Archive for December, 2005

Healthy at the Holidays

Friday, December 16th, 2005

Life often shoots a painful reminder of how truly unpredictable our existence can be.
Rewind by nine months to March when Michigan City High School senior Stacy Brown was getting set to compete for the tennis team while preparing for graduation.
On March 2, the course her life had taken was irreversibly changed when she was diagnosed […]

Going Once….Going Twice

Friday, December 16th, 2005

One of the biggest draws at the Andy Roddick charity event is the auction. Split up in two parts, silent and live, the charity auctions give the supporters a great chance to contribute to the cause and score some cool stuff in return. This year’s auctions were no different and produced some great results.
The silent […]

Charity Dream Weekend Rocks for Children

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

On Friday, Dec. 9 Lionel Richie kicked off the Fifth Annual Andy Roddick Charity Dream Weekend with a concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Fla. Richie, a five-time Grammy Award winner, rocked a full house of fans in order to help tennis inspiration Andy Roddick raise money for many children’s […]

ARF Charity Weekend - Tennis Anyone?

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Pulling into the Polo Club at 9:30am on the dot to begin the last day’s events, we all stopped briefly to check in at the gate. Just ahead of us in his silver Lexus was Andy, handing over his license to be checked in as well. Lucy, Swar, Erica, and I sipped our […]

A Night To Remember

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Andy arrived hours before his guests to meet with press at the elegant Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida. With his evening clothes in a separate bag, he answered Murphy Jensen’s questions in the comfort of a white Lacoste t-shirt. “It would be great if Santa would bring me an advance on a Wimbledon […]

All Night Long!

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

“If I had known you were going to wear your jeans, I would have worn mine,” Andy Roddick Foundation beloved sponsor, Pat Moran, teased Andy at the Jazziz Bistro cocktail party. Pat presented Andy with a gift basket which included hand-written letters from children in the ‘Deliver the Dream’ program. Andy read one of the […]

This McEnroe is Voice of Reason in Tennis

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Patrick McEnroe is captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team. He also is a tennis analyst for ESPN.
ESPN is to televise the United States-Romania match at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club from Feb. 10-12. What would give the match a ratings spike and establish that tennis is not necessarily a fuddy-duddy thing: […]

Mom’s the Word

Monday, December 5th, 2005

Q.- You have three boys, tell me a little bit about them.
A.- Lawrence is 15 years older and John is six years older than Andy. They are
all spread out. I loved it that way.
Q. John also played tennis. Was there competition between them?
A.- No. It was good because there was no […]

Love conquers all — even in tennis

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

The husband and wife team of Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf had never played mixed doubles together before last night’s Genworth Children’s Advantage Classic.
“I anticipate winning the mixed,” Agassi said prior to the exhibition against Andy Roddick and Anna Kournikova in front of a sold-out audience at the Siegel Center.
Agassi’s forecast proved correct, as he […]

Cancer Fundraiser Mixes Music and Tennis Stars

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

NORFOLK — The Virginian-Pilot
They swooned for wide-eyed, tousled-haired Andy Roddick. They swooned for the innocent boy-next-door John Mayer.
It’s not unusual for two of the hottest stars in tennis and music to hear a throng of young women greet them with shrill screams and appreciative catcalls.
What was unique about Thursday night at the […]