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*As I am a Seventh-day Adventist, I'm unavailable to comment on BR articles between Friday morning and Saturday morning (if you're in North America) or Friday evening through Saturday evening (if you're based in the Asia-Pacific region). If you leave me a message or want me to read something during that time, please be patient.*

Hi there, I'm Rob, your tennis community leader. I've spent most of the last decade in the newspaper business. Newspapers are where you turn when you really want to become informed of current events. Unlike nightly TV or radio news, you can't turn a newspaper on and then not pay attention to it. Unlike internet news, you can't stumble upon a newspaper while you're using a search engine to learn about the latest way Kanye West embarrassed himself.

And no one turns on Keith Olbermann or Glenn Beck because they want to be informed: They just want someone to articulate what they already believe in a better (or at least louder) way.

The life of a newspaperman isn't for everyone: The deadlines are constant, the pay is low, and if only 99 out of 100 sentences are perfect, a reader with no experience in how newsrooms work (or are supposed to work) will call you up and tell you that the mistakes in that one sentence reveal your ideological biases.

Actually, a good newspaperman is biased, but not in the way Rush Limbaugh thinks. We believe, in the words of I.F. Stone, that all governments lie.

Working for a newspaper isn't a job; it's a ministry. The Internet and bloggers compliment it, but the day they replace newspapers entirely will be a sad day for the truth.

Even ministries give a guy some spare time, though, and I like to spend my spare time with my wife and son, as well as writing about tennis and assist others who like writing about tennis. That's what I'm here for, so let me know if I can help you out.

For more information, including non-tennis writings check out www.rjamesyork.blogspot.com.

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The Greatest Competitors in Men's Tennis History

Published 1 day ago
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LAS VEGAS - SEPTEMBER 26: Andre Agassi arrives at the 14th annual Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation's Grand Slam for Children benefit concert at the Wynn Las Vegas September 26, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

How Andre Agassi Should Respond to His Critics

Published 2 days ago
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$4 Jul 1999: Pete Sampras of the United States celebrates victory after winning the Men's Singles Championship Final match against Andre Agassi also of the United States played at the All England Club in Wimbledon, England. The match finished in a comprehensive straight sets victory for Pete Sampras and he went on to equal Roy Emersons record of twelve Grand Slam Singles titles. \ Mandatory Credit: Gary M Prior/Allsport$

In the Zone with Pete Sampras, Part Two

Published 7 days ago
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12: Marat Safin of Russia returns a shot to Mao-Xin Gong of China during day two of 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Centre in Shanghai. (Photo by Victor Fraile/Getty Images)

Tennis: As We Bid Adieu to Marat Safin (Pt Two)

Published 14 days ago
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Favorite Athletes

Practically all tennis players (Sampras above all), Albert Pujols, Brian Urlacher
Favorite Sports Teams

St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Bears
Favorite Coaches

Mike Ditka, Brad Gilbert, Paul Annacone
All Time Sports Moment

Sampras vs. Corretja, 1996 US Open Quarterfinals
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Probably whatever Grand Slam total Federer ends up with.
Ruth or Mays?

Mays
Unitas or Montana?

Unitas
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Federer or Sampras?

Tilden, Budge, Kramer, Gonzales, Laver, Borg, Sampras and Federer.
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

SEC

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by claudia
about 15 hours ago

HI rob. I wrote a piece that is essentially a comment on your Greatest Competitors piece. Hope you like it!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285980-competitive-fire-corretja-courier-chesnokov-and-coria
by Hotnuke
about 17 hours ago

Rob,

I thought you might like this piece. It’s not just your standard “breaking news” piece about a trade, although it does note the trade of Jeremy Hermida from the Florida Marlins to the Boston Red Sox. Let me know what you think in the comments section.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285981-unrealized-potential-florida-marlins-trade-jeremy-hermida-to-boston

Thanks,

Daniel Barber aka Hotnuke
by Leroy
1 day ago

Hi Rob, how are you?

You've got quite the conversation going on over at your Andre Agassi article! lol

If you get a minute, stop by and check out this masterpiece by Bob Warja:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285484-come-to-think-of-it-ft-hood-tragedy-places-sports-into-perspective
by antiMatter
2 days ago

No :( never before.

Thought it was your original. I take back the "Pick" I gave you.
by J.A.
2 days ago

I really liked that - the reign of error - good one, Rob!
by antiMatter
3 days ago

and there is a pick for the Message on the Message Board!
by antiMatter
3 days ago

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284518-near-misses-the-hingis-meltdown-part-i

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284517-near-misses-the-hingis-meltdown-part-2
by Rajat
3 days ago

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20317243,00.html

Nov 9th is way way way toooo far! :(
by clarabella
3 days ago

Rob, my 'Zone' is now up.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284148-in-the-zone-with-roger-federer-part-one

Many thanks for including me.
by Rajat
4 days ago

Hard to believe there aren't even 25 players who reached the top in the 40+ years of open era!

http://www.cbssports.com/tennis/rankings/alltime
by antiMatter
4 days ago

Cap, am already missing those 1-paras!

He published on the same match as your Zone, and earlier it could even have happened that his would push yours out of the top of the front page.

I just mentioned a possibility...
by antiMatter
4 days ago

Hee Hee, that guy is majoring in Philosophy.
by Long John
5 days ago

yea - ATP needs to explain some things to us tennis fans in general

partial treatment only cultivates negativity and mistrust
by Long John
5 days ago

He knew that letting things come out into the open for air is a good thing, and that there's no real down-side to honesty - not once you get past the uncomfortable feeling that you've allowed to world to see a part of you of which you may not be particularly proud, and which doesn't necessarily show you or your loved ones in the best light.

That's just plain wrong; you'd think someone who's always crowing about perceived "injustice" would recognize the difference between performance-enhancing and destructive, debilitating drugs that can only be called "recreational" in the most ironic way. That's why I was so happy this morning to see the Andy Murray item on the BBC website. Is it pure coincidence that Murray is Scottish, and council-housing blocks in his own nation have been notorious for the ghastly toll taken there by heroin addiction?

- Two of the best essence of life -

Loved it as always, perceptive and insightful
by Rajat
5 days ago

"But once he needed the cash, he suddenly felt compelled to clear his conscience.

Agassi’s appears to be a similar case."

yeah... right! A combined sum of over $50M in prize money is a financial crisis. Double that in endorsements, and countless more in his real estate business is a financial crisis!

Either he doesn't know what he is talking about, or this is another cheap way to get some reads.

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