Andy Roddick cares not about Olympic tennis
Posted on March 12th, 2008 – 12:57 PMBy Michael Rand
Our good friend Taco is famous for going on long-winded rants about things he doesn’t like. He builds up steam and, thanks to increasing swears combined with a better-than-average vocabulary, hilarity often ensues. One of his classics, that our guy Diddy always remembers, was a big screed against Olympic tennis, which closed with the line, “Who gives a rat’s [redacted] about Olympic tennis?” He has a point; Andy Roddick agrees (from the AP):
Andy Roddick won’t be going for gold this summer. The highest-ranked American tennis player is skipping the Beijing Olympics, choosing instead to focus on preparing for the U.S. Open by playing at the hard-court Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
“My goal every summer is to win the U.S. Open,” Roddick said in a statement released by Legg Mason organizers. “I have won the Legg Mason Tennis Classic three times and feel defending my title in Washington best prepares me for another Grand Slam title.”
Strike another blow for Taco, and stick a fork in Olympic tennis already.
17 Responses to "Andy Roddick cares not about Olympic tennis"
What about James Blake? Sam Querrey? Vincent Spadea? Donald Young?
Yes…looked every single one of them up in the ESPN Men’s Rankings. Never heard of anyone of them. Consider Tennis Toast.
I suppose I’ll have to start paying attention to something in the summer olympics once baseball is gone. It will NOT be syncronized swimming.
Yeah, gold medals aren’t as cool as money…
Oh wait, advertising contracts would come with winning a gold medal…
My response would be who gives a rat’s [redacted] about pro tennis? I might watch Olympic tennis, I won’t watch pro men’s tennis. Just like I’d watch gymnastics or track and field events during the olympics, but I don’t really want to see them on TV otherwise.
Women’s tennis can stay, for obvious reasons.
I was once a pro tennis player. I won $50 at a local tourney. That being said, unless you actually have played a lot of tennis it is fairly boring to watch.
Unless, like Dave said, it is the ladies playing. I’m wondering how short those skirts will go.
Rand,
Where’s our John Daly fix? You can’t make up some of the stuff that guy does.
Is Legg Mason on the ladies’ tour? She sounds hot.
So much leg, she needs two g’s, hm?
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Men play tennis?
Men don’t play tennis, Real Men play tennis!
What are those short skirts on tennis playing women all about anyway ? They are all wearing those industrial strength spanky pants underneath anyway, so if they want to liven up this deadly dull “baseline” game (like lobbing balls in the outfield), have them wear real life underwear especially since Vicky Secrets is getting out of the sex business these athletes can pick up a few fire sale thongs. I might watch…
That’s assuming that Andy Roddick is a man. I’m not sure that’s correct.
Give Roddick some respect. He’s dated the same girl as Vincent Chase.
fire sale thongs
Well, we’ve broken new ground here at RandBall Central. Shall we call it a day?
Ah, true. And Roddick didn’t almost let it ruin Aquaman.
I am Queens Boulevard
if we must call it a day though that image is certainly more warming than baseball in March, ay
Sweet, sweet vindication. The thing is, I have no idea why I got so worked up over Olympic tennis. Just don’t get me started on soccer — I’ll make Reusse’s views seem Buzz Lagos-esque by comparison.
