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Phreaky Physics: Stacked ball drop sends top ball soaring many times height of release

Mark Peters2024-09-08T12:02:34-07:00September 9th, 2024|

Every child that’s ever bounced a super ball has inevitably tried to see just how high it could go after being thrown hard against […]

Grand Slam king Roger Federer takes his game to Central Park’s public tennis courts

Mark Peters2024-09-08T00:40:31-07:00September 8th, 2024|

Grand Slam king Roger Federer made news last year for skipping the US Open to rehab from knee surgery, but a few years ago […]

Rafael Nadal will pilot your smoking helicopter, sore wrist and all

Mark Peters2024-09-03T09:50:45-07:00September 4th, 2024|

Having Rafael Nadal as your tennis doubles partner instills supreme confidence — having him as your helicopter pilot engenders the exact opposite. In a […]

Queens of Instagram: Serena Williams, Sania Mirza, Maria Sharapova rule women’s tennis

Mark Peters2024-08-30T10:53:36-07:00August 30th, 2024|

While Serena Williams co-owns the record for consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 in the world with Steffi Graf, she is all alone when it […]

Tennis Tuesday: Top 10 rarest shots headlined by Nick Kyrgios’ deceptive crosscourt smash

Mark Peters2024-08-27T08:37:55-07:00August 27th, 2024|

Tennis history is filled with hotdogging moments, but rarely are back-to-back showoff shots seen, yet that’s what fans were treated to at the 2016 […]

Mykal-Michelle (aka Mimi) is still Serena Williams’ No. 1 ranked cutest fan by a long shot

Mark Peters2024-08-11T15:01:40-07:00August 14th, 2024|

In 2015, then 3-year-old Mykal-Michelle Harris charmingly described how her tennis game was similar to that of Serena Williams, and the video went viral. […]

Take Me Out to the Disco: Flip through our virtual bin of sports-themed music album covers

Mark Peters2024-08-02T15:18:53-07:00August 3rd, 2024|

Music and sports are inexorably intertwined. From marching bands at football games, to boxer’s walk-out music, to arena pump-up songs, the two realms of […]

Airborne Jell-O hit by tennis racket gets sliced into undulating iridescent dreadlocks

Mark Peters2024-07-31T07:29:52-07:00August 2nd, 2024|

Inspired by a Reddit post of a tennis racket slicing through Jell-O brand gelatin (generically known as jelly in England), Gavin Free and Dan […]

Greatest Of All Time: Serena Williams’ top ten totally-awesome quotes

Mark Peters2024-07-24T08:14:59-07:00July 27th, 2024|

Serena Williams’ tennis odyssey began in Compton, California at the age of three, playing alongside her sister Venus, under the tutelage of their father, […]