The NFL only guaranteed the first year of its commitment to domestic violence caring.

I don’t know where I was for that, then. Worse: I looked this up and just blew right by it. Preconceived notions, I guess.

No, that won’t happen until 2053, at which point Roger will lose in the quarterfinals and everyone will declare that he’s “done”.

I don’t think Nadal at his best is necessarily better than Federer at his best. It’s just that WATCHING Nadal at his best is more impressive to the eye, because he’s obviously a complete beast. Federer is every bit as much a beast, but it doesn’t LOOK beastly. The fluidity of his movements hides the fact that he was…

“The GOAT discussion is not zero-sum.”

Wouldn’t you also argue that 23-14 is misleading, since they played 15 times on clay? And yes, Nadal owned him on clay. But Nadal owned everyone on clay and historically only Borg could compare. Not saying Rafa doesn’t have the statistical advantage over Roger, but it’s not enough to discount Roger being the GOAT.

When choosing the GOAT of a sport, I ask myself: whose career would I most like to have? In this case, it’s clearly Federer for me. Suggesting that Rafa’s clay dominance either negates Fed’s GOAT status or precludes a GOAT altogether is like saying a shooting guard can’t be basketball’s GOAT because a HOF forward had…

Nadal won the Australian in 2009.

One reason for the disparity in head to head is surfaces. Roger is 12-10 on grass/hard, while Nadal is 13-2 on clay. So I think you have to take that into account. But damn, I love both these guys.

Nadal has won Australia. He has a career slam.

The debate between Federer and Nadal basically boils down to which type of dominance you assign the most weight to. Federer had a well-rounded dominance across all surfaces (dominating everyone on non-clay surfaces and dominating everyone but Nadal on clay), and Nadal didn’t have that. On the other hand, the extent of…

Not only did he not drop a set, at no point during the entire tournament was he down a break.

Well, unless you consider a player crying during a changeover to be uneventful. When McEnroe said, “If you’re crying in your chair, I guess the good news is, it can’t really get any worse,” I know he wasn’t trying to be mean but that was some excellent announcing.

Best athlete of all time? I think so.

27-2 this year and undefeated in majors and Masters Series events at age 35. There will never be a better player in men’s Tennis.