tsonga, in valencia. photo by kai foersterling/european pressphoto agency via nytimes.com
james blake, in basel. photo by georgios kefalas/european pressphoto agency nytimes.comwith baseball season officially over, we can now divide our leisurely attentions toward other pursuits--movies (i still haven't seen where the wild things are...and would like to see an education... up is coming out on dvd/blu-ray next week, i'm told that's a must-see?)...music (monsters of folk, anyone? i'd not heard of them, but a friend has an extra ticket to their show at the united palace on friday), tv (the mentalist--as if baseball could really divert my attention from simon baker...and....hello james franco, actor/painter/writer, and now guest-star on television's number one daytime drama, general hospital) and...other sports. like tennis. only a few more weeks left before the long season ends, so i'd do well to start paying them some mind.
some of the men are playing in valencia and basel (nadal, not in either tournament). both of the men that i've featured in the photos above are no longer "active" --tsonga pulled out of his match in valencia, with a wrist injury, and blake lost at the swiss indoors...but i like the photos, from the new york times "photo replay."
i seem to read a lot less when i'm reading a newspaper online, which is terrible--i have to re-start home delivery soon--but i really like the multimedia content, especially the slideshows. the new york times has impressed me with their sets. they'll cover the big "american" sports like baseball and football (which sometimes merit their own reportage-style gallery). but the almost-daily "photo replay" mixes in some "other" sports or "global" competitions (formula 1, european soccer, tennis, gymnastics, winter sports) and they'll take advantage of their photo resources (beyond the ap and getty) to avoid some of the duplication on other sites. just know that you have to check them out regularly--they only keep the most 8 or 9 recent slideshows up before they go in to the archive. and their archive is not fun or easy to navigate.
i also love the ny/region galleries...will post some of those another day.
