ACES: The ATP No. 1 Club Arrived at the Worst Possible Time
Some movie releases arrive at exactly the right moment. Others seem to have somehow chosen the release date when their target audience has the leastRead More
Chris & Martina: The Final Set Is One of the Best Tennis Documentaries
Some sports documentaries simply recount history. The best of this genre illuminates something much larger than sport. Chris & Martina: The Final Set unquestionably belongs in theRead More
Rafa: A Review of the Netflix Documentary
Rafael Nadal is one of the most documented athletes in modern sports. His matches have been dissected, his routines analyzed, his rivalries chronicled, and hisRead More
Goolagong, a dramatization that sent me back to the sources
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation recently released a three-episode dramatization focused on Evonne Goolagong Cawley. The series is not a documentary but rather a dramatization basedRead More
Tennis Books Coming in 2026
Every January, I take some time to sketch out a tentative reading map for the year ahead. It is a small ritual that helps meRead More
Break Point (2014 Movie)
Break Point (2014) currently has an audience score of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, which falls below my usual threshold for investing time in a movie. However,Read More
Julie Keeps Quiet
After spending the past five years scouring the headlines of nearly every tennis news story that crosses the wires each week, I have become convincedRead More
Who is Stan Smith?
Who Is Stan Smith? is much more than a biographical portrait of a tennis legend. It is a documentary that captures a man whose quiet strength,Read More
Althea (2014 Rex Miller Documentary)
I recently had the opportunity to screen the Rex Miller 2014 documentary, Althea, as a part of the Friday night entertainment at a recent USTA TexasRead More
Spend Out: This is why we have nice things
Throughout 2025, I’ve been working on a monthly series inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project, a book that explores how intentional actions can incrementallyRead More
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