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************RETIRED,
I just got paid a shocking amount for documenting my youthful folly, jubilance and hijinks on Associatedcontent.com and a "Rising Star 2009" designation so I'm going to move my pseudo intellectual/ mainly blowhard ravings there.

Goodbye is too good a word so I just say Fare-thee-Well.

Not trying to be a sports writer
Not particularly a sports fan, more into sex, drugs, and rock and roll, french, english, spanish literature, art movies, Rimbaud, money, boobs, Cheerios, Kerouac, greco-roman history, The Strokes, Phrases of philosophers from the books and the dimestores, searching for an Amelie, facebook, evolution, Dylan, politics/theater, picking a 6th language to learn, Russell Brand, Marcus Aurelius, chasing tails, magnetic females, the pubs and the clubs and the tubs.

I've found out I seek, explore, search when I write something and end up learning something new about the world and myself, so it's turning out to be very fulfilling

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There Is No Greatest.

08/25/2009

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Is Rafael Nadal the Greatest of All Time?

07/13/2009

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Gil said...

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thanks mate. I have been hunting for a video with that shot for sometime now...it is definitely coming up soon...:)

19 days ago

Shikha said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/261805-rafael-nadal-the-story-inside-out-part-i-the-promise

on Rafa :D

perhaps u'd like to take a look?

57 days ago

Gil said...

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hey u were right mate. He did beat him afterall. Cant say I expected this personally, but Delpo is the Star of the future. period. He played better on the day and we all know how difficult that is to do against even a mediocre Federer in a Slam Final...

PS: But I dont care for that 100 yr old Bud Collins ok? Dont even mention that name to me again.

68 days ago

Adrian Staehle said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/252862-adrian-staehle-presents-project-99

68 days ago

Gil said...

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no way. Roger isnt Rafa. DollBoy wont beat him tomm..
but I am luving DollBOY these days. but not even remotely as much as Rodge. So dollBoy, beware, dont play well at all in the final.

69 days ago

Gil said...

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Oxygen place.
i am gasping.
what the bloody hell!!!
this man is not human. I think if we do some tests, we will find him having blue blood or something.

70 days ago

Leroy Watson said...

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Check out my latest if you get a minutes, about why I would be willing to sacrifice NFL first week games to watch the USO finals:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/253364-us-opens-appeal-reaches-new-heights-in-2009

If you get a minute to comment, it would be appreciated!

70 days ago

Leroy Watson said...

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Pretty cool article, thanks for the link!

I think he made a factual error at callin Nadal the player who 'best understands momentum.' Rafa best understands grinding you to your breaking point and exploiting your physical exhaustion; Fed is the master of exploiting momentum, though even he pales in comparison to Pistol.

72 days ago

TIM RUFFIN said...

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Hey, this is my latest piece. I'd appreciate your input. Yes, its about Nadal but he is surpassing even my expectations for this year's Open.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/252558-this-is-going-to-sound-like-a-puff-piecebut-its-only-the-truth?just_published=1

72 days ago

Hayley-L Graham said...

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A simple tribute, nothing more, nothing less

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/251965-911-through-the-fighting-eyes-of-life-and-sports

Honest feedback/comments welcomed and appreciated

72 days ago

Shikha said...

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wrote on Melanie Oudin: this US Open's break out star.

Hope u can give it a read.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/249243-living-that-dream-melanie-oudin-belief-exemplified

77 days ago

Rob York said...

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I tried to open your NYT link but it didn't work on the computer I'm using. It's 11 p.m. where I am, so I'll try again tomorrow on a different computer.

As for your other ideas, they are intriguing, and I will definitely look into seeing if I or one of the other tennis mainstays can do them.

78 days ago

Xeno-philous F said...

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OK, A-hole:) you get the full credit for your forecast. You were first. I bow to you. Thanks for the link.
Do you ever reply to people? I Pmed you.

78 days ago

Mohamed E.M said...

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Hi mate!

This is one of the serious lines I've ever written..I do appreciate a read and a comment if possible.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/247308-messi-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you-boy

Thanks in advance,
M

80 days ago

Xeno-philous F said...

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U,

This is my master piece, for your joyful reading.

Your comment is my oxygen. Hope you won't asphyxiate me.

"Drawing Roger Federer's Blood: An Indelible Joy of 30 Seconds."

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/247641-drawing-roger-federers-blood-an-indeliable-joy-of-30-seconds

Thanks,
Xeno

80 days ago

Gil said...

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thanks mate. I have been hunting for a video with that shot for sometime now...it is definitely coming up soon...:)

19 days ago

Shikha said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/261805-rafael-nadal-the-story-inside-out-part-i-the-promise

on Rafa :D

perhaps u'd like to take a look?

57 days ago

Gil said...

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68 days ago

Adrian Staehle said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/252862-adrian-staehle-presents-project-99

68 days ago

Gil said...

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no way. Roger isnt Rafa. DollBoy wont beat him tomm..
but I am luving DollBOY these days. but not even remotely as much as Rodge. So dollBoy, beware, dont play well at all in the final.

69 days ago

Gil said...

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Oxygen place.
i am gasping.
what the bloody hell!!!
this man is not human. I think if we do some tests, we will find him having blue blood or something.

70 days ago

Leroy Watson said...

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70 days ago

Leroy Watson said...

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72 days ago

TIM RUFFIN said...

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72 days ago

Hayley-L Graham said...

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A simple tribute, nothing more, nothing less

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/251965-911-through-the-fighting-eyes-of-life-and-sports

Honest feedback/comments welcomed and appreciated

72 days ago

Shikha said...

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wrote on Melanie Oudin: this US Open's break out star.

Hope u can give it a read.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/249243-living-that-dream-melanie-oudin-belief-exemplified

77 days ago

Rob York said...

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78 days ago

Xeno-philous F said...

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OK, A-hole:) you get the full credit for your forecast. You were first. I bow to you. Thanks for the link.
Do you ever reply to people? I Pmed you.

78 days ago

Mohamed E.M said...

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80 days ago

Xeno-philous F said...

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80 days ago

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Is Rafael Nadal the Greatest of All Time?

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There Is No Greatest.

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