Sporty Spice

This weekend promised to be action-packed for the Wimbeldon and World Cup fans among us. After a busy Saturday we are totally deflated. The England team lost in a shoot-out to Portugal (our Dutch-defeating nemesis). Ohh, that was tough to watch. They lost Beckham to an injury and Wayne Rooney to a red card and still fought valiantly, only to lose in the end. The BBC commentators could not hide their severe disappointment. Later in the evening, Brazil lost to France. I (Kat) wanted Brazil to go on, but Mike was rooting for France. At this point we barely care who wins. In some ways it would be nice if Italy continues to do well (bringing legitimacy to the American group).
We watched Agassi lose to Nadal in the early match. That was tough-- its is so strange to watch the intersection of these careers-- Agassi finishing off, Nadal just starting up. You could see Agassi tearing up as he thanked the crowd-- and Nadal was very sportsmanlike in letting all the discussion center around Agassi. He didn't even react in an over-excited way about his win. Very classy.
The BBC followed the match of American Andy Roddick and Scot Andy Murray-- and were so thrilled when he won. You've got to give the Brits something. This is their tournament, and their players do not often dominate. Though Roddick is American, we like both he and Murray so we were happy with the results.
We missed Venus Williams' defeat, but saw the highlights this morning. We've been disappointed with her since her post-win speech last year. She never thanked her opponent, Davenport, even when prompted by the BBC commentator who after several minutes said something like "of course we're sure you want to thank Lindsey". Venus sort of mumbled a response-- but it seemed really unsportsmanlike. Her opponent at Wimbledon yesterday also mentioned that Venus wouldn't warm up with her before the match. Not cool.
To go along with this sports update, we'll add more James photos for the fans.