Monday, September 24, 2012

Jennings came down with the ball

Jennings came down with the ball. By rule, by sight and by every other metric, he should have been given an interception. But one official, with his sight obscured by a huge scrum of humanity, raised his arms for a touchdown formation and the NFL now has the controversy of the decade on its hands.

"They should give Green Bay the game is what they should do," Grudensaid. "There's no way Green Bay should fly 6,000 miles home after losing a game like this. That's what instant replay is for. I don't like the way this game ended. I have a bad taste in my mouth."



Saturday, September 8, 2012

Williams finished with nine aces

Her win over the 10th-seeded Erraniof Italy turned out exactly the way it looked beforehand on paper.

Errani spun in serves at an average of 83 mph, while Williams was consistently in the 110s.

Errani hustled from side to side, retrieving balls and trying to get into long points, while Williams stayed patient — but only as patient as she had to be — setting herself up for 38 winners against only 21 unforced errors.

Williams finished with nine aces and heads into the final with 50 for the tournament. Errani's total: Zero.

"My objective was to prolong the match as much as possible," said Errani, who did, in fact, stay out there for 1 hour, 4 minutes.