Do you make New Year’s resolutions? They seem to fall into that category of activity—like watching American Idol or Sex and the City—that many, many people do while simultaneously laughing off as a hopeless joke. Today, in the nick of time, the New York Times ran its annual article about the i...

As I sat on a plane in Florida yesterday, waiting for it to take off, I could dimly hear Christmas music being piped through the cabin. I tuned it out as long as I could, until I finally couldn't ignore what I was being told: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.� Now I like the time off ...

As I sat on a plane in Florida yesterday, waiting for it to take off, I could dimly hear Christmas music being piped through the cabin. I tuned it out as long as I could, until I finally couldn't ignore what I was being told: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.� Now I like the time off ...

There are greatest-ever matches, and then there are the rare matches when two of the greatest players of all time face each other. They’re rare because the only way to be remembered as a Goat—“greatest of all time�—is to build up a double-digit Slam résumé, which means there can be only ...

There are greatest-ever matches, and then there are the rare matches when two of the greatest players of all time face each other. They’re rare because the only way to be remembered as a Goat—“greatest of all time�—is to build up a double-digit Slam résumé, which means there can be only ...

It’s an odd time for a Martina Hingis retrospective. At the moment, our vision of her is colored—tainted—by her recent, mysteriously sudden second retirement after a positive cocaine test. Maybe these two clips will help put her back in perspective. More than with any of the other players I’...

It’s an odd time for a Martina Hingis retrospective. At the moment, our vision of her is colored—tainted—by her recent, mysteriously sudden second retirement after a positive cocaine test. Maybe these two clips will help put her back in perspective. More than with any of the other players I’...

As far as U.S fans are concerned, Boris Becker and Pete Sampras had a stealth rivalry. While they played 19 times, with Sampras winning 12 of those matches, all but two took place in Europe. And most were during the fall indoor season, which is the least-watched part of the year in the States. Make ...

As far as U.S fans are concerned, Boris Becker and Pete Sampras had a stealth rivalry. While they played 19 times, with Sampras winning 12 of those matches, all but two took place in Europe. And most were during the fall indoor season, which is the least-watched part of the year in the States. Make ...

In what other line of business can you go from promising rookie at 15 to the peak of your career at 19? In this sense, women’s tennis is like nothing else I can think of, for better and for worse. Its fan base seems at least partly drawn by the surreal spectacle of seeing teenage superathlete diva...