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17 June 2011

17 June 2011, 21:56

Wimbledon Draws and Analysis, Tsonga Naked

James Waterson and Lauren Lynch report on the release of Wimbledon's draw. Venus and Serena Williams are on opposite sides of the draw and World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki could face Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals.

17 June 2011, 07:00

A journey cut short

The day he left Schenectady for his last basketball tournament, Eddie Stanley climbed into his coach's car and held out his arm. Stanley carried gym shorts and sneakers in his backpack so he'd never miss a pickup game.

13 June 2011, 19:06

AEGON & Birmingham Results, Venus Returns, Wimbledon Buzz And More

James Waterson reports on the latest news from the pre-Wimbledon warm-up events. Andy Murray became the first Briton since before World War 2 to win more than one title at London’s Queen’s Club, and Sabine Lisicki powered her way through Daniela Hantuchova to take the title in Birmingham.

13 June 2011, 14:00

Block Party

Tablet Magazine recently moved its offices to a stretch of West 28th Street in Manhattan. The new digs are in an auspicious location—the block that was once Tin Pan Alley, the historic district where George...

12 June 2011, 07:00

Horn's Tavern does casual right

Having a real restaurant in the spot, near the Brunswick Community Library and several ball fields on Route 2, seems like a major plus for the semi-rural neighborhood as well as a complement to the barbecue spot down the road.

10 June 2011, 20:06

Contest Results, Indo-Pak Express Peace Efforts, Rezai Scandal, Grass Results

Lauren Lynch reports the latest tennis news from around the world. Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and India’s Rohan Bopanna wanted a ‘Peace Match’ however the Pakistani government has refused to give clearance for the match.

08 June 2011, 17:56

Window on Eurasia: Arab Spring Leads Authoritarian Leaders in Post-Soviet Space to Look to Moscow for Support

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 8 – Even if conditions in post-Soviet Central Asia and the Caucasus are so different from those in the Arab world that a repetition of an Arab Spring there remains unlikely...

08 June 2011, 16:55

Tennis Now Twitter Roundup 06/08/2011

Sean Bradley from Tennis Now reports the latest twitter behavior from tennis stars around the world, extends some special birthday wishes, and considers stamp collecting with Victoria Azarenka. Also sounding off are Mahesh Bhupathi, Novak Djokovic, and Andrea Petkovic.

08 June 2011, 00:00

My Ramona

Beverly Cleary’s body of work shows why topicality derails great literature.

07 June 2011, 14:21

Window on Eurasia: Russian Senator’s Proposal to Restore Katorga as a Punishment Criticized

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 7 – A member of the Federation Council has called for the restoration of the tsarist-era system of katorga under which those guilty of especially serious crimes such a terrorism...

07 June 2011, 14:20

Window on Eurasia: Salafis Employ Flashmob Technique to Bring 5,000 Young Daghestanis into the Streets

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 7 – In a startling demonstration of the spread of new technologies to the North Caucasus, the leaders of the Salafi trend in Islam in Daghestan, one at odds with the dominant Sufi trend there and often associated with political radicalism...

07 June 2011, 14:19

Window on Eurasia: Non-Russians Winning ‘Memory Wars’ while Russians Still Losing Theirs, Bordyugov Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 7 – The non-Russian countries in the post-Soviet space are more or less quickly “liberating themselves from the Soviet and Imperial past,” but the Russians have not found a way ...

06 June 2011, 19:22

Rankings Changes, Grass Court Season Begins, Williams Sisters Back?

Lauren Lynch and James Waterson share the latest tennis news. Serena and Venus Williams are rumored to be on the grass courts at Eastbourne. Maria Sharapova and Li Na rose in the WTA rankings while Novak Djokovic is only 45 points behind Nadal after he got to the French Open semifinals.

06 June 2011, 12:10