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New Dates Announced for Junior Sectionals
USTA Southern California has announced the rescheduling of the 2020 Junior Sectional Championships. The prestigious tournament, which gathers the brightest young talent across the Section, will be held July 25-26 and July 28 – August 2, according to Director of Junior Tennis Trevor Kronemann. The new schedule is subject to the ongoing health climate and…
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USTA Facility Recovery Grants offer support across SoCal, nation
In response to the current pandemic and its impact on the business community, the USTA has endeavored to provide assistance to tennis facilities across the United States. The application process for Facility Recovery Grants will open on Monday, May 4. The USTA Facility Recovery Grants program was created to assist facilities to defray…
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Kayleigh McEnany, Elon Musk, Sam Lloyd Anderson Cooper, and Andy Dalton
Below is a snapshot of worldwide search interest this past week: Kayleigh McEnany, Elon Musk, Sam Lloyd Anderson Cooper, and Andy Dalton were all trending on search engines this past week. searches for salt lake city doctors up 72% searches for pizza restaurants that deliver up 11% searches for juice concentrates up 18% searches for…
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PRATT: Senior Season Lost, Weil Academy’s Henderson Making A Difference
A high school senior year lost, Noah Henderson simply decided he wasn’t going to sit around moping about not having a senior ditch day, or graduation ceremony, or all the other rites of passage that go along with that once-in-a-lifetime moment when your 12th-grade high school year ends. It’s been more than six weeks since…
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New York Times: Could a Merger of Men’s and Women’s Tennis Come Out of This Hiatus?
This column by Christopher Clarey first appeared in the New York Times, April 25, 2020. When Roger Federer, with time on his hands in the midst of tennis’s shutdown, floated the prospect this week of merging the men’s and women’s tours, Billie Jean King saw potential for her 50-year dream to come true. “I’m thinking,…
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Kim Jong Un, Patriots, Kanye West net worth and Judge Judy
Below is a snapshot of worldwide search interest this past week: Kim Jong Un, Patriots, Kanye West net worth and Judge Judy were all trending on search engines this past week. searches for deep vein thrombosis up 18% searches for varicose veins treatment up 25% searches for office water filtration up 52% searches for outrigger…
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Keep Your Glasses from Fogging up While Wearing a Face Mask
Homemade face masks are becoming the norm as the coronavirus epidemic continues to ravage the United States, with some states — namely New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and beyond — now requiring them in public. But if you are a glasses wearer, you may have noticed that wearing a face mask can cause your…
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USTA Announces Cancellation of Key Junior Events
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, The United States Tennis Association has announced the cancellation of two major junior team competitions. The 2020 USTA Zone Team Championships, as well as the 2020 USTA National Boys/Girls 18s Team Championships, have been canceled for this year. Both events will return to the USTA calendar in…
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PRATT: Cattle Disease Halted Ojai Tournament In 1924
By Steve Pratt The Ojai Tennis Tournament turns 125 years old this week, but will do so without the playing one of the longest-standing and unique events in the world. Because of the world-wide Covid-19 pandemic, Ojai Valley Tennis Club President Carolyn Burke called an emergency meeting March 15 where board members voted unanimously to…
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When Is The Last Time You Used “Regurgitate”?
Something regurgitated has typically been taken in, at least partially digested, and then spit back out—either literally or figuratively. The word often appears in biological contexts (e.g., in describing how some birds feed their chicks by regurgitating incompletely digested food) or in references to ideas or information that has been acquired and restated. A student,…