I’ve been toying with the idea of returning to Cincinnati eventually, to be closer to my family but after that last story. nope, newp,nopers, no thanks, never.

Ha! I met her once, and was completely tongue tied. Super nice and relate able which I did not expect. I was madly in love after about 30 seconds.

Is Jenny Davenport a hybrid of Jennifer Capriati and Lindsay Davenport?

The “Swiss Miss” was definitely one of a kind. Will never forget her press conference after her semifinals win at the’97 US Open when told Venus was out of the court practicing she replied, “You can tell Venus I’m getting my nails done”. Her laissez-faire approach towards the sport was unlike many top players today…

Truly great doubles players are hard to come by these days. Always sad to see them go.

I feel like Kournikova and Sharapova had the focus of their respective generations... but Hingis was underrated. I’ve always been a big Hingis fan.

Very sad to hear this. She was so phenomenal in her early career, a complete player who could also run some great smak on opponents. The game changed, in some ways for the better (Williams sisters) but overall the big hitting took over and the finesse players dropped. It’s been nice to see her in doubles, she still…

Flat-out technician is right and a great phrase. The YouTube of her 1997 US Open I think it was against Venus was awesome. Her peak in Singles was great and she really should have won the calendar Grand Slam that year.

I’m surprised that Fang thinks I’d be dumb enough to communicate with any political source on my work email. That’s Journalism 101. He might need to retake that class; I’ll save him a seat when I teach it next fall.

I don’t know of (or now, care to know of) Bluestein, but Jilani & Fang are bros of a certain stripe. I blocked both ages ago but it go to the point with ZJ that I muted any mention of him or link to him because he’s such an asshole.

I’m just here for the dragging. Drag them.

Adding one:

I don’t watch Denver TV but I am guessing:

“Lexy Panterra” is a helluva name.

Pre-marital intercourse is more frightening than any serial killer to the average audience of a Tyler Perry movie

Tyler Perry is a well known homophobe, censorship supporter, and piece of shit, but drag itself isn’t transphobic or misogynistic.

So the whole purpose of the movie is to slut-shame an 18-year-old girl who just wanted to lose her virginity to the guy she likes?

I get why it’s tempting to draw parallels, but if you ever compare Ernest to Madea again ...

So far, Madea has gone to jail, saved Christmas, and been scared stupid. If Tyler Perry continues to follow the Ernest model, I would expect a trip to camp in the near future.