John McEnroe: "The Greatest Match Ever I've Ever Seen..." [Wimbledon 2008]

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 John McEnroe: "The Greatest Match Ever I've Ever Seen..." [Wimbledon 2008]
Rafael Nadal seemingly had won the 2008 Wiimbledon championship at three different moments during the epic nearly 5 hour match against Roger Federer. After two rain delays, two tiebreaker sets, and a final set sudden death where both he and Roger just sucked the life out of each other, it appeared at one point this match would never end — and that wouldn't have been a bad thing.. It was the ... [link]

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YEP-Rafael Nadal...NOPE-Robinson Cano
Published 7/6/2008 by Poncho Sinatra (noreply@blogger.com) at Sport Hump...dry and harmless
... YEP- Even if you're not a tennis fan, this match was amazing. After two rain delays, two tiebreaker sets, and a final set sudden death where Nadal and Roger just kicked the shit out of each other (well for tennis purposes), it appeared at one point that this match would go long into the evening. This was an instant classic. It was the longest Wimbledon match in history and these two guys will go down with the Sampras-Agassi and McEnroe-Borg classics. ...

Case of the Mondays
Published 7/7/2008 by Bunkie Perkins at Friends of the Program
... A man in culottes wins Wimbledon. Dear Brett Farve…a letter from Aaron Rogers. Some late 4th of July goodness, Team America and Guitar Hero, together at last. Heres a story… ...

Links of the Day 7/7/08
Published 7/7/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) at The Victoria Times
Links of the Day 7/7/08 The Wild added Owen Nolan last night. He was on NHL '94, which means he's sort of old. Rafael Nadal won Wimbledon in what was an epic match . Keith Law takes exception with some all-star roster moves. Labels: Links of the Day posted by Ryan | 11:12 AM [image] [image]

Did Nadal/Federer Resurrect Men’s Tennis?
Published 7/7/2008 by Chris at Intentional Foul
... While I’m not sure if men’s tennis exactly needed saving, you cannot deny just how beneficial for a sport a Wimbledon final like Nadal/Federer can be. John McEnroe called it the best match he had ever seen and of course, the ESPN’s of the world have been ...

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