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08/31/2008 - Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning four-time champion Roger Federer eased into the fourth round of the 2008 U.S. Open on Sunday, defeating Radek Stepanek in straight sets.
The second-seeded Swiss won the match 6-3, 6-3, 6-2, extending his tournament winning streak to 30 straight victories. Federer, a 12-time grand slam champion, hasn't lost here since the fourth round back in 2003.
Federer had been ranked No. 1 in the world since February 2004 before being supplanted at the top by reigning Wimbledon, four-time French Open and Olympic titlist Rafael Nadal on August 18.
Meanwhile, fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko was a third-round winner in straight sets Sunday.
The Russian star defeated his fellow countryman and 26th-seeded Dmitry Tursunov 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Davydenko, seeking a third straight trip to the U.S. Open semifinals, advances to the fourth round.
Andy Roddick, the 2003 title winner here, did not experience the same trouble he had in the second round of the tournament, as the No. 8 seed handled 31st- ranked Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4).
In other matches, unseeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg upset 18th-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6), 7-5, and another highly-ranked player, 13th-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain, was quickly ousted by Russia's Igor Andreev 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
<< Phillies prove they're Werthy with win over Cubs
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jayson Werth homered and doubled to drive in
three runs for the Phillies, who earned a split in the four-game series with a
5-3 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Ryan Howard had three hits with a run batte
<< Dolphins extend Ricky Williams through 2009
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Miami Dolphins gave running back Ricky
Williams a one-year contract extension through the 2009 season Sunday.
Williams returned to the NFL last season after being reinstated by
commissioner
<< Rams finish cuts, trim Gradkowski and 12 more
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Rams made their final necessary
cuts on Saturday, releasing 12 players, including quarterback Bruce Gradkowski
to reach the 53-player maximum.
Gradkowski, an 11-game starter as a member of t
<< Report: Giants ink former first-rounder McDougle
Newark, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Unable to coax Michael Strahan out of
retirement, the New York Giants have reportedly added recently cut defensive
end Jerome McDougle, formerly of division rival Philadelphia.
The Newark Star-Ledg
Braves call up C Miller among September roster moves >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves announced several roster
moves that will occur prior to Tuesday's game against the Florida Marlins as
MLB rosters expand in September.
The Braves will purchase the contracts of catc
Gwynn highlights September callups for Brewers >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Brewers announced their
September callups on Sunday, 10 players highlighted by outfielder Tony Gwynn,
the son of the Hall-of-Fame outfielder for the San Diego Padres.
Gwynn, 25, was hi
Weir reclaims Deutsche Bank lead >>
Norton, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Weir narrowly missed carding a 59 on
Friday, but his four-under 67 Sunday gave him a one-shot lead after three
rounds of the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Weir's three-day total of 17-under-par
Rays acquire infielder Velandia from Tribe >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays acquired infielder
Jorge Velandia from the Cleveland Indians for cash considerations on Sunday.
Through 174 games over parts of eight seasons, Velandia has a .189 batting
averag
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
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