SI.com: Jon Wertheim http://si.com?eref=writers SI.com is the league leader in original in-depth coverage of professional, local, college and international sports. And we're updated continuously, delivering the level of rich in-depth coverage Sports Illustrated fans demand, at the speed of CNN. en-us © 2009 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:30:49 EST 10 SI.com: Jon Wertheim http://si.com?eref=writers http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/1.0/misc/logo.rss.gif 96 36 SI.com is the league leader in original in-depth coverage of professional, local, college and international sports. And we're updated continuously, delivering the level of rich in-depth coverage Sports Illustrated fans demand, at the speed of CNN. Jon Wertheim: Agassi's anecdotes compel most http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/11/03/agassi.meth/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/11/03/agassi.meth/index.html?eref=writers I'm sure you're slammed with questions about Andre Agassi's admission of drug use and his lying to the ATP about the reasons for a positive test. Whether he should or shouldn't have written about this aside, what effect does this have on his legacy? This is, after all, a guy with a positive image who we now know probably should have been suspended. -- Nitin Arora, Tuscaloosa, Ala. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ypNKOk51m7mUidk2Z0BGBUl0PPw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ypNKOk51m7mUidk2Z0BGBUl0PPw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ypNKOk51m7mUidk2Z0BGBUl0PPw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ypNKOk51m7mUidk2Z0BGBUl0PPw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/unBCUQQV1Gw" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:30:23 EST Jon Wertheim: What motivated Agassi to reveal meth use? http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/11/02/agassi/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/11/02/agassi/index.html?eref=writers A few thoughts from the tennis world ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BUa-1DKPJWoJ2F49GEpHxTf4gn4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BUa-1DKPJWoJ2F49GEpHxTf4gn4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BUa-1DKPJWoJ2F49GEpHxTf4gn4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BUa-1DKPJWoJ2F49GEpHxTf4gn4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/HVD1Pf7_MEg" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:18:33 EST Jon Wertheim: Agassi's autobiography more than just drug admission http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/30/andre.agassi/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/30/andre.agassi/index.html?eref=writers SI.com caught up with senior writer Jon Wertheim to discuss the contents of Andre Agassi's autobiography, Open. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CWZj6SG_j-kTSZLQLUhypiUli1w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CWZj6SG_j-kTSZLQLUhypiUli1w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CWZj6SG_j-kTSZLQLUhypiUli1w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CWZj6SG_j-kTSZLQLUhypiUli1w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/m0XGG3xFqLY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:30:03 EDT Jon Wertheim: Serena impressive in her own right http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/28/serena.men/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/28/serena.men/index.html?eref=writers Be sure to check out Andre Agassi's revealing autobiography excerpt in this week's Sports Illustrated. I'll be taking all questions on the must-read next week. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Iyjjg2fA-oMeXQTbl3IwzLDxZyc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Iyjjg2fA-oMeXQTbl3IwzLDxZyc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Iyjjg2fA-oMeXQTbl3IwzLDxZyc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Iyjjg2fA-oMeXQTbl3IwzLDxZyc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/s5BkQQKr_Hc" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:11 EDT Jon Wertheim: Exhibitions a problem of perception http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/21/exhibitions/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/21/exhibitions/index.html?eref=writers Are you really equating a couple of sets of exhibition tennis to the demands of a long tour season? -- Henry Brito, Atlanta <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FK7v7gsipDVtRrf1Lrwj-rYmfJ4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FK7v7gsipDVtRrf1Lrwj-rYmfJ4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FK7v7gsipDVtRrf1Lrwj-rYmfJ4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FK7v7gsipDVtRrf1Lrwj-rYmfJ4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/ncLsx51RLVk" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:30 EDT Jon Wertheim: Wozniacki 'scandal' should serve as end to on-court coaching http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/26/oncourt.coaching/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/26/oncourt.coaching/index.html?eref=writers A few thoughts from the tennis world ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dqCdvFCQ6YNwzseacKEwJooatno/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dqCdvFCQ6YNwzseacKEwJooatno/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dqCdvFCQ6YNwzseacKEwJooatno/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dqCdvFCQ6YNwzseacKEwJooatno/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/LubuQdppToU" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:47:46 EDT Jon Wertheim: The man trying to bring NFL back to L.A. http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/22/nfl.la/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/22/nfl.la/index.html?eref=writers The windowless suite on the second floor of the Pacific Palms, a resort 20 miles east of Los Angeles, is prosaically named the NFL Presentation Room. In this sterile bunker, decorated with maps, charts, schematics, architectural models and a wall-mounted flat screen tuned to the NFL Network, Southern California real estate developer Ed Roski greets visitors and lays out his plan to build a gleaming pro football stadium a few miles down the road, where the 57 and 60 freeways intersect in the City of Industry. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RCV_rFguX5VeX1b18iQ54R95xY4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RCV_rFguX5VeX1b18iQ54R95xY4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RCV_rFguX5VeX1b18iQ54R95xY4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RCV_rFguX5VeX1b18iQ54R95xY4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/BTNP6s0Wcxg" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:15:42 EDT Jon Wertheim: Anticlimactic feeling comes with season's end for players, fans http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/19/schedule.falloff/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/19/schedule.falloff/index.html?eref=writers A few thoughts as tennis takes its annual autumnal tumble off the radar ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uwamzgb_nZexTAeY0-Rsbpgdxso/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uwamzgb_nZexTAeY0-Rsbpgdxso/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uwamzgb_nZexTAeY0-Rsbpgdxso/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uwamzgb_nZexTAeY0-Rsbpgdxso/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/nvZQwIzqmF0" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:51:04 EDT Jon Wertheim: No place for Clijsters in season finale http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/14/clijsters.schedule/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/14/clijsters.schedule/index.html?eref=writers Any chance that the WTA extends an invite to Mrs. Lynch for the Sony Ericsson Championships? The rules seem to allow for it, and with Fila signing on this week as the championships' official clothing sponsor, it seems everything could be falling in place for us to get one last look at Mrs. Lynch in the '09 season. -- Karl Miller, Phoenixville, Pa. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RX9J5IFfBmrzmOk2gWjSH3F8kIc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RX9J5IFfBmrzmOk2gWjSH3F8kIc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RX9J5IFfBmrzmOk2gWjSH3F8kIc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RX9J5IFfBmrzmOk2gWjSH3F8kIc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/i7G96jRxJaY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:13:15 EDT Jon Wertheim: WTA Tour compellingly unpredictable http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/12/wta.nadal/index.html?eref=writers http://si.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/10/12/wta.nadal/index.html?eref=writers A few thoughts as the season winds to an end ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cl8wl0TJM38oBB5YqJHBAHiIryM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cl8wl0TJM38oBB5YqJHBAHiIryM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cl8wl0TJM38oBB5YqJHBAHiIryM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cl8wl0TJM38oBB5YqJHBAHiIryM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_jon_wertheim/~4/dDu2JK19ZCE" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:09:32 EDT