Posts by Reeves Wiedeman

September 12, 2013
What's the Matter With Kansas (Football)?

The long road ahead for Charlie Weis and the Jayhawks.
August 29, 2013
The Once and Future King

Can Juan Martin del Potro — or anyone else — join tennis’s Big Four?
August 2, 2012
What If the 2012 Olympics Had Been in New York?

Examining the pipe dreams and real accomplishments of the city’s failed bid.
July 31, 2012
What if the 2012 Olympics had been in New York?

Why a dazzling generation of French players can’t win at Roland Garros.
June 7, 2012
The Nouvelle Vague of French Tennis

Why a dazzling generation of French players can’t win at Roland Garros.
May 31, 2012
Novak Djokovic’s New Duds

I’m in Paris for the first time, and I was given one piece of advice to help me fit in: Don’t wear shorts. Europeans don’t, which means doing so is a surefire way to be pegged as a tourist. This is generally but not entirely true. The crowds at the French Open, in Roland Garros, […]
May 31, 2012
Americans in Paris

I’ve attended just a handful of sporting events outside the U.S. — rugby and cricket in Cape Town, soccer in Ghana — but never one where everyone was rooting against my guy. (Yeah, I know: No cheering in the press box.) In Paris, “Come on, Isner!” is replaced by “Oi, Arnaud.” There is one French […]
May 30, 2012
The View From Paris on the NBA Playoffs

“Il y aura au moins un Francaise en finale NBA puisque la finale de la conference Est opposera le Boston de Mickael Pietrus au Miami de Ronny Turiaf. Il y en aura pour-etre trois puisque le vainquerur de cette confrontation pourrait y retrouver les San Antonio Spurs de Tony Parker et Boris Diaw qui afrontent […]
September 1, 2011
The Next John McEnroe

Is Ryan Harrison the future of American men’s tennis?
July 6, 2011
Tennis on the Radio

The official radio station of Wimbledon adds a strange, charming touch to The Championships.