by Minter Dial | Sep 4, 2010 | Leadership, Sports
It happens throughout every match — players uncork a first serve with as much force as possible, confident in the knowledge that another chance awaits. And on the second serve, they hit a much different, more timid, perceptibly slower serve.The ball is more likely to...
by Minter Dial | Jun 24, 2010 | Sports
At first brush, you would be excused into wondering if the title of this blog post referred to a basketball match between two lesser well known colleges. Or you might even think it was a court case that occurred in the 1990s? However, I am referring to the result of...
by Minter Dial | Sep 15, 2009 | Sports
In a slew of late-in-the-tournament rain delays, the US Tennis Open 2009 provided two shocking winners for both the men and women’s tournament. Both sides produced what I might describe as wonder kids (or if you prefer wunderkinder), but with a twist. On the...
by Minter Dial | Aug 6, 2009 | Sports
Taking a cue from one of my favourite blogs Being Peter Kim, I thought I would take a step back and write down which are the top ten posts read on this blog over the last month. As Peter says, “blog content can be both highly perishable and easy to miss.”...
by Minter Dial | Jul 10, 2009 | Sports
After Roland Garros, the tennis world turned its attention to Wimbledon 2009. Perhaps to help us forget about the economic woes and, certainly, to usher in the summer, we were treated to another glorious green grass tournament. If the French had a bad tournament, the...