Stop, thief!

Spanish media story about the stolen watch:

I still wonder if anyone has an valid sources on the story…can a Spanish speaker clue me in?

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2 Sep 2010 | by miri | 11 Comments

USO: Are you ready?

It’s almost here…latest Tennis Channel promo:

27 Aug 2010 | by miri | 18 Comments

RafaLint: August 27th

Some bits and pieces – first up, stuff about the Nike Primetime Knockout event:

Footage from the interview session
ITN report – with standard footage used in most coverage
Marca coverage – see, same footage

USO practice stuff:

Nice photos #1
Nice photos #2
Practice Vid

USO draw talk:

Wertheim’s take
Draw leaves unsettled atmosphere
Analyzing the U.S. Open Draw
This could be Nadal’s year at U.S. Open
Tignor’s breakdown

27 Aug 2010 | by miri | 21 Comments

USO: Primetime Knockout report

Every year I try to prepare myself for two weeks of sleep deprivation during the US Open, but I always forget to account for the events even before the tournament. Last night marked my earliest start of the US Open.

About a week and a half ago I noticed a Nike viral campaign for the Primetime Knockout. To try and get tickets, I made my way to Niketown last Friday and Sunday, encouraging my friends and boyfriend to do the same. After trudging

26 Aug 2010 | by SapphireSwell | 9 Comments

USO: Nike Primetime Knockout photos

Some photos from the pros below, but check out our own SapphireSwell’s photos on flickr – she braved the rain twice to try and get tickets to the event and was successful! I so love the photo of Rafa serving.

Photos by Al Bello/Getty Images for Nike and AP Photo/Craig Ruttle

25 Aug 2010 | by miri | 31 Comments

Nike Primetime Knockout streaming

There will be a live stream of the Nike Primetime Knockout promotional even here. Rafa will be participating and the event/streaming is set to start at 8pm EST.

25 Aug 2010 | by miri | 10 Comments

Campeones Del Mundo

(With apologies to our friends in the Netherlands.)

Ready to show your love for Spain’s win in the World Cup? Nike has created a special edition t-shirt celebrating the win. Here’s the shirt for sale on the US Nike site. Reset your language/location to find the closest distributor to you.

(Found on Down the Line!.)

14 Jul 2010 | by miri | 15 Comments

RafaLint: July 13th

Some random Rafa related bits. First, thanks to Atch2 for tweeting this article about Rafa’s new strings.

Brad Gilbert, the former coach of Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, likens it to an equipment upgrade in golf, especially in the case of Nadal.

“If everybody is hitting 350 (yards) and you’re hitting 300 it is a disadvantage,” Gilbert says. “Now he’s hitting 350, but he’d still be winning with old strings. He’s just gone modern technology, and I think that’s helping.”

“Obviously it’s helping, but it’s not

14 Jul 2010 | by miri | 14 Comments

Technogym – now with English captions

The Technogym people have updated their promo video with Rafa to include English subtitles:

Posted by TechnogymSpa.

8 Jul 2010 | by miri | 7 Comments

Technogym

Promotional video for Technogym featuring Rafa working out and making a few comments:

Sadly, the video seems to cut off prematurely…

Posted by TechnogymSpa.

8 Jun 2010 | by miri | 15 Comments