It’s awards season, so we have decided to hand out our very own awards for best and worst performances on the tennis tours. We reviewed a #Fedal season on the ATP tour…
Seeing Federer Capture his 8th Wimbledon
I am not a sports fan, I am a tennis fan. More specifically, I am a live tennis fan. So, while I will occasionally pull up a stream to watch my favorites…
Maria Sharapova’s Ban Reduced
I am on a break from writing. However, I continue to talk tennis with the gang on the RealzTenisFanz Podcast. Our latest episode is Episode 71: Life with our Gurl Meldonium The Gang reacts…
Kamau Murray – Sending Minority Kids to College with Tennis Scholarships
The Realz Gang interviewed Kamau Murray, President/CEO of XS Tennis, Executive Director of XSTEF, and coach of American tennis player, Sloane Stephens. We talked about his push to send minority students to college on tennis…
Anti-doping in Tennis and Sports with Richard Ings
The Realz Gang and our guest, Richard Ings, sat down for a long interview on current anti-doping efforts in tennis and sports, the challenge of WADA, and the relationship between match-fixing, gambling,…
Podcast #47: Miami Sizzle II
The Realz Gang and Guest named our top 6 players on the ATP tour. Listen in as we defend our picks to each other! Let us know your top 6 in the…
Confronting Male Tennis Player Privilege
Former tennis player, Raymond Moore resigned as CEO and tournament director at Indian Wells on Monday morning, March 21st in the wake of pushback from controversial comments he made during a breakfast…
Serena Williams is Tennis Sportsperson of the Year
I’ve been thinking about the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (SOY). The list of twelve nominees is here. Sports Illustrated will make its announcement on Tuesday, December 14th, 2015. For now,…
A Die-Hard Federer Fan Makes a First Time Visit to the ATP World Tour Finals
It began as a whispered thought: “you should try to go to London for the World Tour Finals”. At the time, the ATP had not announced plans to extend the tournament’s time…
Singapore 2015 – Tourism and Tennis at the WTA Finals
Traveling alone can be a scary thought, especially if you’re a newbie (like me!). Going all the way to the other side of the world to a country you really don’t know…
Serena Williams, Intersectionality, and Body Image
It has been a very busy week on our podcast. I reached out to Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times to invite him to sit down with the gang and unpack…
Reviewing Wimbledon 2015
Another Wimbledon has come and gone. We saw Serena Williams capture her 21st major with a competitive straight sets win over Garbine Muguruza. Then Novak Djokovic defended his Wimbledon crown by taking…
Welcome to Wimbledon 2015
It’s one of my favorite times of the tennis calendar year. Wimbledon 2015 has arrived and it has brought us many good things already. Namely, a resurgent Venus Williams who doled out…