First, the Championships Wimbledon wrapped up with the battle of the top 2 seeded players in the tournament. Roger Federer, the undisputed "king of grass" and number one seed from Switzerland, took on Rafael Nadal, the number 2 seed and a cocky punk from Spain. It was a good match, but in the end the better man one (and I mean "better" both in the sense that his tennis game was better, and his general attitude was way better); Federer defeated Nadal in four sets: 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 6-3. This win makes Roger Federer the third man in history to win four straight Wimbledon titles (alongside Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras). It also marks 48 consecutive wins on grass. Federer will turn 25 on August 8th. His career is just beginning.
Next, and this is a mix of good news and bad news, I guess. Italy beat France in the World Cup finals. My feelings for the French in general aside, Italy was the better team (once again both in play and in attitude). So I was excited when gli Azzurri thwarted Les Bleus in their attempt to win another world title. I am very disappointed, however, that FIFA awarded the "Golden Ball" award for the best player of the tournament to Zinedine Zidane, who was forced to leave the final match by way of a red card for headbutting one of the Italian players in the chest.
There has been lots of sports to pay attention to this summer. Now that the World Cup and Wimbledon are over, I can keep track of what's going on with the Tour de France for the rest of the month. Then I can give baseball its due after the All-Star split and get into the U.S. Open a little. My only sadness is that I don't know that I'll be able to watch LSU football this fall in Boston. Very sad, indeed.
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