Roger and Serena win in the daylight

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

NEW YORK — It was a day to get up early in the city that never sleeps. Roger and Serena went from late night to daylight, tough for the TV ratings but great for the fans who on a Friday when the temperature reached 86 degrees were at the U.S. Open.

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The Open: Durant’s jersey, Kaepernick's presence and Townsend’s victory

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

NEW YORK — Sometime tennis is actually about the game. But usually it’s about the personalities, the gimmicks, the controversies, the comparisons and virtually everything other than the results of a given match, unless Roger, Rafa, Novak or Serena are playing — and Thursday in the U.S. Open none of them was.

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At the Open, Federer loses a set and Venus loses a match

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

NEW YORK — Roger Federer lost a set. Venus Williams lost a match. Time isn’t on their side, but they understand, even if the rest of us don’t.

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The Open: Noise, traffic and terrific tennis

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

NEW YORK — Yes, if you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. It’s New York, where the heat isn’t bad this year — only in the mid-70s Tuesday — the traffic heading to Billie Jean King Center is terrible and the tennis is terrific.

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Handshakes and headshakes: Champion A’s meet 30 years later

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

OAKLAND — There were handshakes and, thinking about how quickly 30 years had gone, headshakes. There were joyful words about those who returned, guys you know like Eck, Carney, and Rickey, and mournful talk about those who had passed on, guys you knew like Hendu, Bob Welch and Tony Phillips.

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