John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, James Blake and Jim Courier will play in the first-ever tennis event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., the PowerShares QQQ Cup, set for Saturday, Jan. 7 at 7:00 p.m. McEnroe will replace Andre Agassi, who withdrew due to a back injury. In a pair of one-set semifinal matches, Roddick…
As a registered dietitian, I try to keep abreast of sport/nutrition topics that may benefit my clients. Recently, I came across a study published in the Journal of American Academy Pediatrics by Amanda Weiss Kelly, M.D, which had many important points I would like to discuss in this column. A new medical condition called “Female…
As sports are becoming increasingly competitive, coaches and parents are striving to get their athletes to the highest level of competition as possible. The fear of being left behind other competitors or losing out on a college sport scholarship is causing a trend of early sport specialization. While the idea to specialize athletes at an…
Maria Sharapova returns to the court for the first time in nearly nine months when she makes her World TeamTennis Smash Hits debut on Monday, October 10, at 6:30 p.m. Pacific at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Sharapova, the popular global icon who burst onto the pro tennis scene at the age of 14, will be playing in…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced Maria Sharapova's suspension after testing positive for Meldonium to 15 months. Sharapova appealed the initial two-year suspension handed out by the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme in July, and will now be able to return to the court on April 26, 2017. “The TADP has a comprehensive and fair…
In the July/August 2016 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine, I presented a table that is pretty depressing. In 2010, Level 2 10 & Under tournaments averaged 15.6 boys and 8.8 girls per tournament. And now … 1.4 boy and 1.1 girl per tournament. In other words, you are lucky to find a…
American Venus Williams was eliminated in the first round of the China Open on Monday, as Chinese wild card Peng Shuai cruised to a 7-5, 6-1 victory over the sixth-seed. Shuai produced a late break in the opening set, and would then break Venus twice in the second set while saving the only break point…
Credit photo to Calvin Rhoden Petra Kvitova continued her lights-out play at the Wuhan Open, dismissing fourth-seed Simona Halep 6-1, 6-2 to reach the tournament’s final. Kvitova hit a blistering 28 winners to just four for Halep, and was in control of the match from the very start. She set up seven break points in…
The Massapequa Chiefs continued its unbeaten season on Thursday afternoon, defeating Valley Stream Central 5.5-1.5 in a match that had to finish early due to darkness. The final match on court was a competitive third singles contest between Massapequa’s Grace Ryan and Nazia Seelochan of Valley Stream Central, who split the first two sets 6-0,…
Romania’s Simona Halep put on a clinical performance on Thursday, rolling past American Madison Keys 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Wuhan Open semifinals. It wasn’t smooth sailing from the start, as twice Keys took the break advantage. But Halep continued to push through, converting on three break points to win the opening set. She carried…