Sam Querrey

The Rundown: Fashion-Forward

It’s the weekend to wear white in honor of the Wimbledon finals. Just make sure you plan your undergarments accordingly to avoid a situation like a few Wimbledon players.

 

Sports are always in fashion,

The Last Night’s Game Team  

Wimbledon

  • Fashion faux pas. As we mentioned in this week’s Five Things To Know, players at Wimbledon are required to wear all white, skivvies included. In an awkward dress code enforcement situation, a men’s double team was forced to change their underwear before a match.
  • One for the books. Venus Williams has advanced to the Wimbledon finals on Saturday where she will take on Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza. Williams will be playing for her sixth Wimbledon championship. If Williams wins, the 37-year-old will be the oldest woman to win in the Open era.
  • Reaching for the stars. Roger Federer and Sam Querrey are both playing in the semifinals this morning (in different matches). Querrey is the first American to advance this far in the tournament since 2009. On the other hand, if Federer makes it to the finals on Sunday, he will play for his record eighth Wimbledon title.

College Football

A fearless pioneer. Kansas State football player Scott Frantz has come out as gay. Franz decided to speak out because wanted to "reach out to all the other kids who are just like me." He came out to his teammates and coaches last year and said “I’ve never felt so loved and so accepted ever in my life than when I did that.”

While it’s hard to believe this is news in 2017, there has still never been an openly gay player to play in a regular season NFL (National Football League) game.

Overtime

  • Things have gotten a little out of hand at the press tour stops for the Floyd Mayweather (boxing) vs. Conor McGregor (UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship) fight in August. Yesterday, while fans taunted Mayweather about paying his taxes (he owes a reported $22 million), McGregor took it too far using racial slurs and other degrading language.

Sideline stat

  • Forbes released its annual list of most valuable sports franchises. The Dallas Cowboys (NFL) tackle first place, worth $4.2 billion. The New York Yankees (MLB - Major League Baseball) are in second at $3.7 billion. They are followed by international soccer powerhouses Manchester United ($3.69 billion) and FC Barcelona ($3.64 billion). How much is your favorite team worth? Find out.

Coaches’ corner

  • What is the ‘Open era’ in tennis? The Open era is when the four Grand Slam tournaments opened up to professional players, not only amateurs, in 1968. Players who travel tournaments and claim prize money are considered professionals.

5 Thought-Provoking Things To Know About Wimbledon

The Grand Slam tournament is in full swing so put on your Wimbledon whites to volley the tennis conversation at work, at home or while you’re out at happy hour.

 

See you on centre court,

The Last Night’s Game Team

 

PS – In case you’re not into tennis, we have the other trending topics below for you as well. For the win!

Five Thought-Provoking Things To Know About Wimbledon

  • Unlike the clay courts you might play on, the courts at Wimbledon are grass. As you can imagine the grass is slippery and as play continues the grass begins to wear down, causing the ball to have an unpredictable bounce. (Notice the dead grass when you watch a match). Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam Tournament (one of four during the season) that is played on grass.
  • Like a famous Diddy party, you must wear white to play. (Is it P. Diddy? Puff Daddy now? Who can keep track?) All players are required to wear white to participate. You may remember the controversial white Nike dress from last year’s tournament. So far this year is without a Fashion Police incident.
  • The traditional food of Wimbledon may not coincide with your white attire, but while you’re there you can tuck into some traditional strawberries and cream or a Pimm’s Cup cocktail. Don’t worry there’s also afternoon tea, a tradition since 1877.  
  • Nothing ruins your day or your match like a little bird poop. Well you don’t have to worry about that at Wimbledon either. Rufus is a specially trained hawk that keeps other birds off of the courts. (Seriously, have they thought of everything)?
  • Everyone’s been fighting for it but Wimbledon has it figured out. No, not faster internet - equal pay. Both the male and female winners of the tournament take home the same amount in prize money - $2.8 million.  

Overtime

  • The four-city press tour began yesterday for the late August fight between Floyd Mayweather (boxer) and Conor McGregor (UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship). As you can imagine there was a lot of trash talk between the two with f-bombs flying around like confetti and talk about “Money” Mayweather’s inability to pay his $22.2M tax bill. We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention McGregor’s suit featuring pinstripes containing a word that rhymes with duck.

Sideline stat

  • The American League took home the win in last night’s MLB (Major League Baseball) All-Star Game. The fifth win in a row for the American League featured some magnificent at bats and a player stopping the game for a photo with an umpire. The Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Canó took home the game’s MVP honors.

Coaches’ corner

  • A few other points about the current play in Wimbledon.
    • Venus Williams made her Wimbledon debut a few months before her last competitor, Jelena Ostapenko, was born. Williams won the match and now advances to the semifinals. 
    • It’s been 17 years since an American man has won Wimbledon. Sam Querrey is our best hope and he’s playing today against England’s Andy Murray.
 

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