1-0, 59-59, and #1 is OUT

What a day of news. Of course the USA winning in soccer with a score of 1-0 over Algeria was great, but the time wasted watching for that one goal to be scored was nothing compared to the time Isner and Mahut spent on the courts at Wimbledon. Can you believe the records broken here in one set? The score clock couldn't keep up, even the sun couldn't shine long enough for these two athletes to complete this competition, and it was already the second day! Today, day three, they will take the court with a score in the fifth set of 59-59 - USA vs. France! One set alone running for over 7 hours is unheard of. This is equivalent to a baseball game going 50 innings or a basketball game with 15 overtimes, those bench seats would get very uncomfortable. "This is the greatest advertisement of our sport" said John McEnroe. Right on the heels of the USA soccer team, not being credited for a goal because a referee made an incorrect call that "brought soccer to the front page in America". "We often don't get the respect we deserve in tennis for the athletic demands it places on players but this should push that respect way up" McEnroe states. 23rd seated John Isner of Tampa, Florida, who I met in Indian Wells, CA tennis tournament two years ago, was a handsome, hungry for tennis University of Georgia graduate who stayed in school instead of going pro too early, with his 6' 9" stature was wobbly-legged but withstood the fight holding serve time and time again and serving up 98 aces until the game was called due to lack of sunlight.
If you haven't watched tennis before, make sure you catch the finish of this fifth set to see who really can recover after such a record breaking feat.
Oh, and #1 man in the Afghanistan War, General McChrystal, is OUT, in case you were under a rock somewhere!