Let's talk tennis and nascar this wonderful July 4th weekend. NBC broadcast the Wimbledon finals and the rain-delayed Pepsi 400 at Daytona. First, a thought about the All England Club ladies semi featuring defending champ and hot-as-hell Maria Sharapova vs. Venus Williams. Miss hottie lost. Damnit! Really I'm on the fence on this one. Part of me wants hot chicks to rule womens sports. Admit it, all us guys would watch the WNBA if all the players were young and attractive. On the other hand, it's nice to see hotties not always get what they want. Kinda keeps 'em grounded. Reminds them the princess doesn't always get prince charming.
It's obvious Maria does need to do something about her serve. She needs to hit the gym, pump some iron so she can pop that serve in there with the power shown by Venus. Power is what separates the Williams sisters from all the other ladies on tour. They do run into trouble when their opponent has a great return game. Which is the other thing Maria needs to do...develop a better return. You can win tennis matches without a big serve, hell Connors is proof of that. But Jimbo had the equalizer, his return game. So Miss Hottie, bulk up a bit, find a male practice partner and just return his serve all day and you'll be back on centre court, hoisting that trophy above your head while I adore and admire your hottness from afar.
The ladies final was the longest ever at Wimbledon and the best in my opinion. What a match! Davenport had match point on Venus in the second set but couldn't put Williams away. The third set went 9-7 and Venus won her third singles title. Venus' strength and stamina were the deciding factors. At 7-7 in the third they had a 25 shot rally with Venus winning the point but from that point on it was over. Davenport was outta gas. An instant classic even non-tennis fans could appreciate.
Later in the day the Pepsi 400 was rain delayed 2 and a half hours. The race was over around 1:40 am eastern time. Am I the only one who was wondering what the hell is wrong with this picture! At what point was nascar going to throw in the towel and run the race the next day? How is the network involved in the decision? Or are they? You think execs at NBC were happy with the late-night race? They had to have been pissed as hell. How about those sponsors who paid big bucks for commercial time, think they were smiling ear to ear? Unbelievable! Nascar should have cancelled the race and let'em run it the following day. That way everyone who wanted to see it could have.
Speaking of NBC, the Pepsi 400 was the first telecast of the year for them. For some stupid reason FOX shows the first portion of the racing season then NBC takes over. I'm here to tell you NBC's coverage sucks! The camera shots aren't as good especially that one where the cars go from the bottom of the screen to the top and all we see are the backends as they enter and leave the viewing area. What the hell is that? The commentators are another story. Benny Parsons is good, Wally Dallenbach is horrible! Who is this guy? I did some research on Wally. He raced from 1991 to 2001 for a total of 226 races. He has no championships, no wins, no poles, 6 top 5's, 23 top 10's and 59 DNF's. I don't know about you but I have no respect for this guy at all. NBC doesn't need him, Parsons has enough experience and personality to carry the broadcasts. Show Wally the door! I'm gonna have a T-shirt made with that on the front.
As far as the race, Tony Stewart dominated. He set a record for leading the most laps in a 400 mile race. I watched it all since I live on the left coast, lucky me.
Thanks for reading the BBZ.....till next time I'm OUT!
It's obvious Maria does need to do something about her serve. She needs to hit the gym, pump some iron so she can pop that serve in there with the power shown by Venus. Power is what separates the Williams sisters from all the other ladies on tour. They do run into trouble when their opponent has a great return game. Which is the other thing Maria needs to do...develop a better return. You can win tennis matches without a big serve, hell Connors is proof of that. But Jimbo had the equalizer, his return game. So Miss Hottie, bulk up a bit, find a male practice partner and just return his serve all day and you'll be back on centre court, hoisting that trophy above your head while I adore and admire your hottness from afar.
The ladies final was the longest ever at Wimbledon and the best in my opinion. What a match! Davenport had match point on Venus in the second set but couldn't put Williams away. The third set went 9-7 and Venus won her third singles title. Venus' strength and stamina were the deciding factors. At 7-7 in the third they had a 25 shot rally with Venus winning the point but from that point on it was over. Davenport was outta gas. An instant classic even non-tennis fans could appreciate.
Later in the day the Pepsi 400 was rain delayed 2 and a half hours. The race was over around 1:40 am eastern time. Am I the only one who was wondering what the hell is wrong with this picture! At what point was nascar going to throw in the towel and run the race the next day? How is the network involved in the decision? Or are they? You think execs at NBC were happy with the late-night race? They had to have been pissed as hell. How about those sponsors who paid big bucks for commercial time, think they were smiling ear to ear? Unbelievable! Nascar should have cancelled the race and let'em run it the following day. That way everyone who wanted to see it could have.
Speaking of NBC, the Pepsi 400 was the first telecast of the year for them. For some stupid reason FOX shows the first portion of the racing season then NBC takes over. I'm here to tell you NBC's coverage sucks! The camera shots aren't as good especially that one where the cars go from the bottom of the screen to the top and all we see are the backends as they enter and leave the viewing area. What the hell is that? The commentators are another story. Benny Parsons is good, Wally Dallenbach is horrible! Who is this guy? I did some research on Wally. He raced from 1991 to 2001 for a total of 226 races. He has no championships, no wins, no poles, 6 top 5's, 23 top 10's and 59 DNF's. I don't know about you but I have no respect for this guy at all. NBC doesn't need him, Parsons has enough experience and personality to carry the broadcasts. Show Wally the door! I'm gonna have a T-shirt made with that on the front.
As far as the race, Tony Stewart dominated. He set a record for leading the most laps in a 400 mile race. I watched it all since I live on the left coast, lucky me.
Thanks for reading the BBZ.....till next time I'm OUT!
posted by Dave Diamond | 2:07 PM
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