William Rhoden's Wimbledon Coverage Didn't Garner Him Any New Fans [Media]

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William Rhoden's Wimbledon Coverage Didn't Garner Him Any New Fans [Media]
Royals Review found this 7/10/2008 on deadspin.com [flag]
Yesterday, I was directed to the startling Wimbledon story by New York Times writer William Rhoden, where he went to the event, saw the first two sets of Nadal/Federer and then, amazingly, decided that Rafael Nadal's victory was inevitable, so he decided to go to the movies with his wife instead. From his piece: Who thought that in a stretch of 24 hours, Venus Williams’s great ... [link]

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Published 7/10/2008 by royalsreview at Royals Review
... Full disclosure here: I more or less took this game off, although from the 7th on I was sporadically checking the score via my phone. Every once in awhile we've all got to pull a Rhoden. I didn't goto see Hancock however, I just watched some History Channel. Oh Monsterquest, you always rope me in, and you always let me down. ...

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