The 2010 French Open, WWE Event, and Running barefoot??

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal appear to be on a collision course at this year's French Open. Sound familiar tennis fans?! Both players are in top form and I suspect the Final will be another epic battle of these European warriors. A special shout-out to Robbie Ginepri, the lone American man left in this year's draw. He had a great win yesterday against former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero. Keep on rockin Robbie! This year's best French Open apparel goes to Roger Federer, love the color combos and those shoes are freakin sweet!!

I recently purchased four tickets to the upcoming WWE event at the Roanoke Civic Center. While the cost was a little steep it's a great chance to heckle some of the greatest athletes in the world, not to mention my lovely wife is going to accompany me and watching her will be just as fun. A good friend of mine will also be in attendance and he is guaranteed to say something outrageous to each wrestler that crosses our path.........I'm not bailing him out though! :)

The most recent episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumble had a story about the benefits of running barefoot. At first, my reaction was why do you want to tear up your feet? But upon further review I'm now in favor. The data indicated that over a period of time today's runner takes advantage of the comfort of running shoes and alters their form because of it. This creates an un-natural running style and will result in more pounding and injuries as you age. Several companies have designed a very thin running shoe that I'm going to try out. I'll get back to you once I try them! Happy Memorial Day and please remember to thank all of our troops and vets!!

The Building of a Program indeed!!!

Comcast sports network aired the first episode of the ground breaking new series "Virginia Football: The Building of a Program" on Monday evening. The honesty of the show was astounding and the inclusion of the famous guy in the glass poem was a ghastly reminder of the pain the program, the fans, students, an alumni felt as the Groh era mercifully ended.

After Al Groh backed up the Wells Fargo truck to Scott Stadium to collect his multi-million dollar buyout for those impressive three wins last year it was time for the power brokers to pick his successor. Plenty of names were thrown out there and everybody had their favorite and a reason why, but Mike London was the pick and a helluva pick it was! In his first few months on the job his number one objective was hitting the delete button repeatedly.

He deleted the negative image of UVA to the VHSL Coaching Staffs. He deleted the one voice of the program media relations nightmare. He deleted the "you're in my doghouse" attitude that destroyed many a young player's confidence. He deleted the Al Groh ERROR.....I mean ERA and it's about damn time!

The expectation level is middle of the road as it should be, but I've seen all i need to see to let me know this was the man for the job. I am extremely excited about seeing all 18 episodes and can only hope that there aren't any State Politicians out there who will say that this show hurts the economy of Southwest Virginia!!!