Hi JA...thanks for sending that link....love your column and the chance to pick against the Might Y. Zultan....haha....looking forward to playing the game again next season!

Hi Mr. Allen....you offered a contest to pick the NCAA bowl games challenging us to, 'beat your picks,'....I never saw the follow-up column announcing the winners - if any - could you send me the link to that follow-up column...? That would be awesome! jackdarlandjr cedar falls iowa

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I hope all your birthday dreams & wishes come true.

Hi JA,

Long time no speak. I thought I'd share with you this article about James Blake and the charity event he's holding later this month. It's for a great cause, hopefully you'll have time to give it a read or promote it to your readers.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/934508-br-interview-james-blake-speaks-about-his-foundation-and-the-tennis-community

Thanks,

Ash

Let Zultan out! Even without the competition element I'd love to see his predictions once the B1G conference games begin. I thought those articles were very clever.

Really liked your article about what a difference a year made in the Nadal Djokovic rivalry. Thought you offered interesting opinions and raised good questions for the reader to consider. If you have time, check out my article on matches Federer should have lost but managed to escape from. Thanks

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/840809-10-grand-slam-matches-that-roger-federer-should-have-lost

Hello mate! Just take a look when you are free. I would love to hear what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/787070-tennis-current-state-from-the-prespective-of-a-roger-federer-fan

Thanks J.A.. I appreciate you getting back to me. As for the game, I got good news and bad news. It is free, but I don't got any prizes. We have 7 people so far, so if you are not interested anymore that is okay. But we would really like for you to play. The way you play is you email your picks to drawchallenge@yahoo.com before each tournament . I'm going to send an email to all players who said they were going to play on Friday with all rules. First tournament is next week with Atlanta. So if you are still interested, or have any questions, please email drawchallenge@yahoo.com. If you want to play ,just email that you want to play and I'll send you the rules and other information tomorrow. But if you are too busy thats fine. Let me know. Thanks- Matt

Anyone else is invited to play too!

Dear J.A.,
I know this is a longer than long shot, but we run a US Open Series Prediction Challenge at drawchallenge.webs.com . For each of the 6 mens tournaments, you fill out a bracket by emailing them to drawchallenge@yahoo.com . We keep track of all standings and results on the website. We add up points from all of the tournaments combined to come up with a US Open Series Prediction Champion. Last year we did it and it was a lot of fun. Just to let you know, this is what a typical entry email would look like.

1st round

Kevin Anderson
Robby Ginepri
Ryan Sweeting
Janko Tipsarevic
Mardy Fish
James Blake
Xavier Malisse
Ernests Gulbis
Karol Beck
Temyuraz Gabashvili
Qualifier
Horacio Zeballos

2nd round
Andy Murray
Ernests Gulbis
Feliciano Lopez
Mardy Fish
Janko Tipsarevic
Marcos Baghdatis
Robby Ginepri
Sam Querrey

Quarterfinals

Sam Querrey
Marcos Baghdatis
Feliciano Lopez
Andy Murray

Semifinal

Marcos Baghdatis
Andy Murray

Final Andy Murray

I know you are extremely busy, but it would be very cool if someone of your stature would play. I'm sure it wouldn't take too long to send over your picks. Anyways, I'm sure your extremely busy, so thanks anyway for reading this. Matt (drawchallenge@yahoo.com)