimmer Eamon Sullivan until their pre-Beijing break-up.
And speaking of the Summer Games, why is this not an Olympic sport?
HOW THEY SHOULD HAVE CONTAINED MCENROE
QUIPS ‘R US
Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:
Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel: “I love girls in bikinis as much as the next guy, but enough with NBC’s beach volleyball coverage already. You’d think this was a real sport or something. And, by the way, why is beach volleyball in the Olympics? What next — skimboarding, body-surfing, sand-castle building?”
Greg Cote, Miami Herald: “In boxing, Dzhakhon Kurbanov of Tajikstan was disqualified for biting Yerkebulan Shynaliyev of Kazakhstan. Or was it Kazakhstan Yerkebulan of Shynaliyev biting Kurbanov Tijikstan of Dzhakhon?”
Steve Rosenbloom, ChicagoSports.com: “The International Olympic Committee says there’s no evidence that Chinese gymnasts are not old enough. Then again, it’s hard to prove a negative, although there isn’t much more negative than the way the Chinese have been shown to do business, and there isn’t much more negative than the way the IOC has been shown to do business, so the last thing the IOC wants to prove is something’s wrong with a host country that is generating a bunch of money for the rich fops in charge.”
Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle: “The American men and women got it right in the 4×400-meter relays . . . I only hope their batons don’t test positive for pine tar.”
Rick Chandler, Deadspin: “It all began when five terrifying mascots were introduced to the world in November of 2005, and now, with the extinguishing of the Olympic torch, the games of the 29th Olympiad have concluded. Whew. OK China, you’ve got some sweeping up to do, so we’ll leave you to it. But before we depart, may we just say that your closing ceremonies were just as overblown and nonsensical as the ones that opened the proceedings? . . . Why are the men suspended in midair banging on wheels of cheese? And what exactly are ‘lucky cloud yarn strips?’”
MEGAPHONE
“You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there. People aren’t watching the game. It’s not serious. White Sox, that’s baseball.”
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, upsetting Northsiders during an interview with ESPN.
Mike Bianchi is a typical newspaper writer who thinks he’s funny. What’s funny is to watch some of these sports writers try to play the sports they ridicule. The end result is usually the sport writer looks like a monkey copulating with a football. It’s ain’t pretty.
Dear Rick Chandler: Why are the men suspended in midair banging on wheels of cheese? And what exactly are ‘lucky cloud yarn strips?’”
Why are asking the question in print? Your job is to find the answer. Then again, Chandler works for Deadspin. Dead brain cells spinning around for no apparent reason…
The Cardinals MUST take both of these games to have a chance at the wildcard. A split does them no good and Milwaukee winning both would be a disaster.
It looks like no help is coming from the front office with the 31st quickly approaching – who could have guessed? The only reason Moe doesn’t get an F in his first year on the job is the Glaus trade. That has worked out beyond the expectations of anyone. Maybe Troy could take the mound for an inning or two here and there?
Steven Jackass prediction – severely pulled muscle within the first few weeks and won’t be much of a factor in ’08. Sorry coach, I know that is not what you want to hear but with the looks of that new haircut you can always get a job cutting grass.
Cards better not get swept…with college and pro football starting soon and hockey training camps around the corner our interest in baseball is hanging on by a thread.
S.W., I know you’re a curmudgeon, but a potential F for Moe? Would you rather he traded away a farm system that is just getting healthy after years of neglect in order to rent a pitcher for a couple of months and get knocked out in the division series? I wouldn’t. This team has achieved way beyond expectations and can only be better next year. You’re entitled to your opinions, of course, but in mine you are just grinding your perennial axe.
I’m ready for hockey…
Now that Slaten is gone, S.W. is hoping someone will read his BS and think he’s good enough to put on-air. What a Slaten Kool-Aid drinker?
“The Cardinals MUST take both of these games to have a chance at the wildcard. A split does them no good and Milwaukee winning both would be a disaster.” - Thanks for pointing out the obvious. What would we do without in depth blogging like that?
What is this Hockey thing people keep speaking of? Every once in a while, I see see a bunch of people wearing too much denium, having too little teeth, and really bad haircuts heading up I-55 to downtown. I just figured that they were headed to an REO concert, but I guess it might be this Hockey thing.
Really??? Those are Cardinal fans who have cashed their paychecks at QT and are on their way to a fun-filled afternoon/evening of consuming as many Bud Lights as possible.
The best way for the Cards to take both games against the Brewers is for LaRussa to mess with Yost as much as possible. Pinch-hit a lefty in the middle of an at bat. Move around the entire infield with the pitcher at bat. Argue any move Yost makes. Get that guy going crazy, get him to take it out on his players, and there you have it. Cards take both.