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No surprises…Nadal and Ferrer advance to French Open final

No real surprises today, at least not to me.  Rafael Nadal will play for his 8th French Open title on Sunday in the men’s final.  He advanced today in a four and a half hour five set match over world … Continue reading

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How about the Spurs! Defeat Miami in game one, 92-88

How about the Spurs.  They go to Miami and defeat the Heat in game one of the NBA finals, 92 – 88.  Inspite of Lebron James’ triple double, the Spurs were too much for the Heat, simply superb.  The defense … Continue reading

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How about the Spurs! Defeat Miami in game one, 92-88

How about the Spurs.  They go to Miami and defeat the Heat in game one of the NBA finals, 92 – 88.  Inspite of Lebron James’ triple double, the Spurs were too much for the Heat, simply superb.  The defense … Continue reading

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Serena and Sharapova into the final at French Open

Both Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova advanced today into the French Open women’s final, albeit in two very different fashions.  Serena took out S. Errani in forty five minutes, 6 – 0, 6- 1.  She is attempting to win her … Continue reading

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Wednesday, hump day, how about a book plug!

It is Wednesday, hump day, the midweek day when we all think, OK, what am I going to do once the week is over?  Well, how about checking out my book Surviving “Paradise” by Susan Willoch Shaver.  Looking for a … Continue reading

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No surprise, Nadal and Djokovic advance at French Open

No surprises today in Paris, well at least not really.  I guess Maria Sharapova losing the first set 6 – 0 to Jankovic could be a bit surprising?  Result was as expected, Sharapova advances in three sets and will face … Continue reading

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Heat defeat Pacers in game 7, move into NBA finals

The Miami Heat are back into the NBA finals for the third year in a row.  They defeated the Pacers last night in Miami, 99 – 76.  It was never really close.  LeBron had 32 points and 6 rebounds and … Continue reading

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Federer ousted in three sets by Tsonga at French Open

Well, it has taken me awhile to digest this and be able to write about it.  It was just sad and painful to watch.  As a longtime Fed fan, it was brutal!  Roger Federer was beaten by J. Tsonga today … Continue reading

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Nadal and Djokovic both advance today in Paris

Rafael Nadal advanced rather easily today over K. Nishikori, 6 -4, 6 – 1, 6- 3 sending him into the quarterfinals.  Also advancing was Novak Djokovic.  He dropped the first set to P. Kolschreiber but then rallied to take the … Continue reading

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Indy Race – Day 2 from Detroit

The duel in Detroit concluded today with Simon Pagenaud emerging as the winner in this second race of the weekend from Belle Isles.  James Jakes finished in 2nd, Mike Conway (winner of race #1 on Saturday) came in 3rd, 4th … Continue reading

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