These days, the letters and e-mails arrive in the Georgetown athletic department by the bundle, all wanting to share a story with Austin Freeman. “You’re an inspiration to people with diabetes, I’m looking up to you now. ...” The strangers all want the Hoyas junior guard to know that playing with diabetes isn’t uncommon. That it can be done. That it’s not as big of a hurdle as it might appear. That there’s now a whole big network of support open to him to pick and peruse. Freeman, though, is just trying to figure out one thing: Diabetes itself. “I’ve gotten e-mails and stuff from people telling me they have diabetes,” a reserved Freeman said in the Hoyas’ locker room after their 69-49 win over South Florida. “About how they’ve played college basketball. About how they’ve played college sports. But I mean, it’s good to know that there’s people out there that care. And that I have support.” But since news of Freeman’s diabetes was disclosed last week, it’s been an overwhelming couple of days.
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Caroline Wozniacki, the Next No. 1 in Women's Tennis Or...?
Danish Caroline Wozniacki, still only 19 years old, has had a phenomenal 2009, advancing from 12th to fourth in the world—the highlight being her US-Open final loss where Little Miss Sunshine played another audience favourite, the reborn Kim Clijsters. Before that, she enjoyed incredible progress as well, progressing from 237th to 64th to 12th to 4th in the course of 2006-2009 year end rankings. Pretty good for a teenager to say the least and it earned her the 2008 WTA newcomer of the year ahead of Azarenka. This year, however, is a different matter. Now she got to the top, the questions are—can she stay there? Can she rise even further? Is she a future No. 1? Or "merely" a consistent top-10 player? Or rather the next Ivanovic? I doubt that we see an Ivanovic scenario. Wozniacki is an extremely determined young woman and her great talent was evident early. A 12-year-old Wozniacki told Danish television that she wanted to become number one in tennis. That is still the dream and the goal today and now she is closer than ever before.Caroline Wozniacki nude
Read more »Meet Kent Katich, yoga guru of the NBA
Yoga instructor Kent Katich leads the Clippers in a group session at the team's practice facility. Baron Davis shifts from one yoga pose to another as Kent Katich, the Clippers' "yoga coach," guides the veteran guard through a pregame routine in the Staples Center locker room. Yes, the Clippers have a yoga coach. It's the kind of thing that might raise eyebrows elsewhere, but hey, it's Hollywood. Isn't everyone into those kinds of things out here? You know, drinking wheatgrass, driving Priuses, doing yoga. Of course, this is still the NBA, in which Gatorade abounds, SUVs are the ride of choice and yoga has definitely never been a legitimate part of the equation -- until now. Katich isn't the first person with NBA ties to promote the practice of yoga (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been a fan since the mid-1970s), but Katich is certainly revolutionizing the way NBA players approach the Eastern tradition. He is the only yoga instructor working full-time with an NBA team, currently or -- as far as he can tell -- in the history of the league. "I've been around a long time," Katich said, "and I've never seen it, never heard about it, and it's the kind of thing that I would have heard of."
Read more »Andy Murray banks on yoga and Simon Fuller ahead of Australian Open final
A new fitness regime including yoga and the influence of his new manager Simon Fuller are being credited with helping to propel Andy Murray into the Australian Open final. It was the new Andy Murray. Gone was the surly, wild-haired young man we saw at Wimbledon. In his place at the Australian Open last week was a smart, smiling and confident star-in-the-making, charming the media and winning a legion of admirers on and off the court. On Sunday morning the new Murray was fighting to change the record books, taking on Roger Federer and attempting to become the first British man for 74 years to win a Grand Slam singles title. Tennis insiders said Murray's transformation could be put down to several factors: his new manager Simon Fuller, the fitness regime introduced by Team Murray – including Bikram yoga – and the ending of the relationship with his long-term girlfriend, Kim Sears. Many in the game were surprised last year when Murray signed up with Fuller's 19 Entertainment rather than a global sports agency such as IMG, which boasts clients including Federer and Tiger Woods.
Read more »Golfer banned for anabolic substance possession
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency says leading Australian amateur golfer Daniel Nisbet has been given an 18-month ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the possession of a prohibited substance.
ASADA said Monday the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service stopped Nisbet at Brisbane airport on Aug. 10, 2009, and seized a product in his possession listed as containing Norandrostene, an anabolic steroid. The matter was referred to ASADA as a possible violation of doping rules.It said analysis of the seized product confirmed the presence of the banned substance dehydroepiandrosterone, a steroid also known as DHEA. ASADA said DHEA is listed as an anabolic agent on the World Anti-Doping Code prohibited list in and out of competition.
In deciding to impose a reduced 18-month sanction, ASADA said the Geneva, Switzerland-based CAS stated that Nisbet's conduct "was not aimed at cheating in his chosen sport."
"Among factors that the CAS took into consideration were that Nisbet was of good character, that there is no evidence he ever consumed a prohibited substance and that he fully cooperated with the investigating authorities," ASADA said.
Read more »Venus Williams given Italian test on way to last eight of Australian Open
Venus Williams overcame a sluggish start against Italy's Francesca Schiavone to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. The sixth seed had to recover from losing her first set at the tournament before winning 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 in just under two hours at the Rod Laver Arena.
The American is chasing her first ever title at the Australian Open – the only major she has yet to win – and will now play the winner of the match between fourth-seed Caroline Wozniacki and Li Na in the last eight.
Williams came into the match having never lost in five previous meetings with the 17th-seeded Italian, but struggled to find her rhythm on serve early and was immediately broken to love in a game that included two double faults.
Schiavone broke again to go 3-1 ahead with a clever lob that caught Williams out of position, but the American fought back to level at 4-4 before another double fault gave Schiavone the break again. The Italian then served out the set with an ace.Caroline Wozniacki nude
Read more »WTA TOUR: 8th January, Medibank International
This tournament is getting interesting! Besides having most of the top players it's also seeing a lot of seeds tumbling! Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Jankovic lost to Na Li and Agnes Szavay respectively leaving their quarter of the draw seedless. Now Flavia Pennetta could possibly get further! Vera Zvonareva also fell to Elena Vesnina making Serena the only seed at the top of the draw. Nadia Petrova also sadly lost in the first round again, this time however she hasn't got much excuse. Though Kimiko Date Krumm is a valiant player she is by no means as tough as Justine Henin even with a 20 month layoff. I must say the bottom half of the draw is looking very interesting. All the seeds plus Date Krumm, Cibulkova, Hantuchova and Radwanska.
Read more »Sydney International 2010: Caroline Wozniacki falls to Li Na
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Caroline Wozniacki was upset by Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Sydney Medibank International.
Wozniacki wasn’t the only upset today as Kimiko Date Krumm beat Nadia Petrova 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
Li need to pick up her game and fight back after losing the first set to to take the win in 3.
“It just didn’t go my way today. That’s the way it is sometimes. Next week is very important to me and hopefully I can do a great result there,” Wozniacki said.
“I’m just going to go to Melbourne and practice there and try to prepare as well as possible. I’ll just stay positive just go for it. I really feel positive about this year. Hopefully it’ll be a good year for me. I feel like I had a really great year last year. Hopefully this year I can continue rising in the rankings and keep improving.” she added.
In the second round of the Sydney International, Li Na will take on Flavia Pennetta, who defeated Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1.Caroline Wozniacki nude
Read more »Tennis-Seeds scattered at Sydney International
U.S. Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki and former world number one Jelena Jankovic joined a growing list of early casualties at the Sydney International on Monday.
Frenchman Gael Monfils and Russia's Vera Zvonereva also bowed out of the joint ATP-WTA event, succumbing to injury just a week before the Australian Open starts in Melbourne.
Monfils pulled out before hitting a ball at the Olympic tennis centre because of a shoulder injury he sustained in Brisbane last week.
"I think I have an inflammation... it's getting worse and worse," the Frenchman said.
"If I keep going playing on it, it's gonna turn into something chronic I think, so I need to take some days off."
Zvonereva, who made her first grand slam semi-final in Australia last year, hobbled out of her first round match with countrywoman Elena Vesnina with a recurring ankle problem.Caroline Wozniacki nude
Read more »Wozniacki succumbs to rejuvenated veteran
Sydney - US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki crashed out in the first round of the Sydney International Monday to China's Li Na while Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm continued her renaissance.
Li upset fourth seed Wozniacki, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, while Date Krumm battled to a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 victory over world number 20 Nadia Petrova of Russia.
Li, who lost to Wozniacki in their only previous meeting, dug deep after dropping the first set to prevail in almost two hours against the tiring Dane.
"I didn't play my best game today," said Wozniacki. "It was tough out there. It was my first real match this season.
"I didn't really feel as comfortable as I thought I would and she played well. Just better than me today for sure."
Wozniacki lost to Belgian comeback queen Kim Clijsters in last year's US Open final.
Li, the world number 17, will now play Italian Flavia Pennetta, who swept past leading Australian Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1.Caroline Wozniacki nude
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