Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday

How did you do with this week’s question? If you answered…Roger Federer  you are correct. To date Federer who is ranked number male Tennis player in the world has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles the most in history  for any male player.  

Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday

Welcome to this week’s Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday. This week’s question involves the sport of Tennis, here is the question: The answer will be posted on Friday along with Smallthoughts: Rave of the Week and Smallthoughts: Rant of the Week.

Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday

How did you do with this week’s question? If you said …Roger Federer…you are correct. Federer has won 19 Grand Slam Titles. It is the most in Tennis history.

Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday

Welcome to this week’s Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday. Here is this week’s question: The answer will be posted on Friday along with Smallthoughts: Rant of the Week and Smallthoughts: Rave of the Week.

Smallthoughts: Rants and Raves

    Rants:Ruben Amaro Jr. Amaro’s firing wasn’t much of a surprise especially when you consider his manager quit half way through the season, Ryan Howard isn’t the same player he once was and Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins are both in Dodger uniforms, the surprise is that it took this long to send Amaro

James Blake Arrested in Case of Mistaken Identity

According to the following published report … James Blake, a former tennis star once ranked fourth in the world, was thrown to the ground and arrested by the New York City Police Department in a case of mistaken identity. The officers involved in the improper arrest are now under investigation, and Blake is seeking an

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Martina Navratilova

Billie Jean King, former World No. 1 player, said in 2006 that Navratilova is “the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived.”[4] In 2005, Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005. Tennis historian and journalist Bud Collins has called Navratilova “arguably, the greatest

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Billie Jean King

King won 39 Grand Slam titles, including 12 singles, 16 women’s doubles, and 11 mixed doubles titles. King won the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships. King often represented the United States in the Federation Cup and the Wightman Cup. She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Chris Evert

Chris Evert  is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles. She was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, and 1981. Overall Evert won 157 singles championships and 29 doubles titles. Evert

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Tracy Austin

Tracy Austin holds three Grand Slam titles, winning the women’s singles title at the US Open in 1979 and 1981, and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980. Additionally, she won the WTA Tour Championships in 1980 and the 1981 year end Toyota Championships, both in singles, before a series of injuries cut her