The LG Skins Game, a Thanksgiving weekend tradition for almost 30 years, appears to be the latest victim of the downturn in the economy. Organizers of the popular event that marks the end of the PGA season, say they plan to resume the tournament in 2010.

The Skins Game is unique in that prize money is awarded for every hole and in that only four golfers are invited to participate. The total prize money available is $1 million, with $25,000 awarded to the winner of holes 1-6, $50,000 for holes 7-12, $70,000 for holes 13-17, and $200,000 for the winner of …read more

This is going to be one great day of men’s tennis at the Indian Wells Tournament . We will see some of the best of the best play each other.

On Friday, March 20 , Andy Roddick defeated Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-2 and will face No.1 Rafael Nadal today in the semifinals. This is a match I am looking forward to! This would be Nadal’s third win at Indian Wells in three years. He reached the semifinals by defeating Juan Martin del Potro 6-2, 6-4.
Roger Federer will face Andy Murray today in the other semifinal. Again, this is a match …read more

It took about three hours, but Rafael Nadal advanced to the Indian Wells quarterfinals after defeating David Nalbandian . Nadal fought off give match points to win the game3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-0 on Wednesday, March 18th.
This was not an easy match for Nadal and as most of you know, he and Nalbandian have a big rivalry going on.  Nalbandian has defeated Nadal in their last two matches against each other. To say Nadal wanted this win would be an understatement.
“I was lucky,” Nadal said. “I didn’t go into the match with the best mentality. I didn’t have a …read more

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Today (March 11) in Indian Wells, California, Jelena Dokic lost to Jill Craybas 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round of the BNP Paribas Open.
Dokic is really struggling with her tennis game and says she’s just having a hard time on the court with just figuring out what to do. She also mentioned that before her match to Craybas, she may have already been mentally beaten.
“I’m really, really struggling mentally,” said Dokic. “I need to just settle down and get myself together again.”
Dokic may return for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, which starts March 25th. Let’s …read more

Sisters Serena and Venus Williams are not playing in Indian Wells, although fans would love to see them there! So, why aren’t they? If you follow tennis at all, then most likely you know. It’s a decision they have made together and they are standing by each other on this one, even if there are consequences.
The details of what happened are definitely a bit sketchy. No one seems to have the real story.

One of these days, i’m going to fiill out a tennis tournament’s bracket just like you fill out the March Madness bracket. Or the way I fill out a March Madness bracket anyway. Sadly, I can’t enter any bracket pools because of my job, but at least I can still fill it out and have the self-satisfication of knowing I kicked butt doing it.
I digress…Indian Wells. Pacific Life Open. That’s where the action is at right now. Roger Federer is rolling…meaning he’s won a match and will next be facing Nicolas Mahut – whoever that is.
Andy Roddick failed me. I …read more