Watercooler Chat: Giuliani reads The Female Fan Guide to Motorsports
I opened up the New York Times this morning and had the greatest surprise. As I'm sipping my coffee and flipping through the paper, I noticed an article about former NY Mayor and Presidential Candidate, Rudolph Giuliani on his way to a Nascar race at Daytona Beach. To my COMPLETE surprise, the article mentioned my book, The Female Fan Guide to Motorsports which Giuliani said he read in preparation for the race. For the complete article, click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/us/politics/09rudy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
On to the news of the weekend......
Tennis
After a tense 3 hour, 45 minute 5 set match, was there really any doubt that Roger Federer would pull out the win over Rafael Nadal? This is Federer’s 5th straight Wimbledon title, which ties the record set back in 1980 by Bjorn Borg. At only 25 years old, Federer is considered by many to be the best men’s player EVER. Even John McEnroe said on ESPN recently that he’s never seen a player like him.
Talking about best players EVER, Venus Williams won the women’s final (big surprise) for her 4th all time Wimbledon title. She beat Marion Bartoli 6-4, 61. Venus just makes this all seem so easy.
Indy Car Flare up
Scott Dixon won the Indy Car (open wheel) race at Watkins Glen Grand Prix, but that’s not what everyone was talking about this weekend. After the race, Tony Kanaan came over to “talk” to Sam Hornish Jr because he was upset that he bumped his car. Hornish Sr pushed Kanaan and then the fracas began as Kanaan’s team knocked the father over. According to Kanaan, he was only approaching Hornish Jr to talk about the race and never intended to get into a fight.
Tour de France
The biggest bike race has begun. I can’t really watch this on TV, but I do like to hear about who’s in the lead and every time I get on a bike, I completely appreciate and am marveled by the endurance of this grueling race. The Tour de France lasts 20 stages (plus the prologue which is a 4.9 mile race through downtown London) for a total of 2, 206 miles. Don’t worry if you missed the fact that the race is already underway. We won’t even crown a winner until the race ends on July 29th.
Floyd Landis, last year’s champ, is still trying to defend his 2006 title against claims that he used illegal drugs to win.
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Great article, Guilani reads your book. Well, it proves you can make any sport non antimidating!
let's just say i am a total geek. sometimes i watch sports and the excitement literally brings me to tears. and that is just what happened watching wibeldom.
I thought it was really neat that Venus thanked Billie Jean King for standing up to womens tennis making the PURSE equal to the mens. We deserve as much pay!
I love how Guliani read the book....that's so funny!
let's hear it for the Tour de France! Also - although it's kind of an odd sport - there's a cool documentary on PBS tomorrow night about Synchronized Swimming - I could never do it, lol but I enjoy watching it!
Good luck!