I wish I had something interesting to write in this space, but we are in the midst of the offseason.  It is kind of ironic…I complain all year about the tennis calendar being far too long, yet here I am disappointed that there is no tennis action to follow (no, Sampras beating McEnroe at Royal Albert Hall in London does not count).  Since tennis in an individual sport, there is literally next to nothing to follow during the offseason.  In other sports, there is free agency, trades, drafts, etc…in tennis there are only mundane announcements, such as Roger Federer’s schedule for 2009 or updates on the ATP CEO.  While those things might be important to an absolute die hard fan, it’s not nearly as interesting as finding out who is going to vastly overpay for the services of Derek Lowe (please, Theo, if you are reading – don’t sign him)!

I feel as though it is my duty to try to compile some of the more compelling announcements here:

Andy Roddick has partnered with Larry Stefanki.  I think this is a great move for Roddick, Stefanki has a history of getting the most out of his players (propelled Kafelnikov and Rios to No. 1; and more recently was with Fernando Gonzalez during his run into the top 10 and Australian Open Finals).

Peter Bodo has an interesting idea on how to preserve the games top players.

Seems as though Bodo probably developed this line of thought following this announcement from Federer.

Ravi Ubha’s A,B,C’s of 2008.

Jon Wertheim’s latest mailbag. As well as his latest Ad In/Ad Out feature.

Jimmy Connors continues to keep himself in the headlines.

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