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The old rivals turned ugly when Agassi mocked Sampras’ alleged stinginess Friday night in the charity match.  Pete could have come back hard by miming a deep inhalation of crystal meth.  Pete wasn’t about to take a sleazy shot, but it would have taken the smile off Andre’s face.  Pete will always have the last [...]

From Pete Sampras’ win in the 1990 U.S. Open to Andre Agassi’s win in New York in 1999, American men won 21 of the 40 Grand Slams of the decade.  The following ten-year stretch started strong, with Sampras, Aggasi and Andy Roddick combining for six more through September 2003.  However, since Roddick’s U.S. Open win seven years ago, only Andy has come [...]

When Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal step onto the red clay of Court Phillippe Chatrier on Sunday, Federer’s claim to be the greatest of all time—the GOAT, as Peter Bodo calls it—hangs in the balance. Because while this debate is one that will never have a definitive answer, I believe a player can only claim [...]