Maria Sharapova / Mordecai 53

By now you folks know that I have this fascination for sports that are not given a lot of ink. There are even some sports that get no ink at all.  Love those Tennis players! If any of you pilgrims are into Tennis, even slightly, then keep reading.

Good day, fellow gamblers. Today is a day of rest from all that football handicapping. Even God rested one day. No Crap table, no Black Jack, no Video Poker. Just rest and recuperation. Sometimes we all just need a breather. May all of you pilgrims enjoy that kind of day.

 Go to http://www.igotennis.com/blog/2009/09/16/maria-sharapova.html  This is the link to click on to learn about a pretty good woman Tennis player, Maria Sharapova. She  is another one of those child prodigies that we often see in this sport. This is a woman who started playing the game at age six and rose to the championship level by age seventeen. The above mentioned site will give you a little background on this lady; And I would urge you to click on the associated link in the side bar to learn even more about her background. It's kind of an interesting story. This lady comes from Siberia of all places. She was exposed to the dangers of Chernobyl, and finally was brought to Florida to attend a Tennis school. Added to her sports career is a modeling career. She is that pretty! I'm sure some of you ladies have seen her in Sports Illustrated. As you know, these Tennis players just amaze me. In order to maintain that level of stamina to run up and down a Tennis court for hours, in the heat, they probably live, eat, and, breath the sport. It would seem to me that these players are in their own little world, much the same as Ballet dancers. I guess that I must consider Tennis to be an art form. Go to the site, pilgrims. It's a very interesting read about a very interesting lady.

By late Friday or early Saturday, we will have this weekends “lock of the week” in the NFL. Looks like another easy one, same as last week  Come back late tomorrow and check it out. No Turkeys on this site, except me. See you.