May have underestimated the wind levels with the storms today but I think we’ve pivoted gracefully.

Novak Djokovic in a tiebreak remains a very tall mountain in 2026.

Penko v Aryna is going to be the fireworks we need on a day like today.

Other than Carlitos, is there a player on the ATP Tour with a higher public approval rating than Grigor Dimitrov? I would put him up against anyone.

GRIGOR! Man I hope he makes a deep run. He deserves it after how last year ended. That’s a great win vs Mensik.

Hard not to root for Grigor after what happened here last year vs Sinner. His body just won’t cooperate a lot of the time. Good to see him back.

I know many people are not fond of McEnroe but it feels like Roddick’s presence has caused John to raise his game with the headset so far. He’s got a Troy Aikman type edge now. Doesn’t seem to care if players get pissed if he criticizes them. I like it.

Surprised it required a match tiebreak but Amanda vs Maddy Keys is going to be a fun round 3 match now that Anisimova has punched her ticket.

Cool win, I’ll wave my mini flag. Just wish this sport allowed a greater level of physicality.

Shorthanded goal?

I’m not even going to pretend to understand what just happened in this soccer game. They kick guys out? For the whole rest of the game? For accidentally running into someone on the other team? A 30 minute power play seems like life in prison for a speeding ticket.

While acknowledging I’ve watched probably less than 10 soccer games in my life, I remain completely mystified by how offsides is legislated in this game.

WEEI’s phone lines are full of Murphs and Sullys ready to scream into their cell phone that Brad Stevens should be strapped into a duck boat and drown in the Charles River.

The Now They Tell Us™️ (credit: @bryancurtis.bsky.social) piece about Jaylen Brown that comes out of Boston is going to be a whopper, man.

There’s not a lot of NBA transactions that can blow me away after the Luka trade… but Jaylen Brown to the Sixers is fucking WILD.

Another tennis match with random applause outburst because of something happening in a soccer game. Finish your Pimm’s Cup, I guess?

I really try not to be a hater with sports anymore but there are few players I want to see lose more in the WTA than Mirra Andreeva.

Coco’s mettle from 4-7 down in that match tiebreak was extremely impressive. The backhand winner at 7-7 was insane, she hit it from behind her! This is the kind of win that can provide a jolt the rest of the fortnight.

Coco’s year is just plain odd now. Rome and Miami finals are decent high points but the performance at the slams has been quite poor.

Why would the Lakers trade that much draft equity for a good, not great, player that is a restricted free agent? Just do the offer sheet, man. If Utah matches, so be it. Let them be in cap hell.

I like the Powell deal for the Bulls. Adult in the room. They need a scoring guard that can start. He’s not a long term solution and doesn’t need to be. That contract is perfect for a deadline trade either this year or next.

What happened to the free agency that I loved? 41 minutes in and Tim Hardaway Jr is the best player to sign? And for the tax payer MLE on a team that badly needs starting guards?

like I told you guys last week, the Bulls sold the pick.

Credit for making the attempt at this place and at this age. To have the confidence and the desire to do this says a lot, even more than the actual performance. I’m still very interested in seeing the doubles experiment continue for Serena.

Joint’s confidence is fading. You can see it in the body language.

Serena has turned up the throttle on her competitiveness. This is no longer about having fun. This is about winning.

Kawhi Leonard was one of the 15 best players in the NBA when he played last year. When he played remains an enormous qualifier for a player entering his age 35 season. He played in 331 of a possible 574 games in 7 years with the Clippers. His availability isn’t getting better. It’s getting worse.

Serena with a little life here.

This might be over already. Joint is up a set and a break and is confidently crushing groundstrokes.

From a -112 favorite before the match to a 4:1 dog after losing the first set. The sharps saw the same first set the rest of us did. The movement was below average but the second serve returns were a big, big problem. Serena would eat on those in the past. Not now.

If she’s going to win this through pure power, the pace of her ground strokes both FH and BH are going to need to speed up. Because the movement is questionable at best. Easier said than done, but Joint should be running Serena from corner to corner as much as possible.

Did not even think about this until just now, but it has to be kinda weird for Serena to be playing without line judges. Everyone else is used to this now. She played 24 tour level seasons, every one with line judges.

The only thing I want out of this Serena match is for her to complete it. The only outcome that would suck is if the score line contains “ret.”

Very much understand the whole Expendables appeal of LeBron to the Warriors. I think he should go to the Spurs for his final tour of duty.

Iga is turning into the Seattle Seahawks of tennis. Just completely incapable of playing a normal match.

Wu is fighting, man. This is some high level tennis for the first round.

With the trouble Novak is having vs Wu I had the intrusive thought of “what if Zverev completes the Channel Slam?”

Kinda rooting for Aryna to win Wimbledon this year. Feels like the best final we could get here is a rematch of the SF last year, Sabalenka v Anisimova. Baseline power for days on a grass court.

It’s hard for me to get excited about the level of hype they are giving to Serena’s match tomorrow at SW19. My expectations are below the floor in terms of the level she will be able to bring at this age after so much time off.

Roddick is a breath of fresh air on the ESPN desk for Wimbledon coverage.

Yeah, Sinner’s not winning this tournament without a significant change in the weather forecast. Or, the AELTC putting him inside at night on Centre the rest of the way.

Sinner already in trouble. 🥵

Every day this week I get to watch tennis in an English garden with my coffee. My favorite week of the year to wake up early. 🍓 🎾

Last year when she played Aryna on Centre Court and lost in straight sets was the first time since the 2021 US Open where I said “OK I see it.” It may very well be the last. The run to the final at Queen’s was a nice blip but other than that it’s been 2 SFs in 5 years.

once again need to reiterate how bad this guy sucks. he made his billions as a "pioneer" in the subprime auto loan industry betting that the working poor would be desperate to pay whatever it takes to avoid losing the cars they need to drive to work

Had never seen this in a theater before and it would appear I picked the right seats at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social too.

The clearest evidence of short term vs long term thinking: Making the French heat wave about AC in the US, while in Europe they are talking about climate change.

Been simmering for a while but I’m reaching a breaking point with the WNBA. Coverage of the league still remains centered on far too few players, and emphasizes only a handful. Discourse online about the league is impossible to keep civil. The reviews are endless in game. Officiating inconsistent.

I hated the Rudy Gobert trade when it happened so I guess I will doubt Tim Connelly at my own peril. But damn, the Wolves just disintegrated their depth to acquire a guy that tends to miss a lot of games every season.