2008 DAVIS CUP DIARY April 2008
Bud's notes from Davis Cup play in Winston-Salem, NC >>>MORE

2008 KEY BISCAYNE DIARY March-April 2008
Bud's notes from Key Biscayne and the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open >>>MORE

2008 INDIAN WELLS DIARY March 2008
Bud's notes from Indian Wells and the 2008 Pacific Life Open >>>MORE

2008 AUSTRALIAN OPEN DIARY January 2008
Bud's notes from Melbourne and the 2008 Australian Open >>>MORE

2007 US OPEN DIARY August-September 2007
Bud's notes from Flushing Meadows and the 2007 US Open >>>MORE

2007 NEWPORT DIARY July 2007
Bud's notes from Newport 2007 >>>MORE

2007 WIMBLEDON DIARY June-July 2007
Bud's notes from Wimbledon 2007 >>>MORE

2007 FRENCH OPEN DIARY May-June 2007
Bud's notes from the 2007 French Open in Paris >>>MORE

2007 ROME MASTERS DIARY May 2007
Bud's notes from the 2007 Rome Masters in Italy >>>MORE

2007 SONY ERICSSON OPEN DIARY March 21-April 1, 2007
Bud's notes from the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne >>>MORE

2007 AUSTRALIAN OPEN DIARY January 2007
Bud's notes from the 2007 Australian Open in Melbourne >>>MORE

2006 DAVIS CUP DIARY - FINALS December 3, 2006
RUSSIANS GUZZLE VODKA FROM THE CUP, BEAT U.S.. ARGENTINA TO WIN DWIGHT DAVIS'S GRAND PRIZE >>>MORE

2006 DAVIS CUP DIARY September 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 Davs Cup Semifinal in Moscow >>>MORE

2006 FED CUP DIARY - FINALS September 17, 2006
MAMA, PUT ON THE PASTA AND VINO -- UNLIKELY ITALY JOINS FED CUP VICTORS >>>MORE

2006 US OPEN DIARY August-September 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 US Open >>>MORE

2006 NEWPORT DIARY July 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships >>>MORE

2006 WIMBLEDON DIARY June 26-July 9 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 Championships at Wimbledon >>>MORE

2006 FRENCH OPEN DIARY May 28-June 11 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 French Open in Paris >>>MORE

2006 ITALIAN OPEN DIARY - WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT May 15-21 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 Italian Open in Rome >>>MORE

2006 ITALIAN OPEN DIARY - MEN'S TOURNAMENT May 7-14 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 Italian Open in Rome >>>MORE

2006 KEY BISCAYNE DIARY March 22-April 2 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 Nasdaq-100 Open >>>MORE

2006 INDIAN WELLS DIARY March 2006
Bud's notes from the 2006 Pacific Life Open >>>MORE

2006 DAVIS CUP DIARY February 2006
Check out Bud's articles from the Davis Cup in La Jolla, California. >>>MORE

2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN DIARY January 2006
It's a new year and that means the Australian Open. Read Bud's reports from down under as things unfold in Melbourne. >>>MORE

2006 AUCKLAND DIARY January 2006
Bud's summary of the Auckland tennis tournament. >>>MORE

2005 US OPEN DIARY August - September 2005
Bud is in New York for 2005 US Open. Follow along as Bud brings you all the latest news and happenings from Flushing Meadows. >>>MORE

CAMPBELL'S HALL OF FAME CHAMPIONSHIPS, NEWPORT July 2005
CLASS OF 2005 TAPPED FOR TENNIS SAINTHOOD, ENTER HALL OF FAME
Memories. “Thanks for the memories…” as Bob Hope used to sing. Hope's game was golf. But the memories in this neighborhood will make tennis junkies sing, too. Memories of the the brilliant men and women who created indelible ones and have their niches behind the huge green door at The Casino on Bellevue Avenue. That's the, home of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, storehouse of memories, as well as the lone uppermost-level grass court tourney in the U.S. >>>MORE

WIMBLEDON 2005 DIARY June 2005
Bud is in London for this year's Championships, Wimbledon. Follow along as Bud brings you all the latest on the ladies and gentlemen of Wimbledon. >>>MORE

2005 FRENCH OPEN DIARY May 2005
Bud is in Paris for this year's French Open. Catch up on all the latest news and happenings. >>>MORE

2005 ITALIAN OPEN DIARY May 2005
Follow along as Bud brings you all the best from this year's Italian Open. >>>MORE

2005 NASDAQ-100 DIARY March 2005
Bud's back in Key Biscayne for this year's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open bringing you recaps of the days events in a way that only Bud can . >>>MORE

UNKNOWN ROB FAHEY REVEALS HIMSELF AS THE WORLD'S REAL TENNIS CHAMP March 2005
Seldom do I get a chance to stray from tennis as most of us know it, and dig into the living past by watching the parent game that is pretty much under cover. Over a weekend in Boston I had the good fortune to watch a wizard named Rob Fahey put on amazing shows with a racket, a peerless practicioner in his curious precinct, every bit as commanding as anyone on the ATP or WTA circuits. >>>MORE

HEAVENS, AIN'T THAT A BITCH - CROATS EXTEND U.S. CUP ITCH March 2005
The Itch Boys scratched the United States again, and it hurts Capt. Patrick McEnroe & Co. more than usual. >>>MORE

Bud's 2004 Australian Open Diary January 2005
Catch up with Bud at the year's first major tournament. >>>MORE

Bud's 2004 Davis Cup Final Diary December 2004
Read all of Bud's notes and thoughts from the 2004 Davis Cup Finals in Spain. >>>MORE

THE “LONE ROGER” AND “SIBERIAN SIREN” STAND FORTH AS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR November 2004
The “Lone Roger” strikes again, winning the Masters at Houston, and serving another notice (as well as deceptive aces and winners) that he’s the game’s catch-me-if-you-can guy. >>>MORE

Bud's 2004 Davis Cup Semi-Final Diary September 2004
Read all of Bud's notes and thoughts from the Semi-Finals of the Davis Cup. >>>MORE

Bud's 2004 US Open Diary August - September 2004
Read all of Bud's Notes and Thoughts on the excitement and art of competition at that is this year's US Open. >>>MORE

CONVENTION TIME IN THE APPLE -- FOR REPUBLICANS AND RACKETEERS
Thursday, August 26, 2004
It’s the last stop on the Quintessential Quadrilateral, the 134th American convention of genuine spin doctors – top, chop or slice -- swinging rackets. Flushing Meadow, where the U.S. Open completes the Big Four for another year, and the slate of Roddick and Henin-Hardenne will conduct a two week campaign. Andy Roddick and Justine Henin-Hardenne, who carried the U.S. a year ago, will strut upon the paved stage and dare 127 rivals to knock them out of office. >>> MORE

ANDRE'S LOVE LETTER WINS HEARTS AT HALL OF FAME ENSHRINEMENT
July 11, 2004
A love letter from Andre. Granny on the loose. The Swedish heretic. Generations on parade.
Those were the elements that made the annual celebration at the International Tennis Hall of Fame one of the game’s grandest occasions ever over the July 9-10-11 weekend. >>> MORE

ANDRE"S WORDS IN HIS PRESENTATION OF STEFFI July 11, 2004
Andre Agassi presenting his wife, Steffi, at her induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
“I truly consider it a rare honor to stand here today before so many of you that have done so much for our sport, and have meant so much to me and Stefanie.
Looking out across this audience filled with warm friends and great champions, I am overwhelmed with the history and the tradition of this moment..." >>>MORE

Bud's 2004 Wimbledon Diary June 2004
Read all of Bud's Notes and Thoughts on the history and magic that is this year's championship at Wimbledon. >>>MORE

Bud's French Open Diary May 2004
Read all of Bud's Notes and Thoughts on the day's matches and happenings at the 2004 French Open. >>>MORE

Italian Open 2004 - Wednesday, May 19, 2004
You’re not going to see many finals as good as the Italian Open showdown between Amelie Mauresmo and Jennifer Capriati that went to Amelie by an eyelash, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6). >>>MORE

Italian Open 2004 - Tuesday, May 11, 2004
For the last 32 years the arrival of May has meant the pines of Rome to me, and reminds me how much I’ve missed them. Of course Oterino Respighi’s beautiful composition, “The Pines of Rome,” is music to anybody’s ears, evoking the majestic old trees that are principal figures on the ancient scene. To me, the delicate green balloons atop slender trunks that appeal most are those decorating Il Foro Italico, the distinctive tennis parlor built by the dictator Mussolini 70 years ago. >>>MORE

FED CUP 2004 - Monday, April 26, 2004
Venus back in the winner's circle. Hello again, Miss Williams.
She was among the feel-good happenings of recent days on the American tennis scene. Most of them occurred beyond the court, in such locales as New York, Key Biscayne, Fla., and Philadelphia - happy tidings for those who love the game and want to see it flourish. >>>MORE

2004 Davis Cup Quarterfinals - Wednesday, April 14, 2004
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Folks went home from the U.S. victory over Sweden feeling up and bright. Few, if any, Davis Cup scenes in the United States have been more pleasant than the seaside settlement of Delray Beach on Florida’s right coast. Morning swims in the Atlantic were splendid daily preludes for some of us to the 4-1 quarter-final triumph, and the natives -- led by exhuberant mayor Jeff Perlman, a tennis buff – welcomed us with extreme friendlliness. >>>MORE

2004 NASDAQ-100 Open - Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Never. Sometimes the “Incendiary I” – skinny 6-4 Goran Ivanisevic -- is even better (for us quote-seekers) when he loses, as at the U.S. Open of 1994 when, seeded 2nd, he was bounced in the first round by No. 68, German Markus Zoecke. “Maybe I better play the women’s tour,” said Goran. >>>MORE

2004 Davis Cup - Monday, February 9, 2004
Wasn’t it Chief Uncas of the Mohegan tribe who declared: “White man speaks with forked tongue – but someday will be a sucker for slot machines and blackjack”? >>>MORE

Bud's Australian Open Diary January 2004
Read all of Bud's Notes and Thoughts on the day's matches and happenings at the 2004 Australian Open. >>>MORE

Auckland-A Gem of the South Pacific Ocean Sunday, January 18, 2004
Although the Australian Open is the big fish in the South Pacific, I have a very fond flutter in my heart for the minnow across the Tasman Sea called the New Zealand International (aka the ASB Classic for the women and the Heineken Open for the men). >>>MORE

2003 Fed Cup - Moscow Sunday, November 30, 2003
Why would anybody go to Moscow in the winter?  You can check with Napoleon and Hitler for “Never again!” statements. >>>MORE

2003 Houston Masters Cup Wrap Up Tuesday, November 18, 2003
The 34TH running of the Masters, a Texan last roundup of the elite eight of the men’s game, had three sub-plots called Roddick, Agassi and McIngvale, and a principal theme: the new champion named Federer. >>>MORE

Houston Masters - 2003 Friday, October 3, 2003
He was only a courtside spectator. Yet Kirk Douglas, the actor whose first smash movie was called "Champion" (the story of a prizefighter), also had something to do with this championship the last time the Masters graced Houston.
Although it was a brief role that he played, a mere cameo, Douglas may have involuntarily tipped the exciting final toward Spanish left-hander Manolo Orantes, a rebounding 5-set triumph over surprising Wojtek Fibak, a 24-year-old Pole making his lone Masters singles appearance. >>>MORE

U.S. Open Preview - 2003 Friday, July 18, 2003
Pete Sampras raised his right arm for a final time. His racket sought and found the yellow fuzzy ball, sending it speeding and spinning toward Andre Agassi. Gliding behind his serve, Pete cut off Andre's return with a conclusive backhand volley - and the 2002 U,S. Open was over. 
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Wimbledon 2003 Sunday, July 06, 2003
Fortunately for that old Greek travelin' man, Odysseus, he was barely able to avoid the clutches of Scylla, the man-eating monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool. But in making his odyssey through the perils of Wimbledon the young Greek travelin' man, Mark Philippoussis, discovered, to his distress, that those ancient hazards had a present-day counterpart named Roger Federer. 
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