CLICHÉ ALERT: I have good news and bad news. First, the good: I have a new job title here at The Times. Starting Monday, I will be the Social Media Editor. Before you start asking the inevitable questions (“That means you’re the society writer, right?”), check out the end of this blog post for my [...]
It’s nearly a week after the fact, but oh well — I can’t possibly exclude my trip to see the Davis Cup match between the United States and Switzerland from this blog. I won’t bore you with a soliloquy on the wonders of the Davis Cup, held in scenic Birmingham, Ala. Let me tell you, though, I never would have thought the ITF could transform a dirty old arena into a dazzling tennis stadium. I’m not sure which was more impressive: The set-up or the tennis. I was fortunate enough to watch the Bryan brothers trounce Switzerland’s Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka on my birthday (March 7, for those of you who don’t know).
In the interest of brevity, I’ve broken down my Davis Cup highlights into three easy-to-digest pieces: A Flickr slide show, a set of links and a funny story.
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So … yeah. I have plenty to say but not enough time to say it in. It’s a week until Christmas and I’m not even close to being done with my shopping, I haven’t put up my outside lights yet and I have at least 10 stories I need to do for the paper before [...]
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