Tennis – Catch–22 Review

A Quixotic Waxwing, or Rafael Nadal in Spain

May 3rd, 2012 By Stefano Gulizia Leave a Comment

Rafael Nadal: the powerful and quixotic master of clay-court tennis.

Filed Under: Essays Tagged With: Barcelona Open, David Ferrer, Guillermo Vilas, Rafael Nadal, Tennis, Waxwing

Character-Acting and Buzzing in Sports

April 27th, 2012 By Stefano Gulizia Leave a Comment

Where Heidegger plays basketball, the New York marina is a concert of seagulls, and an athlete runs under the red rain of Chernobyl.

Filed Under: Essays Tagged With: 1920s, Albert Einstein, Alberto Cova, Arrigo Sacchi, Baseball, Basketball, Bayern Munich, Buzz, Character-Acting, Charles Henry Bennett, Charles Ives, Chernobyl, Coaching, Cycling, Fabio Capello, Hoboken, Hudson River, Jersey City, Jose Mourinho, Lance Armstrong, Olympic Games, Orson Welles, Pep Guardiola, Tennis, Winslow Homer

The Hypochondria of Miloslav Mečíř

March 20th, 2012 By Stefano Gulizia 2 Comments

The Hypochondria of Miloslav Mečíř, or tennis and Mitteleuropa.

Filed Under: Long Reads Tagged With: Bjorn Borg, Cold War, Czechoslovakia, Hamlet, Hypochondria, Indolence, Ivan Lendl, Miloslav Mečíř, Stefan Edberg, Tennis, Touch, Wimbledon, Yannick Noah

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