- Andy Roddick, arguably the best American tennis player since Andre Agassi, has announced that he will retire from the game after this year’s U.S. Open (currently taking place in New York). Roddick, a prodigious talent that had the bad luck of playing in the era of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, won the 2003 US Open for his only major victory.
- Roddick will retire ranked 20th in the world, and with 32 career titles (assuming he does not win the U.S. Open). Roddick’s success on the court is only matched by his success off the court; marrying Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker.
- He was ranked #1 in the world at 21 in 2003 after his victory at the U.S. Open but lost the ranking to Roger Federer after Federer won the 2004 Australian Open. Roddick will be remembered for a rocket serve (regularly clocked around 150 MPH), and for a memorable 2009 Wimbledon final against Roger Federer. Federer eventually defeated Roddick, but not before playing an exhausting 30 games in the 5th and final set.
- In addition to Roddick, popular women's player Kim Clijsters is also retiring after this year's U.S. Open, leaving tennis without two of the game's most engaging stars.
College football begins
- The NCAA Football season begins in full force this weekend with ranked teams playing every day from last night until Monday. South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt was the featured matchup last night and the Gamecocks survived a close call from the Commodores to win 17-13.
- There are only two games featuring multiple ranked teams this week, Boise State against Michigan State in a matchup of teams who saw superstar quarterbacks (Kirk Cousins and Kellen Moore) graduate last year and Michigan vs. Alabama in a matchup of top 8 teams.
- The AP Top 25 has USC on top of its initial poll followed by Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma and Oregon to round out the top 5. Here are the complete set of rankings. Kent State is not ranked this year and perhaps this is one reason why.
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