Also in this week’s mailbag: assessing Coco Gauff’s 2022 season and some more pickleball talk.
Hey everyone:
• From the naked self-promotion department….Inspired by Strokes and of Genius and the Federer/Nadal rivalry, we have a new sports doc series on rivalry debuting next month. First episode: Ohio State/Michigan. (JK Simmons steals the shows as narrator.) Here’s a link. Check your local listings, as they say.
• This week’s book recommendation: Jeff Pearlman on the Last Folk Hero.
Onward…
A Few Thoughts to Start
We had a lot of questions this week about Simona Halep, her positive drug test, her pre-emptive ban, and her curious year overall.